60 Years of Madurai Silver Craftsmanship

Madurai silver craftsmanship — Hari Silvers heritage jewellery workshop since 1963

Walk down South Masi Street in Madurai before eight in the morning, and you’ll hear it before you see it — the soft, rhythmic tap of a hammer shaping silver wire into a payal. That sound has echoed from the same family workshop for 60 years. In 1963, Mr. A.K. Jeganathan Chettiyar started a small […]

Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple Kumbabishekam 2026

Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple Kumbabishekam

On September 17, 2026, between 7:40 AM and 8:10 AM, priests standing atop the golden vimanas of the Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple will pour sanctified water over the temple’s twin shrines — a moment the city has waited 17 years for. This is the Maha Kumbabishekam, the grand re-consecration of one of India’s most visited […]