New York: US President Donald Trump broke a 15-year tradition of holding formal Diwali celebrations at the White House this year with the festival falling amid the crucial midterm polls. The Diwali celebration was started by former President George W. Bush in 2003 and was carried on by his successor[Read More…]
By Arun Kumar Das Vrindavan: Amid a chorus of popular songs, hand-clapping and lots of flowers, widows of this Hindu holy city celebrated Diwali on Sunday evening by lighting only earthen lamps and candles in keeping with the Supreme Court directives for ensuring a pollution-free celebration. This assumes significance as[Read More…]
New Delhi: Dhanteras is a festival celebrated just two days before Diwali. All purchases made during this occasion, be it metal or jewellery are considered to be the blessings of God and not many of you would know that buying gemstones is considered equally auspicious on this day. Pankaj Khanna,[Read More…]
Pathanamthitta: Annual ‘Mandala Pooja Mahotsavam’ in Sabarimala temple is a fortnight away, and the devotees coming to attend the event will have a walk on the road that remains in bad conditions and needs immediate repairing. The Mahotsavam which is scheduled to start from November 16 to December 27, is attended[Read More…]
Karwa Chauth, a traditional festival celebrated with great enthusiasm among Hindu families is largely commemorated by married women. The festival falls during the Krishna Paksha Chaturthi in the month of Kartik as per the Hindu calendar. Generally, women who are either married or those who are reaching the age of marriage[Read More…]
Karwa Chauth, a traditional festival celebrated with great enthusiasm among Hindu families is largely commemorated by married women. Generally, women who are either married or those who are reaching the age of marriage, fast from sunrise to moonrise and pray for the safety and long life of their husbands, fiancés[Read More…]
Over 1,500 people from Dalit and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) embraced Buddhism in a huge religious ceremony organized at Subharti University in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. Founder of the university Atul Krishna and his family also participated in the ceremony and converted to Buddhism. Anam Sherwani, spokesperson of the university[Read More…]
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has been invited by the Sarvdeshik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha (SAPS), the apex body of the Arya Samaj worldwide, to inaugurate the International Arya Maha Sammelan to be held in the national capital from October 25 to October 28. In a statement on Tuesday, SAPS[Read More…]
New Delhi: Two Hindu organisations on Saturday joined the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in condemning the alleged action of the Kerala Police on devotees of Sabarimala temple and alleged that the real face of the CPI-M has been exposed. “The way sanctity, religious belief and the serenity of Sabarimala has been[Read More…]
Chennai: South Actor turned politician Rajinikanth on Saturday said that one should maintain ‘Caution’ over women’s entry in Sabarimala, years old tradition being followed, in a response to the Supreme Court verdict on entry of women of all age groups into the temple premise in Kerala, which followed a violent[Read More…]
Sabarimala (Kerala): Huge protests by hundreds of devotees at the entrance of Sabarimala temple forced the Kerala Police accompanying two women on Friday to call off their journey towards the Lord Ayyappa shrine. At 10.50 a.m., Kavita, the Hyderabad-based journalist and her four member crew along with another woman devotee[Read More…]
The online application process for Haj 2019 will start from Thursday, October 17, 2018, while the offline process will begin from October 22, 2018, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi announced on Wednesday. “Haj 2019 announced today, 2 months before schedule compared to last year’s Haj. It is for the first[Read More…]
Mumbai: Despite the removal of the Haj subsidy from the 2018 pilgrimage season, there was no financial burden on the pilgrims as middlemen were eliminated and a transparent, fully online system was put in place, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here on Wednesday. Terming the Haj-2018[Read More…]
Amongst the various significant festivals celebrated across India, Karwa Chauth marks as one of the most important festivals for married Hindu women. The festival falls during the Krishna Paksha Chaturthi in the month of Kartik as per the Hindu calendar. Married women observe a nirjala fast for the safety and longevity of their[Read More…]
Dhaka, Durga Puja, the biggest annual Hindu festival, began on Monday in Bangladesh capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country with due religious fervour. During the five-day Durga Puja festival, the Goddess Durga is worshipped in her different forms. People organise different programs including dancing, traditional drummer perform to celebrate[Read More…]
Kolkata: With “cotton-ball” clouds floating in the blue sky, the beat of Dhak (drums) mixed with popular melodies filling the air, and frenzied last-minute shopping, Bengal looks set to indulge itself in the state’s biggest festival – Durga Puja – from Monday. It is that time of the year when[Read More…]
It’s that time of the year again! Durga Puja is here. Also known as Sharadotsav, the Hindu festival celebrated in late September or early October marks the triumph of good over evil symbolised by the slaying of demon Mahishasura by Goddess Durga. Durga Puja is the festival that celebrates togetherness.[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a plea challenging the West Bengal government’s decision to release Rs 28 crore as a “gift” to the organisers of Durga Puja in the state. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi agreed to hear the plea after it was[Read More…]
Hyderabad: MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that judiciary cannot and should not decide what is an essential feature of Islam as it is the job of the religious clergy. The Hyderabad MP Owaisi said it would have been better if the Supreme Court had referred the Babri Masjid[Read More…]
Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that foreign Umrah performers can visit any city in the country with their 30-day Umrah visa, Al Arabiya local news reported. However, 15 days must be spent in visiting the two grand mosques in Mecca and Medina during their 30-day Umrah stay, said Abdulaziz Wazzan,[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the date for construction of a grand Ram temple will be set by Lord Ram himself. Speaking at a conclave in the state capital, organised by a Hindi newspaper, the monk-turned-politician said what has to happen at a given time will[Read More…]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi will undertake Kailash Mansarovar Yatra from August 31 for four-five days, party sources said here on Wednesday. Gandhi, a devotee of Lord Shiva, had said he would embark on the pilgrimage after the Karnataka Assembly polls. Mount Kailash, located in Tibet Autonomous Region of China, is regarded as the[Read More…]
Saudi Arabia will introduce free sleeping pods during this year’s Haj starting on Sunday. Between 18 and 24 modern hotel capsules will be offered to pilgrims to nap in for free in the coming six days, said the Haji and Mu’tamer’s Gift Charitable Association. These free nap pods — each[Read More…]
According to mythological stories, every year lakhs of saffron clad Hindu pilgrims known as ‘Kanwariya’ were to converge at Haridwar (or at Gomukh, Babadham, Dhar), bathe in the river, pray. They would collect holy water and start their marathon walk back to their local Shiva temple. The fetched water is[Read More…]
March of Kanwariya or the holy yatra by lakhs of saffron clad Hindu pilgrims start during the month of Shravan, the wet season each year in India. A long human chain visits Hindu pilgrimage places of Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri in Uttarakhand, to fetch holy waters of Ganges River. Who are[Read More…]