A ritual precedes the playing of Beri Maddhalam at the Srirangam temple | The Hindu
Srirangam is a treasure house for various instruments that are used in the different rituals. Around 18 instruments are being used for various rituals and Beri Maddhalam is one of them. The Beri Maddhalam is an instrument that is seen and used only at the Sri Ranganathar Temple in Srirangam. It belongs to the category of the Avanaddha Vadhyas or Membranophones. More...
Prove one damn thing and I will leave: Jaggi Vasudev reacts to allegations against Isha | The News Minute
A day after the Tamil Nadu government in a counter affidavit filed in the Madras High Court said that there were unauthorized constructions at the Isha Yoga Center premises in Coimbatore, Jaggi Vasudev has alleged More...
PM: Yuga of harmony through Yoga | DD News
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses International Yoga Festival in Rishikesh via Video Conferencing; says there is ample evidence that practicing Yoga helps fight stress and life-style related issues; PM asserts More...
Haryana wants Indus Valley renamed as Sarasvati civilisation | The Indian Express
Seven months after water was released into a largely dry channel that was dug up to revive the “lost” Saraswati, the Haryana Sarasvati Heritage Development Board (HSHDB) has decided to rename the Indus Valley More...
‘Police tag’ helps in tracing missing kids at temple fete | The Hindu
Children and senior citizens going missing at huge congregations is nothing new. But this novel intervention by the Tirupati Urban district police helped trace two dozen victims in no time. Coinciding with the More...
Temple tank being filled with water | The Hindu
A large volume of water has been pumped out from various borewells and channelised into the temple tank for the forthcoming float festival at Srirangam on Marh 8. Despite these efforts, not much water has been More...
150-year-old temple in Shivajinagar regains lost glory | Times of India
BENGALURU: Tucked away from crowded Shivajinagar is the nondescript 150-year-old Sri Ekambareshwara Swamy Temple that has a Shiva lingam believed to have brought from Varanasi (then Kashi). One could easily miss More...
MLA wants jobs for locals in temple renovation | The Hindu
Barely weeks after the High Court allowed the construction of the dilapidated temple for Vakula Matha, considered the foster mother of Lord Venkateswara, on a hillock that was completely razed by the quarry industry, More...
Indore: Renovated Durga Mata Temple dedicated | FPJ
Indore: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan dedicated renovated Durga Mata Temple here on Wednesday. Renovation work of the 200-year-old Subhash Choke located temple was done by Indore Development Authority with Rs More...
From terrorism to climate change, PM Narendra Modi prescribes Yoga as global panacea | The Financial Express
Prime Minister Narnedra Modi on Thursday said that “World is today threatened by challenges-terrorism, climate change.” Underlining that “there should be peace among nations”, PM Modi prescribed Yoga as More...