The Hindu Astrology uses 12 Zodiacal signs as the basis for drawing an astrological chart. These 12 signs seem to correspond to the 12 ‘stars’ in the English astrological predictions. As for instance, the Aries is equivalent to the one, called maesham / maedam in Tamil. Taurus is equivalent to rishabam in Tamil. While these twelve are called as stars in English, they are called raasi in Tamil and, raasi is translated as ‘zodiac’ in English. In a Hindu based calendar, a month

Dear Devotees, To welcome the Tamil New Year (of Paraapava), special abishegam and poojaa will be held at the Sri Kandaswamy Temple on Tuesday, 14th April 2026, starting at 8.00 a.m. The New Year Special Poojaa will begin at 11.11 a.m., followed by the reading of the New Panjaangam (Almanac) regarding the forecast for the year and blessings by the Chief Priest of the temple, followed by New Year greetings by the Temple President and the distribution of Pirasaadham. All devote

TAMIL NEW YEAR (VISUVAAVASU) SPECIAL POOJAA – Sunday, 14th April 2025 To welcome the Tamil New Year (of Visuvaavasu), special abishegam...