One of the devotees, who arrived here from Maharashtra, Sadanand said that no arrangements were made. The police administration completely failed. They walked on foot for 10 kms, neither there was a bus nor any other arrangements. They had to sleep under the open sky.
Maha Shivratri is one of the most auspicious Hindu festivals which is celebrated by devotees across India. Chants of 'Har Har Mahadev' are heard in all parts of the country on this day
As many as five people were killed and 18 others sustained injuries when a pickup van carrying devotees fell into a water-filled ditch near Gai Ghat in the Chenari police station area on Friday.
Maha Shivratri is one of the most auspicious Hindi festivals which is celebrated by devotees across India. The chants of 'Har Har Mahadev' is heard throughout the nation on this day.
It is believed that while there is a Shivratri every lunisolar month of the Hindu calendar, the Maha Shivratri takes place once a year, in February or March, when winter comes to an end and spring and summer begin.
Amid freezing winter, hundreds of devotees including women and children descended on the shrine of the famous Sufi saint Hazrat Syed Noor Shah Wali Baghdadi (RA) to take part in the ongoing annual Urs Festival which is being celebrated with religious fervour.
Devotees thronged the Prayag Ghat in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi and took a holy dip into the river Ganga on Sunday morning on the occasion of Magh Purnima, the full moon night in the Magha month of the Hindu calendar.
Officials said that arrangements will be made to control the crowd of devotees during Char Dham Yatra, one of the famous Hindu pilgrimages which take place in the Garhwal Himalayas every year.
Two Shaligram (non-anthropomorphic representations of Lord Vishnu in Hindu religion) stones dispatched from Nepal for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, reached their destination on Thursday.
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed that unauthorised and illegal fake websites running in temple names should be banned across Tamil Nadu.
According to the Hindu Calendar, Narmada Jayanti is observed annually on Shukla Paksha Saptami in Magha month. It is believed that the Narmada river originates from Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh on this day. The devotees worship Narmada river on the occasion and it brings peace and prosperity
A large number of devotees gathered in large numbers at Sri Dhandayuthapani Swamy temple in Palani on Friday for grand Kumbabhishekam ceremony (consecration ceremony).