Varanasi: Devotees take holy dip in Ganga on ‘Pitru Paksha Shradh’
Devotees on Friday took a holy dip in Ganga River at Varanasi’s Brijghat on the occasion of ‘Pitru Paksha Shradh’. The priests performed rituals on the banks of the river and chanted hymns as More...
Meet the Artisan Who Created India’s First Androgynous Idol of Goddess Durga – TBI
In the crammed world of clay figurines, Chaina and her retinue from Kolkata, are keeping alive the age-old tradition of modelling goddess Durga. Grey clouds had started forming in the skies and a lanky chap More...
Yoga textbook created by Patanjali to be taught in Goa schools
A yoga training textbook prepared by Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Yog Peeth would be taught in the primary schools in Goa, a senior official said on Thursday. “The (yoga training) scheme would be implemented by More...
Ganesh laddu goes for whopping ₹14.65 lakh
Auction of laddu at Balapur Ganesh pandal in the city limits has fetched a record ₹14.65 lakh here. In a hotly contested auction where there were about 25 participants, Skylab Reddy’s bid was announced as the More...
Khairatabad’s tallest Ganesh immersed by afternoon for first time
Despite inclement weather and intermittent drizzling, the annual Ganesh Navratri festival came to an end with the immersion of Ganesh idols in the State capital and suburbs on Thursday. WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin More...
Beautification of 16th century Shiva temple begins
SAMBALPUR: A NEW look is in the offing for the 16th century temple of Lord Shiva, Mandhata temple, at Maneswar in the city. Municipal engineer, Basanta Kumar Padhy said desiltation of the water body and construction More...
Civilizations of The Forest and Desert
By Rajiv Malhotra In my book, Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism, I have discussed how a constant striving for balance and equilibrium between the forces of “chaos” and “order” More...
More Than Rs 750 Cr Of Foreign Funds Fetched By Mother Teresa’s Missionaries In Last 10 Years
The breakup of this amount of Kolkata based centres of MC, MC Brothers and MC Fathers is Rs 637 Cr, Rs. 111 Cr and Rs 1.41 Cr respectively. The submitted records for the public tell that the missionaries have used More...
Kolkata Police Wants To Ban Selfies At Durga Pandals This Year
ads_sharebox_260x60 In an attempt to minimise the chaos at Durga Pooja pandals this year, cops in Kolkata are planning to ban selfies. While some places like Lalbazar are planning to prohibit selfies entirely, More...
Durga temple closed after special ritual
It will re-open at 9 am today after holy bath : Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam kick-started a three-day pavitrotsavams here on Wednesday. For the first time during the pavitrotsavams, the devasthanam More...