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Hindu devotees in Nepal celebrate Bal Chaturdashi festival
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Tarpaulins cover the premises of Pashupatinath Temple including the embankments of Bagmati River as devotees camp up to stay awake throughout the night lighting oil-fed lamps and praying for the salvation of departed souls on the festival of Bala Chaturdashi.
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From ritualistic bath to tying sacred thread, Nepal observes Janai Purnima
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Nepal on Thursday observed Janai Purnima, the festival of threads with ritualistic bathe (bathing) and tying the sacred thread “Rakshya Bandhan” on the wrist and “Janai” across the body by Hindu devotees
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Nepal: Devotees throng Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on the first Mond
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The month of Sawan is considered to be sacred by Hindu devotees and is dedicated to Lord Shiva where the females keep fast adorning green, yellow and red bangles and beads.
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Prayagraj: NMCG on mission to keep holy rivers pollution-free
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Prayagraj - a holy city situated at the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna, and the invisible Saraswati. For centuries, it has remained a revered site for millions of Hindu devotees who come to Prayagraj to take a holy dip and wash away their sins at the Triveni Sangam.
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Hindu devotees begin month-long fasting for Madhav Narayan festival in Nep
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Month-long fasting of Madhav Narayan has formally begun in Nepal with Hindu devotees gathering on the embankments of rivers to worship Lord Vishnu.
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Nepali Hindu devotees offer "Argha" to setting sun as they observe Chhath
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Fasting Nepali Hindu women on Sunday took a dip at Kamal Pokhari- a local pond in Kathmandu with baskets full of offering to the Sun God on the third day of the Chhath festival.
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Allahabad HC to hear Gyanvapi case today
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 19 (ANI): Allahabad High Court on Wednesday will hear a plea on Wednesday challenging the Varanasi District Court's decision on the challenge to the petition of Hindu devotees.
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SC to hear pleas relating to Gyanvapi mosque case on July 21
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday posted July 21 for hearing a plea filed by Hindu devotees seeking the right to worship the 'Shivling' that was found at the disputed Gyanvapi site, which is adjacent to the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi.
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Devotees thank gods by covering body with cow dung, lit oil-lamps in Nepal
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhaktapur [Nepal], October 15 (ANI): Quite a few Hindu devotees in Nepal performed a unique ritual on Vijaya Dashami on Friday: they lied down, covered the body with cow dung and placed lit oil-fed lamps over it to thank the gods for answering prayers.
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Varanasi: Paush Poornima sees fewer devotees take a dip in Ganges due to f
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 28 (ANI): Amid freezing cold and thick fog, Hindu devotees took a holy dip at dawn in the Ganges River on the occasion of Paush Purnima in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on Thursday.
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Hindu devotees associated with Raipur-based Shadani Darbar enter Pak via A
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], December 16 (ANI): Forty-six Hindu devotees associated with Raipur-based Shadani Darbar entered Pakistan via Attari-Wagah border near Amritsar on Tuesday to visit different temples there.
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US-based advocacy group urges Imran Khan to reopen Khokhrapar border cross
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 27 (ANI): A US-based advocacy group has urged Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to reopen the Khokhrapar-Munabao border with India so as to facilitate the travel of, both, the Muslim pilgrims from Pakistan to Dargah Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan, and Hindu devotees from
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