Vemulawada hosts Lord’s wedding
Vemulawada: The Shiva Kalyanotsavam, the celestial wedding of Lord Shiva with His Consort Parvathi, was held with religious fervour and gaiety at Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam in Vemulawada on Wednesday. The temple town was packed with thousands of devotees from various parts of the State to witness the celestial wedding of Lord Shiva. More...
Thousands witness rural sport at temple festival | The Hindu
Thousands witnessed pole climbing event, a rural sport conducted as part of annual Masi festival, at Mariamman Temple in Natham near here on Tuesday. Devotees carried fire pots and took out a procession to the temple. More...
Sea of pilgrims at Kumbakonam
Thousands of devotees from various parts of the State took part in the annual Masi Maham festivities in Kumbakonam on Saturday. While the main Teerthavari of the Shiva shrines was held at the famous Mahamaham tank, More...
Ujjain: Traditional ‘Jatra’ at Chintaman temple begins | FPJ
Ujjain: Devotees thronged the famous Chintaman Ganesh temple, 6 kilometers from the city on Wednesday, to observe the first ‘Jatra’ of the Hindu month of ‘chaitra’. A visit to the presiding deity, Ganesha More...
An Elephant festival of Jaipur
A festival held annually during Holi, in Jaipur (Rajasthan) where elephants are the centre of attraction. In olden days, huge male elephants were used exclusively for the Maharajas, especially in royal processions. More...
Holistic Holi In Prasanthi Nilayam
The festival of Holi gets infused with holistic feelings in Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam. As the festival is on the anvil once again with hundreds of devotees from the ‘twin-states’ of Bihar & Jharkhand More...
Gour Purnima celebrated at Iskcon in Mayapur
KOLKATA : The month long celebrations that began on February 17, touched its zenith on Sunday evening at the Iskcon Chandradaya Temple , Mayapur, the global spiritual headquarters of the organisation. Gour Purnima More...
Two much: City picks up Holi fun from where it left off on Sunday
KOLKATA: The city proved that more indeed leads to a merrier time as it celebrated the festival of colours two days in a row — Dol on Sunday and Holi on Monday. While vehicles largely remained away from the roads More...
Teppotsavams concludes in Tirumala Tirupathi
Tirumala, 12 March 2017: The annual five day teppotsavams concluded in Tirumala on Sunday with the processional deity of Lord Sri Malayappa Swamy taking celestial ride on the finely decked Teppa along with His two More...
Significance of Dola Purnima – a popular festival of Odisha
Dola Purnima is a Hindu festival of paramount importance in Odisha which marks the end of six-day swing festival of Radha and Lord Krishna. The six-day festival known as Dola Jatra begins from the Falguna Dasami More...