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PN Mahesh selected as new chief priest of Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
N Mahesh of Putillath Mana in Enanallur near Muvattupuzha has been appointed as melshanthi (chief priest) of Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple in Kerala.
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PM Modi to attend Ram Temple's consecration ceremony on January 22 next ye
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
As preparations are in full swing for Ram Lalla's Pran Pratishta (consecration) ceremony in Ayodhya, Chief Priest Acharya Satyendra Das Ji Maharaj on Tuesday asserted that 'Pran Pratishtha' will take place on January 22, 2024, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to take part
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Faith leaders of different religions donate blood on PM Modi's 73rd birthd
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 18: Under the leadership of the Chancellor of Chandigarh University & Founder of the Chandigarh Welfare Trust (CWT), Satnam Singh Sandhu, faith leaders of different religions came together, at Rani Lakshmi Bai Mahila Bhawan in Sector 38, Chandigarh, to donat
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Ambubachi Mela in Assam to begin on June 22, preparations underway
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Kabindra Prasad Sarma, chief priest of Kamakhya temple told ANI, "The Ambubachi Mela will begin at 2:30 am on June 22."
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"The Shrine is not out of bounds of constitutional values": Petitioners ar
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
While hearing, Advocate Professor (Dr) Mohan Gopal, the counsel who appeared for the petitioners, opposed the argument that the Constitution cannot interfere in matters within the shrine.
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Security beefed up in Ayodhya after arrest of two terrorists in Delhi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Security has been beefed up in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya after two terrorists were arrested in the national capital, who according to the Delhi Police, were tasked to carry out targeted attacks on the 'right-wing Hindu leaders', an official said on Monday.
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Sabarimala chief priest row: Brahmins organisation defends Devaswom Board
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Yoga Kshema Sabha, an organisation of Brahmins argued in the Kerala High Court on Saturday that the power of Travancore Devaswom Board to appoint staff including the priest at Sabarimala temple cannot be questioned.
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Restricting Sabarimala 'melshanti' post to Malayali Brahmins contravenes C
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
At a time when a row over alleged discrimination and casteism in the appointment of Sabarimala 'melsanthi' (head priest) has erupted in Kerala for the last few months, the Kerala High Court on Saturday heard a batch of petitions challenging the Dewaswom Board notification inviting applicatio
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Women's Commission writes to UP Police, demands arrest of seer for Sitapur
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The National Commission for Women has written to the Director-General of Police of Uttar Pradesh about an alleged incident in which the chief priest of a temple gave "rape threats" to women of a particular community while making a speech in UP's Sitapur d
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WB: Kapil Muni Ashram's chief priest demands Centre to declare Gangasagar
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], December 29 (ANI): Chief priest of Kapil Muni Ashram in Gangasagar, Mahant Gyan Das on Tuesday demanded that the Centre declare Gangasagar Mela as a national mela.
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'No existence of Coronavirus, devotees will visit Gangasagar mela': Kapil
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
South 24 Paraganas (West Bengal) [India], December 28 (ANI): Even as various parts of the country are reporting a surge in COVID-19 cases, Kapil Muni Temple chief priest Gyan Das on Tuesday said that coronavirus does not exit and devotees will definitely visit Gangasagar mela that is schedul
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Chief priest of temple shot dead in Bihar's Darbhanga
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], October 14 (ANI): The chief priest of the Kankali temple was shot dead in the Ram Bagh area of Bihar's Darbhanga district on Thursday.
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