As the curtains came down on the 2019 edition of Mylapore Festival on the eve of Pongal our thoughts were on discussing lessons learnt and...

Every year, Sundaram Finance, the sole sponsor of the Festival presents the 'Spirit of Mylapore' award to a distinguished person o...

On many occasions, we have to co exist with the temple processions and celebrations. And since we host the main cultural shows in Sannidhi...

Young people also get featured prominently in the cultural events. We particularly made the effort to talk to the faculty at Sri Kanyaka P...

For sometime now, this Festival has been the hangout for many teens. It is not a festival only for seniors and elders. Young people who st...

If there was one common suggestion from guests and visitors to the Fest it was this - ask police to stop traffic in the Festival zone when...

The Rangoli designers have been asking us to host a contest for some years now. We were a bit stubborn - keen to stick to the kolam always...

We created an event around the kolam contests this year. Thanks to the involvement of Mylapore's community groups. A smaller group o...

We had a decent audience for Lalitharam's Talk on The Mylapore Man - S. Rajam - multifaceted person - artist, singer, actor, designer ...

The festival Tees are selling fast at the Info Tent at Sannidhi Street, opposite Rasi store. We have made only 110-plus Tees since we don...

Our Walks have got great responses this far. Foodie Sridhar Venkataraman had some 40 plus people sampling food at the area's hot joi...

The time around, Mylapore Police have doubled up on duty at the Fest. Regulating the traffic heavy streets, especially East Mada i...

Mylapore Times Newspaper trainee reporter Dheepthi J shares her experience on Day One of the Fest. (Share yours too in the comments sec...

If you are a music/ dance rasika you must have done the rounds of sabha canteens last December. Tried the sapaadu too? At one place ...

Where inside Sri Kapali Temple can you find this slab? What does it show? Its one of the games our forefathers used to play! T...

So, the street we have looked at and now will pep up is South Mada Street - the gateway to temples, veggie hawkers and small stores. T...

Holding a street based fest isn't easy - though we have been at it for over 17 years! Streets challenge you. So our contractor w...

Preparations for our Festival begin even as the current one is on. And work goes on through the year. Mainly, to look at the works of pe...

Music students of Dr. Chithra Madhavan performed at the Concert in the Park on Friday, Day Two of the Festival. At Nageswara Rao Park in...

Guess which event creates a big buzz at the Fest? The Food Walks. Social media folks on the city's local food buzz pages get int...

32 children on stage for a choir. Yes. The well known Madras Youth Choir which also trains school children in low profile areas of t...

Hosting a street cultural festival in an Indian city can be a big big challenge. And we have faced it this 2018 festival. A Sri Ayyapp...

We always create simple, small souvenirs. Stuff visitors to the Festival can buy and take home for keep-sake. Or gift to friends. Th...

One of the first set of artistes we chose to star at this year's fest were the Bharatanatyam group of guru Sreelatha Vinod. Sreela...

This Fest depends on volunteers. There is a charm in running such events with the aid of the young and the old. It provides for Mylapore...

The festival is early this year. Why?  Because we try and avoid holding the Festival closer to the Pongal festival - for logistical re...

Our colleague Bama who works at Mylapore Times chose to put together the Festival volunteers - some 15 of them, this year and you will s...

We have followed the dance productions of Bharatanatyam dance guru Sasirekha Rammohan since she is based in the Mylapore area and the re...

Parantharami Mani works for the Central Government. For the ESIC. His day job keeps his busy. But every day, he delved into the World Wi...