India’s Kumbh Melas are running short of water
“When I came to the Kumbh in my childhood, this was a beautiful river flowing with sweet water,” Badal Nath, 64, reminisced on the banks of the Shipra river in Ujjain in central India. “The last time [12 More...
Simhastha concludes with dips, heat and naga clicks | Hindustan Times
A month-long mega Simhastha-2016 concluded with a record footfall on the third shahi snan in the Kshipra on Saturday amid rising temperature. About 80 lakh devotees took the holy dip at 20-odd ghats along the More...
Why Ujjain Kumbh is the coolest thing to do in the heat of May
It is one of the biggest congregation and spectacles of the world and it happens just once in 12 years! The Ujjain Kumbh is on right now, and if you haven’t thought of heading there you just may be the biggest More...
A Rs 11,000-cr floating economy – Simhastha Kumbh Ujjain
The world over, large religious congregations are known to be disaster-prone. However, Indian cities seem to have cracked the code of organising events largely free from mishaps. We look at three recent religious More...
MP waives tax on Shankaracharya’s customised bus worth Rs 1.30 crore |Hindustan Times
BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh government waived on Wednesday the road tax on a Rs 1.30-crore luxury bus owned by Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati, a move derided by social activists and the opposition AAP as More...
Ujjain on the holy path of transformation
While the holy dip in river Kshipra may have helped thousands and lakhs of devotees wash off their sins in the recently concluded Simhastha Kumbh at Ujjain, what is certain is the month-long festival may well have More...
Mahakal temple in Ujjain goes the organic way
Indore: Ujjain administration has installed a 600 kg capacity organic waste converter in the Mahakal temple campus to convert the offered flowers into usable organic manure. The Mahakal temple in Ujjain generated More...
How can I desert blackbuck, neither of us will survive: Naga sadhu’s plea | The Indian Express
Undaunted by the prospect of a possible jail term for keeping a blackbuck in his custody, a Naga sadhu has moved court with a prayer that the antelope be released in a forest near Aurangabad in Maharashtra, from More...
Ujjain is spiritual capital of MP: CM Chouhan – Times of India
BHOPAL: Ujjain city has been decorated, improved and developed with hard work. This look of Ujjain should perpetuate and never deteriorate. Ujjain should become a centre of religious tourism in the country and world More...
Traditions Are Kept Alive & Passed On at the Simhasth Kumbh Mela – The Quint
It was a tough journey for 84-year-old Kantabai Nagar, but she finally made it. Despite her stoop, an undeterred Kantabai came all the way from Tirupati Nagar, Indore, to be a part of the Simhasth Kumbh Mela and More...