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  • Navratri celebration begins with prayer, gaiety

    The festival of Navratri which lasts for 9 days with three days each devoted to worship of Maa Durga, Maa Lakshmi and Maa Saraswati, began on Saturday. During the nine days of Navratri, feasting and fasting take precedence over all normal daily activities amongst the Hindus. Evenings give rise to the religious dances in order […]

    Graduates to Software professionals to Diamond traders to Billionaires… many Jain youth are pursuing spiritual path

    Hyderabad: Young girl Manali Rathod who is to renounce the worldly life and become a Jain Sadhvi spent the day two of the initiation ceremony with her relatives and friends in a ceremony held at Kachiguda Jain Sansthan. The atmosphere was both solemn and joyful and hundreds of Jains from different parts of the country […]

    Kolte-Patil Launches four projects in Pune to develop a total of 1.8 million Sq.Ft.

    Mumbai : In an endeavour to offer discerning buyers with futuristic homes incorporating new-age modern facilities, Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd. (KPDL), a pioneer in lifestyle concepts, announced the launch of four new luxury projects. Launches Tuscan Estate Signature Meadows, Downtown, 24K Glamore and 3rd Avenue at Life Republic –– in Pune today, to develop a total […]

    Pre-fabricated houses come up in Kedarnath

    With pilgrimage to Kedarnath likely to resume next month, pre-fabricated houses with power and water connectivity have been built at the Himalayan shrine to accommodate 100 people. Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar, who visited Kedarnath on Tuesday to take stock of the arrangements there, said pre-fabricated houses fitted with power and water facilities and a capacity […]

    Yatra to Hemkund Sahib resumes, first batch flagged off

    Pilgrimage to Hemkund Sahib in Garhwal Himalayas resumed on Saturday from Govindghat after remaining suspended for over three months in the wake of the June flashfloods which had breached a 6-km stretch of the trek to the famed Sikh shrine. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna flagged off the first pilgrims, who had converged at Govindghat from […]

    Indian chief priest of Pashupatinath Temple resigns

    The Indian chief priest of Nepal’s fifth-century Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu has on Saturday submitted his resignation after 21 years of service for personal reasons. Mahabaleshwor Bhatta, who hails from Tamil Nadu, gave his resignation to the Pashupati Area Development Trust, the body that looks after the Hindu temple’s affairs. The board of the trust […]

    24years old Interior Designer girl from rich business family to become a Jain Sadhavi

    Hyderabad : Manali Rathod, a 24 years old girl from a rich business family in Coimbatore, walked 1500 kilometers in the process on various occations, now comes to Hyderabad to take a Sainthood and become a Sadhvi(man is called Sadhu or Muni and the woman is called Sadhvi, Shramani). She is hardly 24years old and […]

    Ten-day long Ganesha festival concludes today

    The ten day long Ganesh Chaturthi Puja concludes on Wednesday. Idols of Ganesha will be immersed in water bodies especially in sea; as it is mainly celebrated in coastal areas. Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and the nearby areas celebrate this festival auspiciously. Tight security arrangements have been made for immersion of Ganesh idols across […]

    Prez, VP, PM greet nation on Onam

    The President, Vice-President and Prime Minister have greeted the nation on the occasion of Onam, the festival which marks the beginning of the harvest season. In his message, President Pranab Mukherjee said, “On the festive occasion of Onam, I convey my heartiest greetings and best wishes to fellow countrymen, especially to my brothers and sisters […]

    After 86 days, prayers resume at Kedarnath Temple

    The deathly silence brooding over Kedarnath since the June calamity hit Uttarakhand broke early Wednesday morning by the chanting of Vedic hymns as prayers resumed at the Himalayan shrine, 86 days after ravaging floods left over 400 people dead in the Kedar valley. Shortly after the dawn, as the clock stuck seven, the chief priest […]