September 24, 2025
Meeting the Arayar Sami of Srivilliputhur
During my fieldwork in Srivilliputhur this weekend, I had the rare privilege of meeting the Arayar, a hereditary temple artist-priest and custodian of a centuries-old tradition…
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August 9, 2025
Srivilliputhur Part 2: Margazhi Miracles: Andal in mornings of December
Srivilliputhur Travel Blog Date of Journey: December 27, 2024 – December 31, 2024 There is something about the month of Margazhi that glows in my heart.…
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Prologue: Andal Keeps Calling Me Back
Srivilliputhur Travel Blog Series There are places that you visit once and leave behind. Then, there are those that never quite let you go. Srivilliputhur is…
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