The Venkatesa Suprabhatam is a famous morning prayer to wake up god Vishnu. In the last century, MS Subbalakshmi immortalised it. This book gives us a close reading of the text, the historical and ...

When a prayer becomes a way of life, it can no longer be seen as prayer alone. That-s the effect MS Subbulakshmi has had on many Indians, ever since she recorded the 20-minute-long morning hymn, ...

THE temple of Sri Venkateswara (Balaji) at Tirumala, Tiupati in Andhra Pradesh is perhaps the most popular of all the Hindu temples in our country. The story goes that Lord Vishnu as Varaha (the boar) ...

TIRUPATI: The daily ritual of awakening Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala Temple with Suprabhatam will be replaced by traditional Thiruppavai from December 17 in view of the holy Dhanurmasam. The ...

Composed around 1430 AD, the Suprabhatam has retained its hold on the minds of devotees all over India, not least because of MS Subbulakshmi’s iconic rendition. After all, how many hymns are sung to ...

(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised Doordarshan's morning programme 'Suprabhatam', calling it a refreshing and inspiring way to begin the day. In a ...

When Amazon’s voice-controlled virtual assistant device Alexa was launched in India a year ago, some commands or questions with a distinctly ‘local’ flavour would leave ‘her’ flummoxed. Queries such ...

In response to a call for playing devotional music during the time of azaan as a mark of protest against non-implementation of a Supreme Court direction pertaining to using loudspeakers in mosques, ...

Hyderabad: Starting tomorrow, the morning prayer service (Suprabhatam) at the Lord's temple will be substituted with the recitation of Tiruppavai verses. This change coincides with the commencement of ...