Dist admin elated over success of Ambubachi |The Assam Tribune
GUWAHATI, June 27 – Buoyed by the success of the Ambubachi Mela this year, the Kamrup Metro district administration has now decided to prepare a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for next years event.The More...
Aditya Sinha: Bowing before the Mother Goddess – News
During the annual Ambubachi mela, the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, Assam, closes its doors for three days, in celebration of Goddess Kamakhya’s menstruation. Imagine that. In a nation where actor Salman Khan likens More...
Rajnath deputes top MHA officials to J&K for security review
JAMMU, June 26: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today deputed a high level three-member team of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to Jammu and Kashmir to visit the State for two days from Tuesday for comprehensive More...
Kamakhya Temple to Get Rs 25 Crore for Development | Northeast Today
Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday announced an aid of Rs 25 crore for the development of the Kamakhya temple’s infrastructure over the next couple of years. Pradhan, who was in Guwahati to More...
A Hindu In China | Lom Harshni Chauhan
“Am I a pureblood, Mama?” My Harry Potter-inspired preteen asked me recently.My daughter, growing up in China, has asked me versions of this question since she was six years old. “What am I, Mama? More...
50,000 yoga professionals to be certified in 3 years – The Hindu
Standards in services sectors will soon be made a critical component at the levels of the Union and the State governments with particular focus initially on yoga and healthcare, says the Commerce Ministry. In a More...
Houston celebrates Yoga event at NASA Space Centre | Business Standard News
Hundreds of American yoga enthusiasts rolled out their colourful mats, twisting their bodies and performing ‘Surya Namaskar’ in front of the space shuttle at NASA’s landmark Johnson Space Center More...
Security in Kashmir reviewed after Pampore attack | The Indian Express
At least eight CRPF personnel were killed after suspected militants opened fire on a bus carrying the jawans in Pampore, Jammu-Kashmir. Two terrorists were also gunned down in the return fire by the paramilitary More...
Hindus in Pak protest illegal occupation of religious sites | The Indian Express
Minority Hindus in Pakistan have demanded that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government hand over their places of worship to them following allegations of land grab and illegal occupation of the community’s sacred sites. The More...
In Pics: Celebrating the Shakti Culture at Guwahati’s Ambubachi Mela
The monsoons have arrived in Assam, and with the rains begins the auspicious Ambubachi Mela in Guwahati’s Kamakhya Temple. The heart of Tantric traditions in India, the temple attracts sadhus, sadhvis and Tantric More...