Tamil Nadu: Ban on 800-year-old temple festival
Nagapattinam: S. Palanisamy, district collector of Nagapattinam, has banned the annual festival at the 800-year-old Pazhankallimedu Bhadrakaliamman temple, 40 km from here, which falls in the Tamil month of Aadi, More...
Sri Lankan President takes part in Suprabhata seva at Tirumala temple – The Hindu
President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena, who is currently on a two-day pilgrimage to the sacred temple town of Lord Venkateswara on Sunday, visited the hill temple twice and paid his obeisance’s to the presiding More...
A Hindu view of “Christian” Yoga
While yoga is not a “religion” in the sense that the Abrahamic religions are, it is a well-established spiritual path. Its physical postures are only the tip of an iceberg, beneath which is a distinct metaphysics More...
Burglars strike in temple; loot gold, silver and cash – The Hindu
Thieves broke into a temple on the Girivalam path and allegedly decamped with the deity’s gold crown, silver articles and cash from the hundiyal (collection box). According to Tiruvannamalai Taluk police, burglars More...
Kallimedu temple talks remain deadlocked – The Hindu
A tripartite peace meeting convened by officials at Vedaranyam on Saturday to discuss the demand of Dalits of Pazhag Kallimedu to hold mandagpadi (sponsoring a day’s event) during the annual Aadi festival of More...
Construction of temple nearing completion – The Hindu
Work on the construction of a temple dedicated to Sri Tirupurasundari – Sri Chandramouleeswarar at Mahendramangalam near Musiri on the banks of the Cauvery in the district is nearing completion. The foundation More...
Ancient Khmer temple in Khon Buri ready for visitors | Bangkok Post: news
NAKHON RATCHASIMA – The renovation of an 800-year-old Khmer temple in Khon Buri district of this northeastern province has been completed and is expected to become a new tourist attraction. Somchart Dejdon, More...
Uttarakhand: 500-acre turtle sanctuary sanctioned to clean up Ganga | The Indian Express
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has sanctioned a 500-acre land in Rishikesh for opening up of a turtle breeding centre in an effort to clean up Ganga. Sources told IANS on Saturday that the National More...
TTD’s ayurveda expo, dispensary draw crowds – The Hindu
An exhibition of ayurveda products and medicines put up by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) on the sidelines of a replica of the Balaji temple at PWD grounds in city as part of the ongoing Krishna Pushkarams More...
CCRAS inks MoU with Latvia varsity for ayurveda research | Business Standard News
The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) today signed an MoU with University of Latvia for establishment of an academic chair for ayurveda research in the European nation. The Memorandum of More...