Ujjain: From ACs to cows, shop to your heart’s content at Simhastha Kumbh | Hindustan Times
If you want to buy used goods at throwaway prices, it may be a good idea to drop by Ujjain sometime this week. With the Simhastha Kumbh drawing to an end, thousands of sadhus who bought air coolers and furniture More...
Kaal Bhairava Drinks Rs 66 Lakh Worth Of Liquor During Kumbh Mela
The Madhya Pradesh government had imposed a liquor ban in the district of Ujjain for the duration of the month-long Simhastha Kumbh Mela. However, for Kaal Bhairav, the presiding deity of a famous shrine in the More...
Hindu temple opens in England’s Swindon
Swindon in South West England has a new Hindu temple now. Swindon Hindu Temple & Cultural Centre organized its first formal puja on May 21, which reportedly included Ganesh puja, Satyanarayan puja, etc., followed More...
Devotees Throng the ‘Shahi Snan’ as Kumbh Mela Draws to a Close
A sea of people, some drawn from abroad, braving the sultry weather flooded the banks of Kshipra river on Saturday for the ongoing third and last ‘shahi snan’ (royal bath) of the Simhastha-Kumbh Mela, marking More...
Kumbh devotees brave the odds, all in good faith |DNA
More than a crore people in two days in a city like Ujjain, coming from all directions, belonging to different sects, carrying varied ideas of religion, but with a common belief that the mind needs an anchor in More...
Kumbh Mahaparv is not a Mela or Excursion. Govt. must maintain its sanctity without political interference: Swami Nischalananda
Going for Simhastha Parva has become like going for a fair or excursion ! MP Govt is diluting the significance of Simhasth for political mileage!! – Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, Puri Peethadheeshwar Shankaracharya. “Simhastha More...
US text book row: Victory for Indian-Americans as California not to replace ‘India’ with ‘South Asia’ – Firstpost
Washington: A California commission — mandated with recommendation and revision of school text books — has rejected demands of replacing India with South Asia for pre-1947 references, which had become a major More...
With $7.5 Million Raised for North America’s Largest Sai Temple, Volunteers Talk About the Project – India New England News
GROTON, MA—With $7.5 million raised to build North America’s largest Sai Temple in Groton, MA, temple volunteers are now getting ready for a grand opening in December and planning next steps. INDIA New England More...
Dry river fails to dampen Kumbh Mela spirit in Ujjain
Baburam Shakya, 73, took his fifth Simhasth Kumbh dip last month in Ujjain, a feat not many can boast of given it takes place once every 12 years. A Hindu devotee takes a holy dip in the Shipra river at the Simhastha More...
Simhastha Kumbh Mela: MP govt runs bus for differently-abled | Business Standard News
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today flagged-off an AC bus from his official residence here carrying visually impaired and other differently-abled people to the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Ujjain. The More...