Search For "deity"
Idol of hindu deity in Andhra's East Godavari desecrated
Updated : 5 years, 6 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.
Read More
Then and Now: Murals of serpent deity in Nepal
Updated : 5 years, 8 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.
Read More
Teenager drowns in AP's Chittoor
Updated : 5 years, 8 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.
Read More
Kerala HC upholds law prohibiting animal sacrifice in temples
Updated : 5 years, 9 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.
Read More
Hockenssin becomes home to "US Tallest" statue of Hindu deity Hanuman
Updated : 5 years, 9 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.
Read More
Despite govt's warning, Amritsar's Mata Bhadrakali temple opens its gate t
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 18 (ANI): Despite the government disallowing the opening of religious places to devotees during the fourth phase of lockdown, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the authorities at Mata Bhadrakali temple in Amritsar permitted people to enter the premises on Monday.
Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Lord Basaveshwara
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Lord Basaveshwara on his birth anniversary and said he feels privileged that he got various opportunities to connect with the reminiscences of the deity.
Read More
Thiruvananthapuram gears up for 'Attukal Pongala' festival
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): The city of Thiruvananthapuram is all geared up for celebrating 'Attukal Pongala' festival on Monday. The festival is all about the annual ritualistic offering to the presiding deity of the Attukal Bhagavathy temple by women.
Read More
BJP mocking my temple visit, tweets Kejriwal after Manoj Tiwari said CM im
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that BJP has been making fun of his visit to Hanuman Temple even as BJP's Manoj Tiwari said the deity got impure by Delhi Chief Minister removing his shoes and carrying a garland with the same hand.
Read More
SC appoints retired Kerala HC Judge to conduct inventory of Sabarimala dei
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday appointed retired Kerala High Court Judge CN Ramachandran Nair to conduct an inventory of Sabarimala deity's ornaments.
Read More
Sabarimala temple board receives letters, money orders from devotees
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): In the ongoing Sabarimala season, letters are pouring in for the deity Ayyappa, which also includes money orders. The letters are addressed to Sabarimala Dharmasastha and after 39 days of pilgrimage, the Travancore Devasom Board (TDB) rec
Read More
It is a victory of rule of law: Ram Lalla deity lawyer Vaidyanathan
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 9 (ANI): Ram Lalla deity lawyer CS Vaidyanathan on Saturday termed the Supreme Court's verdict on Ayodhya title dispute case as a 'victory of rule of law', which has balanced the interest of all parties.
Read More