Villianur wears a festive look for temple car festival | The Hindu

Brightly-clad women and children thronged Kokilambigai Thirukameeshwarar Temple in Villianur early on Tuesday. As the toy sellers waded through the crowd looking for a comfortable space to set up their makeshift shops, people crowded near the temple car waiting for the priest’s signal to the pull the car. Located in Villianur, one of the important More...

Officials gear up for Ujjaini Mahankali Temple Bonalu | The Hans India
biggest festivals of Telangana, which attracts lakhs of people from all over the State, will begin in Ujjaini Mahankali Temple in Secunderabad on July 9. Minister for Animal Husbandry Talasani Srinivas Yadav on More...

Kamala Nagar Ayyappa Temple Brahmotsavam begins | The Hans India
Hyderabad: Brahmotsavam at the Kamala Nagar Ayyappa temple, one of the major temples in the city dedicated to Lord Ayyappa started Sunday with the ceremonial flag hoisting. Earlier on Saturday, preparations for More...

Agra temple, 113 years in the making, inches towards completion | Times of India
GRA: The Dayalbagh temple in the city, being built by the Radha Soami Satsang sect, has acquired near-legendary status, not just because of its dimensions, but also the 113 years it has been under construction. More...

Temple tanks dig deeper to stay afloat in times of crisis | Times of India
CHENNAI: The six-acre Mylapore tank, the city’s largest rainwater harvesting structure, now has five borewells on its bed, pumping out water to keep it alive – the state calls it conservation; experts More...

Sri Erumbeeswarar Temple at Tiruverumbur celebrates Vaikasi Visagam festival
Devotees pulled the car of Sri Erumbeeswarar Temple at Tiruverumbur near here on Tuesday as part of the Vaikasi Visagam festival. The processional deities of Lord Siva and His Consort were brought to the temple More...

Muslim-born Salabeg, the Jagannath devotee who sang the glory of Lord | The Indian Express
The grandiose Puri temple, dedicated to Lord Jagannath, his brother Balbhadra and sister Subhadra, is of paramount importance to Hindus as one of the four abodes orchardham and hence a sacred pilgrimage site. This More...

Sree Padmanabha temple gears up for Painguni festival | The New Indian Express
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Painguni festival at Sree Padmanabhaswami temple here will begin with ‘mannu neeru koral’ on Saturday. As part of the festival, ‘shanti homangal’ will be performed on March 29. Brahmakalasa More...

An important Shani temple | The New Indian Express
CHENNAI: The Agasthishwarar temple in Pozhichalur, an ancient Chola shrine, is one of the Navagraha temples near Chennai. The main sanctum which is in a unique apsidal shape (called gajaprishta vimanam in Sanskrit), More...

Land creeping threatens Nepal’s famed Pashupatinath Temple | DNA
A geologist in Nepal, who has been studying the land structure of various heritage sites in the country, has warned that land creeping is threatening the famed Pashupatinath Temple. Land creeping is the slow downward More...