Mahalakshmi Temple: 300-year-old temple among most visited
One of the most visited temples in Mumbai, the Mahalakshmi temple’s earliest records date back to the 1800s. Almost 300 years old, it stands right on the edge of the shore of the city on the Bhulabhai Desai Road. “Devi Mahalakshmi in this temple has not been carved out, she is a ‘swayambhu’ which means the figure of the devi had appeared on More...
Sarannavarathri ends at Srisailam temple
Sri Devi Sarannavarathri festivities came to an end in Srisailam temple with poornahuthi on Vijayadasami, on Tuesday. Priests performed kumkumarchana, yaganga havanam, Chandi, Rudra and Jayadi homams in the morning. More...
4 Indian temples where Ravana is worshipped
For most of us, the festival of Dussehra is synonymous with the victory of good over evil, which in turn is synonymous with Ram’s victory over Ravan. But there are some places in the country that symbolise More...
Witness to over a century of change, a temple for the ‘Guru’ in Gurgaon
A two-room temple, in a narrow lane in Gurgaon’s Subhash Nagar, has seen a lot in over 100 years of its existence. It has seen Gurgaon’s transition from a village to a city, and then to an IT hub struggling More...
Renovation of ancient Munger temple starts
Munger: The district administration has started to renovate the ancient Chandika Asthan temple and beautify the surrounding areas. To begin with, on the day of Mahalaya, the day of awakening of the Goddess Durga, More...
The Trouble With Temple Restoration in Myanmar | The Diplomat
MANDALAY – Restoring ancient temples has its own politics. The Indians found this out through their restoration work at Angkor Wat in northwest Cambodia, which they initiated in the 1980s, motivated primarily More...
“Restart renovation work on temple mandapam” – The Hindu
Officials of the State Archaeology Department recently visited the rock-cut temple of Sri Parvathagiriswarar at Kundrandarkovil near Pudukottai and ascertained the condition of the 100-pillar mandapam, a work on More...
Kamban, Kalamega Pulavar visited this ancient temple – The Hindu
Sundararaja Perumal Temple at Vembathur near Tirupachethi in Sivaganga district has a significant association with Madurai. Poems written in praise of the presiding deity are found in Sangam literature. According More...
Sri Someshwara Swamy Temple: Facelift defacing 1,250-year-old Ulsoor temple, rue historians
BENGALURU: It is centuries older than the city that houses it. Located in the heart of Bengaluru, the 1,250-year-old Sri Someshwara Swamy Temple boasts of a rich heritage – it was built by the Chola dynasty More...
TDB decides to install new temple mast at Sabarimala temple – The Hindu
The Travancore Devaswom Board has decided to install a new holy mast, replacing the old one, at the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in the auspices muhurthom between 11.50 a.m. and 1.40 p.m. on June 25, 2017. The More...