Photo feature: A river flows through it – India Climate Dialogue
Simple Share Buttons Adder (6.1.5) simplesharebuttons.com The 60 million people visiting Ujjain for the Kumbh Mela were not bothered about the dying Shipra and efforts to rejuvenate the holy river. What mattered More...
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...
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...
Photo Story: Devotees At Simhasth Kumbh Mela In Ujjain
By Roshni Khatri: “I talk to God but the sky is empty.” This quote by Sylvia Path certainly makes me relate to my inner confusion about God, faith, our respective existences and destiny in general. This post is 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...
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...
Ujjain: From ACs to cows, shop to your heart’s content at Simhastha Kumbh | Hindustan Times
If you want to buy used goods at throwaway prices, it may be a good idea to drop by Ujjain sometime this week. With the Simhastha Kumbh drawing to an end, thousands of sadhus who bought air coolers and furniture More...