Makaravilakku: Thousands offer worship at Lord Ayyappa temple
Thousands of devotees offered worship at the famous Lord Ayyappa temple here on the auspicious occasion of Makaravilakku this evening, marking the culmination of the over two-month-long pilgrimage. The holy hill of Sabarimala, atop which the Ayyappa temple is located, reverberated with chants of “Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa” when the portals More...
After a 100 years, Makar Sankranti gets a new date
Makar Sankranti, which has been celebrated on January 14 for the last 100 years, will from 2019 be marked on January 15 or January 16, except in 2021. What is sankranti? Makar Sankranti marks the end of Malmaas, More...
Mahabharata Showcased: A Time Travel Into The Ancient Indraprasta
It all started on the crisp morning of 18 November 2016! The much-awaited First Indraprasta Festival was held in Delhi, taking visitors back in time to the Mahabharata era. Aligned with the World Heritage Week More...
Hinduism spreads by conviction, not conversion
BENGALURU: Hinduism is misunderstood as a narrow religion but in reality it is a very inclusive and broad-minded religion, said M K Sridhar, member of the Central Advisory Board of Education, Ministry of Human More...
ISKCON, Mayapur organises Ganga Swacch Abhiyan
On its way to Ganga Sagar the vessel will pass through various places visited by Chaitanaya MahaPrabhu, a spiritual teacher who had founded Gaudiya Vaishnavism. As a part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations, devotees More...
5-day Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair-2016 begins at Bengaluru
Bengaluru : Aimed to showcase the various service activities by more than 250 socio-religious Hindu Organisations, a 5-day state level mega event Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair-2016 (HSSF) was inaugurated on More...
Mukkoti Vaikunta Ekadasi arrangements begin at Bhadrachalam temple
KOTHAGUDEM: District Collector Rajiv Gandhi Hanumanthu directed officials of all departments to make elaborate arrangements for smooth conduct of Mukkoti Vaikunta Ekadasi festival to be celebrated on January 8 More...
Thousands participate in temple car festival
A large number of devotees pulled the Sikkal Sri Singaravelar temple car as part of the Kanda Sashti festival here on Friday. The Sashti festival commenced with the hoisting of the holy flag on October 31 and the More...
Idol of goddess Kali immersed in river Ganga
VARANASI: The idol of goddess Kali was immersed into river Ganga at Dashaswamedh Ghat amidst tight security arrangements on Wednesday night.Navsangh, a social organisation, organises Kali Puja in highly-sensitive More...
Vrindavan’s widows celebrate Diwali inside Gopinath temple
Hundreds of widows for the first time marked Diwali by celebrating it inside the Gopinath temple here. “I am very happy. I celebrated Diwali after a very long time. The last time I celebrated this festival More...