Looking back, the beautiful ancient temple car (bigger than the present ‘Aazhi Ther’) was completely destroyed in a fire accident in 1926. A burst of crackers even as the thaer was passing the ...

This story is from April 2, 2019 ‘Aazhi Ther’ procession draws thousands TNN / Apr 2, 2019, 12:49 IST AA Follow us ...

Thousands of devotees pulled the Aazhi the r (temple car) of Sri Vanmeeganathar temple, popularly known as Thyagarajaswamy temple, in Tiruvarur amidst religious fervour on Tuesday.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has a long tradition of using intricately built temple cars to carry deities on the streets during annual festivals, with the famed ‘aazhi ther’ of the Thiruvarur ...