Ganga rising enormously due to heavy rains in hills of Uttarakhand – Times of India
Kanpur: Ganga is on an enormous rise following heavy rains in the hills of Uttarakhand. In the past 24 hours, the level of water at Ganga barrage has gone up both in the upstream and the downstream of Ganga. The steep pace in rise of water level has alerted the district administration. The villages in Katri belt have been put on alert.While Ganga was More...
Amateur archaeologists find 9th century Jain temple – The Hindu
A ninth century Jain temple with sculptures and carved stone image of ‘Parshavanath’ has been discovered at Idaiyamadam in SP Pattinam, near Thondi, by the Ramanathapuram Archaeological and Historical Conservation More...
Group tries to save 1,000-yr-old temple in Begur – The New Indian Express
BENGALURU: Many believe Bengaluru didn’t just get its name from Veera Ballala’s Benda Kaal Ooru (town of boiled beans). Its origin is traced to a small temple in a village called Begur near Electronics City. This More...
An anthem to clean Ganga, from Chennai – Times of India
It was the speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Madison Square Gardens in September 2015 that inspired Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan, popularly known as the Trichur Brothers, to create a music video More...
With Ganga in full spate, priests shift Gangotri temple records to safe locations – Times of India
DEHRADUN: With the Ganga in full spate near Gaumukh, the point of its origin, priests of the Gangotri temple have over the past few days, shifted documents from the shrine’s “record room” to a More...
Bihar CM demands removal of Farakka barrage on river Ganga – Times of India
PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday demanded removal of Farakka barrage on river Ganga saying, “The disadvantages of the barrage appear to be higher than its benefits.”Raising the issue of Bihar’s More...
These 400-Year-Old Murals in a Tiruchi Temple Are Fading Away
In the 400 year old temples of Vijaynagar remains an important slice of history – its temples. Built during the Nayak empire (1499-1763), these temples house colourful murals depict the Bhagavtham, one of the More...
Ganga water at your door step
Indian Postal Department has started selling ‘Gangajal’ to customers here from Wednesday. Superintendent of Post Offices, Salem East Division, Salem said that the holy water is sourced from Rishikesh and is More...
1,600 villages to adopt Punjab model for Ganga rejuvenation: Seechewal | Hindustan Times
Environmental activist Balbir Singh Seechewal’s model of cleaning water bodies, successfully employed in Punjab, is being adopted by more than 1,600 villages situated on the banks of Ganga for the river’s rejuvenation. Seechewal More...
Photo feature: A river flows through it – India Climate Dialogue
Simple Share Buttons Adder (6.1.5) simplesharebuttons.com The 60 million people visiting Ujjain for the Kumbh Mela were not bothered about the dying Shipra and efforts to rejuvenate the holy river. What mattered More...