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Holy Vastrams from Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple to Tirupati Temple

During the Tamil month of ‘Aani’ the authorities of Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple, Srirangam, sends ‘holy vastrams’ or holy dresses to the Tirupati Temple. This is in respect of Tirupati Temple protecting the processional deities of Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple from Muslim invasion. When Mohammed bin Tuglaq invaded the Srirangam town, Pillailogachariyar, a Vaishnavite saint took the idols of Lord Namperumal and Goddess Sridevi and Sri Bhoodevi to the Tirupati Temple . The idols were safely kept at the Tirupati temple for more than two decades. In memory of this incident, the authorities of Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple, Srirangam, sends ‘holy vastrams’ every year in the month of ‘Aani’ (mid-June to mid-July) to Tirupati Temple.

Ganga by Julian Crandall Hollick

River Ganga is in danger of dying - but if the river dies, will Goddess Ganga too die? The question took journalist Julian Crandall Hollick on an extraordinary journey on the River Ganga – starting at Gaumukh, going down the Himalayas, past the great cities on the its banks and finally to Sagar Island where the river meets the sea. The book Ganga by Julian Crandall Hollick talks about the sacred Ganga and the exploited Ganga . Julian Crandall Hollick is an award-winning producer and writer of radio documentaries and is co-founder of Independent Broadcasting Associates, Inc., a non-profit media production company based in Massachusetts . Through his journey, Crandall Hollick looks at all the issues Ganga faces: from the Tehri dam which diverts most of her source water to create electricity for Delhi to the Farakka barrage which has wrecked havoc in the villages in Bengal; from Kanpur where the river is at its most polluted to Varanasi, next door, where millions take their holy d