Devotees please Goddess with stones, bricks in Vizag
VIJAYAWADA: Devotees offering flowers, money, gold, fruits and food to their favourite deities is common. But there is a deity in Visakhapatnam which is pleased with stones. Called “Raalla-Devatha” (Stone Goddess), the local deity is placed in an open area near Mettameedipalem village of Anandapuram mandal in the city limits. The temple More...
New gold jewel for Lord Venkateswara
The TTD Trust Board has decided to get a new ‘Sahasra Nama Kasula Haram’ for Lord Venkateswara. The TTD board of trustees which met here on Tuesday resolved to invite open tenders for the making of the new More...
Tirupati ticket price may go up by 5-10 rupees as note ban reduces income
TIRUMALA: Call it the effect of demonetisation. Devotees trekking to the seven hills for a darshan of Lord Balaji may have to shell out more for tickets and various temple services. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam More...
Sacred ‘Nandi Dhwaja Patham’ hoisted on temple pillar
The annual brahmotsavams of the Sri Kapileswara Swamy temple began on a grand note with the hoisting of sacred ‘Nandi Dhwaja Patham’ on the temple pillar, during the auspicious Meena Lagnam at 8.28 a.m. here More...
Sabarimala temple mast being dismantled
The Travancore Devaswom Board has started dismantling the mast in front of the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala. The dismantling began after Tantri Kandararu Rajeevararu performed special rituals (puja) in the More...
An ancient temple on a small island near ECR
CHENNAI: Natham Parameshwaramangalam, a village near the Palar Bridge on East Coast Road, is home to two ancient temples, one for Vishnu dedicated to Sowmya Damodara Perumal and another for Siva worshipped as More...
Hindu temple opens in California’s Santa Clarita
Sri Siddhi Vinayaka Temple Santa Clarita (SSVTSC), where the main deity is Lord Ganesh, had its grand-opening on February nine evening in Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita (California). Mission of Sri Siddhi More...
Durga temple to take TTD route
Taking a leaf out of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams’ (TTD) experience, the Kanaka Durga temple authorities have chalked out plans to replicate the former’s Sudarsanam token system here. If their plans go More...
Kalakada & Andhra’s Great Past
The following Post was composed by Spandana garu. You can follow her on Twitter. Andhra Pradesh is now making its move towards becoming a technology giant, industrial giant, and what not —all these are positive More...
A Vishnu temple, unique in more ways than one
CHENNAI: The Parthasarathi Svami temple in Thiruvallikeni is one of the 108 Divya Desams, praised in the Tamil verses (Pasuram) of the Azhvars or Vaishnava saints. Pey Azhvar, Thirumazhisai Azhvar and Thirumangai More...