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  • Mata Ki Chowki on Saturday 7th December

    Mumbai.Mata Ki Chowki has been organized on 7th December 2013 (Saturday) at 8.00 P.M. at ‘Radhe Maa Bhawan’, Sodawala Lane, Boriwali (West),Mumbai. The event will see bhajan’s and songs on Shree Durga  Maa.The entry is free, everyone is welcome. Mamatamai Shri Radhe Guru Maa Charitable Trust conducts Mata ki Chowki, Bhajan Sandhya and Divyadarshan of […]

    Oldest ‘shrine’ discovery suggests Buddha lived in 6th Cen BC

    Archaeologists have unearthed the earliest ever ‘Buddhist shrine’ at Buddha’s birthplace in Nepal, which suggests the sage may have lived in the 6th century BC, two centuries earlier than thought. Excavations within the sacred Maya Devi Temple at Lumbini in Nepal, a UNESCO World Heritage site long identified as the birthplace of the Buddha, uncovered […]

    Chhath Pooja observed with traditional fervour

    The four day Chhat Festival will culminate on Saturday morning with devotees offering prayers to the rising sun on the banks of rivers and other water bodies. On Friday,People in large numbers congregated on the banks of Ganga river for evening ‘arghya’ to the Sun god on Friday on the occasion of Chhath. The ghats […]

    Choti Diwali being celebrated across India

    With festive spirits gripping the nation, choti Diwali is being celebrated all across the country on Saturday. It is also known as ‘Narak Chaturdashi’. The festival of lights, Diwali is celebrated to mark the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance. This festival of lights bring a new hope among […]

    Eid festivities begin; Prez, PM greet nation

    Eid-ul-Azha is being celebrated across the country today as Muslims offer special prayers in Eidgahs and mosques as well as sacrifice animals, and markets are all decked up for the occasion. Eid-ul-Azha commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to Allah. President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari […]

    Badrinath shrine to be closed from Nov 18

    In Uttrakhand, the portals of holy Badrinath shrine in district Chamoli will be closed for winter for the devotees at 1938 hours on November 18. This was decided in a meeting held at Badrinath today by the Rawal Shri Nambudiripad and Dharmadhikari of Badri-Kedar Mandir Samiti. The decision for closure of the portals is taken […]

    Thousands of pilgrims, including Indians, begin Hajj

    Thousands of white-clad pilgrims, including Indians, today began converging at Mina near the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia in the first leg of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.   They began leaving for tent city of Mina last night after circumambulating the Holy Kaaba in Mecca, where the grand mosque was packed with […]

    Dussehra being celebrated across country Today

    The festival of good over evil, Dussehra is being celebrated across the country today. West Bengal celebrates Maha Navami Day today, the third day of the four-day long Durga Puja festival. People from all walks of life are visiting Durga pandals to see idols following improvement of weather. In Uttar Pradesh, the festive spirit is […]

    Pilgrims to Vaishnodevi to be photographed

    A photograph-based slip system has been introduced for pilgrims visiting the holy cave shrine of Vaishnodevi, officials said on Sunday. Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra launched the yatra registration slip system yesterday at Katra in Reasi district, the base camp for Vaishnodevi pilgrimage. The Governor, who is also chairman of the Shri Mata […]

    Sadhvi-to-be Manali Rathod taken out in a procession in all grandeur as a part of the ritual or making of a Sadhvi

    Hyderabad : Manali Rathod, a 24 year old B.Com. Graduate and Interior Designer from a rich business family who is to renounce worldly comforts  and is to become a Jain Sadhvi (Nun/Sanyashi) was taken in procession in all grandeur as part of the ritual or making of Sadhvi on 4th day of the Ritual on […]