ONE of the grandest festivals of the South Indian community, is the Mariamman prayer (porridge prayer). The word Mari has a Tamil origin meaning ‘rain’ and the Tamil word Amman means ‘mother’. She was ...

THE Mariamman prayer is known by many as the “porridge prayer”, remembering a time in India hundreds of years ago, when people were faced with famine and drought. In this period many children will ...

SIBU: Some 50 members of the Mariamman Temple here participated in an hour long special prayer session for the annual Ponggal Festival, and victims of MH370, MH17, Airasia flight QZ8501 and floods in ...

THE modification of Amman prayers among South Indians, especially those whose lifestyles have changed through urbanisation or migration, reveals both continuity and transformation. These rituals, ...

SINGAPORE – An estimated 4,000 devotees walked barefoot across a pit of hot coals on Oct 12 as the annual fire-walking festival returned to the Sri Mariamman Temple. The centuries-old ritual is the ...