
No public celebrations on New Year’s Eve, says SP
The Hindu
Srikakulam Superintendent of Police Amit Bardar on Thursday said that stern action would be taken against people who celebrate New Year-2022 in public places.“Consuming liquor, cutting cakes, or playi
Srikakulam Superintendent of Police Amit Bardar on Thursday said that stern action would be taken against people who celebrate New Year-2022 in public places.
“Consuming liquor, cutting cakes, or playing loud music in public places are banned in view of the Omicron threat,” Mr. Bardar said at a press conference, adding that there would be restrictions on vehicular movement on the night of December 31.

Away from the memorial of saint-composer Thyagaraja in Thiruvaiyaru, where his 179th aradhana is marked by five days of uninterrupted concerts, unchavritti and rendering of the Pancharatna kritis, a parallel aradhana is under way in Thanjavur. In the narrow Varagappa Iyer Lane off the bustling South Main Street, devotees queue up at a house named after Thyagaraja. It is here that the idols of Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna and Anjaneya, worshipped by Thyagaraja himself, are preserved, along with a portrait of the saint-composer said to have been drawn by his disciples.












