Kedarnath Dham is one of the four most significant pilgrimages in Hinduism, known collectively as the Char Dham Yatra. The ...

Johannesburg celebrated the inauguration of the largest Hindu temple and cultural complex in the Southern Hemisphere, built by BAPS. Mahant Swami Maharaj presided over the event. The temple will ...

Commission members visited the stampede spot at the Sangam Nose, a triangular area just before the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the invisible Saraswati. The panel is led by Harsh Kumar, a ...

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People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said. By Hari Kumar and Anupreeta Das ...

While at Ayodhya, the Ram Mandir Trust has issued an appeal to devotees to visit after 15-20 days. At all railway stations in Prayagraj, starting on Tuesday, entry and exit routes will be strictly ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, is not just a religious spectacle; it’s a cultural phenomenon that brings together millions of people from across the world. Every edition of the ...

A Delhi Court has ordered registration of FIR against journalist Rana Ayyub after a lawyer filed a complaint accusing her of insulting Hindu deities and spreading anti-India sentiment through her ...

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra on Tuesday appealed to the devotees, who are seeking to offer prayers at the Ram Mandir and are coming from “nearby areas" of Ayodhya, to postpone their visits to ...

Eight people, including the architect of the Ram Mandir Chandrakant Sompura, were among the Padma awardees in Gujarat, the list for which was announced by the central government on Saturday. After ...

One of the Padma Shri recipients is Chandrakant Sompura, 81, the architect of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Sompura belongs to a family of temple architects who have designed over 200 such structures ...

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