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Superstition in name of ritual in Odisha: Roll on Cactus thorns to fulfill
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Odisha [India], October 4 (ANI): In an astonishing ritual practiced in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, people roll on top of Cactus thorns and whip themselves in order to get their wishes fulfilled by gods and goddesses.
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Gadkari, Andhra Governor and CM Naidu inspect Polavaram project
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 3 (ANI): Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday inspected Polavaram project site in West Goda
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Honeypreet rejects allegations of illicit relations with Dera chief, slams
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.3 (ANI): The adopted daughter of self-styled god man Guru Ram Rahim Singh, Honeypreet Insan, has cried foul and downplayed all allegations framed against her.
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Durga idols immersion in Delhi adds up to polluted Yamuna
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): After the conclusion of the 10-day celebrations of Durga Puja in New Delhi, the immersion of idols of goddess Durga started on Saturday in the national capital's only river body, Yamuna.
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Dussehra 2017: Nation celebrates festival with religious fervor
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): As the nine-day long Navratri culminated, the nation is today observing Vijayadashami, the day of victory, with religious fervor.
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Sonia Gandhi greets nation on Vijayadashami
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The president of the Indian National Congress (INC), Sonia Gandhi, on Saturday greeted the nation on the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami.
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Andhra CM Naidu greets nation on Dussehra, alerts state over demonic force
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 30 (ANI): Conveying Dussehra greetings to the nation, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu alerted people about the demonic forces preventing development in the state.
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Three-year-old girl child inaugurated as 'living goddess' in Nepal
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept 29 (ANI):A three-year-old girl has been anointed as the new Kumari of Kathmandu by Hindu priests in a ritual on Thursday as a part of ancient tradition that is being followed in Nepal of worshipping young girls as 'living Goddesses'.
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Nepal: New Kumari Trishna Shakya takes reign as Living Goddess
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 29 (ANI): Three-year-old Trishna Shakya has taken charge as the new Living Goddess Kumari after her predecessor Matina Shakya retired, in Nepal.
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Madurai incident: 'Secular' India does everything 'un-secular', say activi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 28 (ANI): India is a secular country, but we do everything which is un-secular, woman activists opine when asked about the recently-exposed incident, wherein several girls decked up like goddesses were made to participate bare-chested at a festival in
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'Amaravati Declaration for Women Empowerment' to be released in October
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 27 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Dr Kodela Siva Prasad Rao on Wednesday said that the Amaravati Declaration for Women Empowerment (ADWE) will be released in the second week of October.
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Madurai: In the name of rituals, bare-chested minor girls 'worshipped' lik
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 27 (ANI): In a bizarre and weird incident, several girls decked up like goddesses were made to participate bare-chested at a festival in Vellalur in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district.
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