At Simhastha Kumbh, Kinnar Akhara becomes a huge draw | The Indian Express
The transgender community that continues to fight discrimination over gender identity has found acceptance at Simhastha Kumbh. The separate Kinnar Akhara at the religious congregation has become such a draw that More...
Veggies In Cattle Country: Leading Texas Hospital Now Promoting Plant-Based Diet | Fronteras Desk
This dish, an African stew, consists of vegetables and legumes, the essence of a plant-based diet. A leading hospital has become the first in historically beef-loving Texas to formally promote plant-based and More...
Shivraj Singh blogs on Ujjain Simhastha, says globe is our family – Times of India
BHOPAL: Amid grand religious congregation in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan sees unity in diversity in Simhastha saying, the entire world is visible here like a single family.In his More...
Fast Changing Religious Demography of Kerala
KERALA, INDIA, APRIL 27, 2016 (by J. K Bajaj, CPS, India): Like Assam, West Bengal, Purnia and Santhal Pargana region of Bihar and Jharkhand, parts of Western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Mewat of Haryana and More...
Woman seer seeking right to Shahi Snan arrested in Ujjain – Firstpost
Ujjain: Trikal Bhavanta, the woman seer who entered a pit to take ‘Samadhi’ (embrace death) here on Tuesday to press her demand for right to women to take Shahi Snan during Simhastha Kumbh, was arrested More...
International Yoga Day: PU, education department to bring around 10,000 students for event
TO ENSURE a good turnout for the second edition of International Yoga Day, a target of bringing 5,000 students each has been set for Panjab University and UT education department. The event is scheduled to be More...
This Varanasi Lawyer Has Been Practising in Sanskrit For 38 Years – The Quint
Acharya Shyamji Upadhay, a lawyer from Varanasi has been arguing and drafting his legal cases in Sanskrit, the ancient Indian language. While many believe that Sanskrit is a dead and defunct language, Upadhyay More...
Teach students Tirukkural: Madras High Court
Madurai: Observing that Tirukkural alone can take the younger generation on a righteous path, the Madurai bench of Madras high court directed the state government to include 108 chapters/ Adhigrams of Tirukkural More...
Sadhus and seers take holy dip during Ujjain Kumbh Mela
The city of Ujjain hosted the Kumbh Mela, the largest religious congregation of Hindus, with over five crore people including seers attending the holy city. It is one of the four fairs traditionally recognised More...
The Continuing Decline Of Hindus In Kerala
Kerala—like Assam, West Bengal, Purnia and Santhal Pargana region of Bihar and Jharkhand, parts of Western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Mewat of Haryana and Rajasthan, and many of the States in the northeast—has More...