Tag archive for ‘Simhastha’
By Editor On Saturday, May 7th, 2016
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Tech savvy Kumbh fails to attract large crowds | Business Standard News

Home-grown hi-tech applications, 6,000 close circuit cameras equipped with technologies of face detection, behaviour detection, go-pro cameras, ready-to-wear gadgets and drone security cameras have not been able More...

By Editor On Thursday, May 5th, 2016
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Tragedy strikes Ujjain Kumbh Mela, stampede kills seven, injures 90 – Firstpost

Seven people were killed and around 90 others injured when heavy rains accompanied by lightning and squall flattened and uprooted makeshifts tents of pilgrims in and around the site of ongoing Simhatha Kumbh Mela More...

By Editor On Friday, April 29th, 2016
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PM Modi to attend closing ceremony of ‘spiritual Kumbh’ in Ujjain | DNA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the closing ceremony of a ‘spiritual Kumbh’–a confluence of inter-faith spiritual leaders– on May 14 in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain city. As More...

By Editor On Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
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Shivraj Singh blogs on Ujjain Simhastha, says globe is our family – Times of India

BHOPAL: Amid grand religious congregation in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan sees unity in diversity in Simhastha saying, the entire world is visible here like a single family.In his More...

By Editor On Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
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Woman seer seeking right to Shahi Snan arrested in Ujjain – Firstpost

Ujjain: Trikal Bhavanta, the woman seer who entered a pit to take ‘Samadhi’ (embrace death) here on Tuesday to press her demand for right to women to take Shahi Snan during Simhastha Kumbh, was arrested More...

By Editor On Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
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Sadhus and seers take holy dip during Ujjain Kumbh Mela

The city of Ujjain hosted the Kumbh Mela, the largest religious congregation of Hindus, with over five crore people including seers attending the holy city. It is one of the four fairs traditionally recognised More...

By Editor On Saturday, April 23rd, 2016
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Spirituality, mysticism and festivity: All you need to know about this year’s Maha Kumbh Mela at Ujjain – Firstpost

Spirituality, mysticism, festivity, adventure and cultural extravaganza meet on the banks of River Kshipra at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, with the beginning of the month-long Maha Kumbh Mela — Simhastha on 22 April. With More...

By Editor On Saturday, April 23rd, 2016
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In Photos: Devotees Gather At Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2016 in Ujjain – The Quint

Early on Friday morning, the month-long Simhastha Kumbh Mela began in Ujjain, which is the largest gathering of Hindus in the world. Held every 12 years in this holy city, people, saints and seers come from all More...

By Editor On Saturday, April 23rd, 2016
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Simhastha Kumbh Mela begins in MP | The Indian Express

A sadhu at the Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain Friday. PTI TENS OF thousands of people from all parts of the country turned up for the first shahi snan on Friday as the month-long Simhastha Kumbh Mela began on More...

By Editor On Saturday, April 23rd, 2016
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Transgenders make debut at Kumbh | The Indian Express

The maiden entry of Kinnar Akhara, an institution representing transgenders, at the Kumbh drew maximum attention as devotees scrambled to seek their blessings when they arrived at Gandharv Ghat Friday evening. Handing More...