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8 dead after boat capsizes off Karwar in Karnataka
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Karwar (Karnataka) [India], Jan 21 (ANI): Eight people died after a boat ferrying 26 devotees to the mainland from a temple in Kurumgarh island capsized off the Karwar coast on Monday, informed the Indian Navy.
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Work on in full swing for new ghats and crematoriums on banks of River Gan
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kanpur/Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): In a bid to ensure comfort of devotees, the National Mission for Clean Ganga is enhancing the facilities at the river bank by renovating and constructing ghats, crematoriums and developing the river fronts to actualise the dream of 'Nir
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Devotees refuse to take dip in polluted Gomti river on Makar Sankranti
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Scores of devotees from across the country refused to perform sacred ablutions in Gomti river on the occasion of Makar Sankranti here on Monday due to the presence of toxins in the water.
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Kumbh 2019: Devotees throng Sangam ghat, security tightened
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Scores of devotees from across the country took a holy dip at Sangam Ghat on the occasion of Makar Sankranti in Kumbh Mela here on Monday.
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Sabarimala review petitions: National Ayyappa Devotees' Association seeks
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): The National Ayyappa Devotees' Association (NADA) on Friday filed an application in the Supreme Court, seeking video-recording and live-telecast of the proceedings of review petitions, which challenge the apex court's verdict allowing the entry of women of al
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In a first, 2 women enter Sabarimala temple after SC verdict
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Sabarimala (Kerala) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Two women devotees, below the age of 50 years, have entered the renowned Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala for the first time, months after the Supreme Court overturned a ban on the entry of females of menstrual age (10-50 years) from visiting t
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Vijayawada: Sleeveless tops, shorts banned at Indrakeeladri Temple
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 31 (ANI): Indrakeeladri Temple authorities here on Monday declared that devotees including women will now have to follow a new dress code which will be soon put in place for getting entry into the temple premises.
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Puri's Jagannath Temple shut for 14 hours after tussle between priests and
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Puri (Odisha), Dec 29 (ANI) Thousands of devotees at the 12th-century Jagannath Temple in Odisha's Puri on Friday had to return disappointed after waiting for hours as the priests refused to open the gates following a confrontation with the police.
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Owaisi slams Noida police's latest order against offering of namaz in publ
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): A day after Noida police prohibited offering of Friday prayers by Muslims in a public park, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi alleged that Uttar Pradesh police would shower petals on kanwariyas (Shiva devotees), but told th
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2 women stopped on way to Sabarimala temple
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Two women devotees, who were on their way to Sabarimala temple were stopped by protesters at Appachimedu, just two kilometers away from the Lord Ayyappa's shrine in the wee hours of Monday.
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Women delegation departs from Sabarimala without entering shrine
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Pamba (Kerala) [India], Dec 23 (ANI) A group of eleven women who had arrived in Pamba on Sunday to visit the hill shrine in Sabarimala began their return journey without paying obeisance at the shrine after Lord Ayyappa devotees, including women, staged a protest opposing their entry into th
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Women devotees accuse police of not providing protection to trek to Sabari
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Pamba (Kerala) [India], Dec 23 (ANI): A group of women devotees, who in the wee hours of Sunday reached Pamba base camp to trek to Sabarimala Temple in Kerala, have claimed that the state police are not providing them with protection to trek to the hill shrine.
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