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March 11, 2021 18:15 IST
Handcrafted palm leaf boxes for packing food have regained popularity in Tamil Nadu as a sustainable, durable option
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Handcrafted palm leaf boxes for packing food have regained popularity in Tamil Nadu as a sustainable, durable option
Using the banana leaf,
Bauhinia variegata) and
panai olai (palm leaves) to pack food was once traditional in South India. The pandemic, which prompted a surge in the use of plastics, reiterated the need for sustainable packaging alternatives. Palm leaves, as restaurants and cloud kitchens launched in the past year have found, are a practical option.
Chennai-based cloud kitchen, Karigar Biryani offers
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March 11, 2021 18:15 IST
Handcrafted palm leaf boxes for packing food have regained popularity in Tamil Nadu as a sustainable, durable option
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Handcrafted palm leaf boxes for packing food have regained popularity in Tamil Nadu as a sustainable, durable option
Using the banana leaf,
Bauhinia variegata) and
panai olai (palm leaves) to pack food was once traditional in South India. The pandemic, which prompted a surge in the use of plastics, reiterated the need for sustainable packaging alternatives. Palm leaves, as restaurants and cloud kitchens launched in the past year have found, are a practical option.
Chennai-based cloud kitchen, Karigar Biryani offers
Special school struggles to survive as donations dry up
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Selvarani Rajarathnam has now approached a crowdfunding site
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Selvarani Rajarathnam has now approached a crowdfunding site
Located along a narrow alley in Nagalapuram, a village 30 km from Thuraiyur, Sri Selliah Memorial School for Intellectually Disabled Children has fallen silent. For over a year, since the outbreak of the pandemic, its walls have not resounded with the giggles of its 31 students.
With funds running dry due to lack of donations, the threat of permanent closure looms large.
The school, consisting of two classrooms, was established for children with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities by Selvarani Rajarathnam, a lawyer from Tiruchi.
A city covered with plush green vegetation and not-so-high hills, Tirupati offers a plethora of most diverse tourist experiences. From dilapidated forts to untamed wilderness, splendid monuments to rustic tribal villages, Tirupati has it all. By availing a Tirupati tour package from Chennai, you can visit these temples with architectural richness and experience the divinity of the sanctum.
Here is the list of tourist places to visit in Tirupati through a Tirupati car package from Chennai or Tirupati package from Bangalore.
Prehistoric Life Park
Explore Prehistoric Life Park in Tirupati through a Shirdi tour packages from Bangalore. Most people associate Tirupati with magnificent temples, but they forget that it also a home to the Regional Science Centre, where the marvelous Prehistoric Life Park is situated. This Park takes tourists back in time and gives them a glance of the evolution of life on Earth. Visitors can see models of all kinds of prehistoric creatures, right from the
Tourist spots come alive with New Year celebrations
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Nearly 10,000 people visit Horsley Hills in two days
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Panchayat Raj Minister P. Ramachandra Reddy worshipping at Lord Lakshmi Narasimhaswami temple, near Pulicharla, in Chittoor district on New Year day.
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Nearly 10,000 people visit Horsley Hills in two days
After a long hiatus induced by the pandemic, tourist destinations in the district came alive on the eve of New Year as more people stepped out of their homes to celebrate the occasion.
The authorities at the Horsley Hills, near Madanapalle, were in a for joyous surprise as the picturesque hill station saw close to ten thousand people visiting the place from the afternoon of December 31 till the evening of January 1. All 50 accommodation blocks were occupied. A huge gathering of devotees was also reported at all the premier temples in the district. The denizens of Chittoor town thronged the cluster o