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Silver items, sacred clothes stolen from temple in Andhra's Chittoor
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], November 18 (ANI): Some unidentified miscreants have stolen silver items and sacred clothes of a local deity placed at a Ram temple in Srikalahasti town of Chittoor district, police said on Tuesday.
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Religious idol desecrated in Andhra's East Godavari, case registered
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 17 (ANI): Villagers in the East Godavari district found a desecrated idol of a deity in the Yeleswaram area of the district and filed a complaint with the police, following which a case was registered under several sections at a local police
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Idol of hindu deity in Andhra's East Godavari desecrated
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 13 (ANI): An idol of Lord Ganesh located in front of a house was desecrated in the Venkatagiri area of Pidimgoyyi village in Rajahmundry Mandal, police said on Sunday.
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3-day Nuakhai festival celebrated in Odisha
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Sambalpur (Odisha) [India], Aug 24 (ANI): Three-day Nuakhai festival was celebrated in Western Odisha on Monday. As a tradition, people worship deities as a mark of gratitude for bumper crop and good rain.
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Jaipur's leading sculpture manufacturer Pandey Moorti Bhandar creates ripp
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India] Aug 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Founded in 1960, Pandey Moorti Bhandar is a global manufacturer of all things marble-art, handicrafts, marble mandir for home and statues of deities, humans, animal, and roman figures.
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Then and Now: Murals of serpent deity in Nepal
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhaktapur [Nepal], July 25 (ANI): When Dhana Chitrakar learned to draw sketches of the serpent deity, he was 14 years old. Snake goddess murals were in high demand back then in Nepal. He is 62 now and says he struggles with sales now due to various factors.
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Teenager drowns in AP's Chittoor
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 20 (ANI): A 15-year-old drowned in a lake in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district on Sunday. He had gone to participate in a deity's celebrations.
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Rath Yatra: No devotees allowed in Puri during Dakshina Moda rituals
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Puri (Odisha) [India], June 29 (ANI): The three chariots of the deities of Jagannath Temple that were parked outside Gundicha Temple after Rath Yatra, were on Sunday turned around as a sign of preparation for the upcoming Bahuda Yatra (return car festival).
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Rath Yatra: Odisha Police urges people to avoid visiting Puri as 'darshan'
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Puri (Odisha) [India], June 24 (ANI): A day after the start of the annual Jagannath Yatra here, Odisha Police on Wednesday appealed to people to avoid going to Puri as the "darshan" of the deities is not permitted.
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Purification of deities' idols takes place in Kanpur after solar eclipse e
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 21 (ANI): After the solar eclipse period ended earlier today, purification of deities' idols took place at the temples in Kanpur.
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Kerala HC upholds law prohibiting animal sacrifice in temples
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], June 20 (ANI): The Kerala High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of state legislation that prohibited the sacrifice of animals and birds in temples for the propitiation of deity.
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Hockenssin becomes home to "US Tallest" statue of Hindu deity Hanuman
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hockessin (Delaware) [USA], June 16 (ANI): Carefully crafted in India and widely worshipped in the United States, a towering statue of Hanuman was installed on Monday in the city of Hockessin- making it the country's tallest Hanuman statue.
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