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NMCG ensuring pristine flow of Ganga in Varanasi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Every day lakhs of pilgrims and visitors come to the city to take a holy dip into the pious river, Ganga. For them, it is one of the most sacred events of their lifetimes. Upholding this faith of millions in the holy waters of river Ganga, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)dutifully
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Devotees gather in large numbers at Rameswaram's Agnitheertham on last day
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 25 (ANI): Lakhs of devotees on Sunday took a bath in the holy waters of Rameswaram's Agnitheertham, on the occasion of Mahalaya Paksha Amavasya, in which people commemorate their ancestors.
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Sawan's Shivratri: Devotees throng Daksheshwar Mahadev temple in Uttarakha
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], July 26 (ANI): A large number of devotees flooded the Daksheshwar Mahadev temple to celebrate Shivratri on Tuesday. Considered to be the most auspicious day of the holy month of Sawan, people offered prayers to Lord Shiva and performed 'Jalabhishek' ie offe
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International 'Water for All' conference at the Peace Palace
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], June 3 (ANI): From Rabbis to Sufis, from Swamis to Sikhs - practising spiritual leaders from around the world gathered in The Hague, Netherlands, to draw global attention to the need to preserve the sanctity of holy water sources, to protect water bodies from polluti
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Holy water collected from Badrinath for Ram temple stone-laying ceremony i
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Badrinath (Uttarakhand) [India], July 27 (ANI): The Uttarakhand Chardham Devasthanam Management Board in Badrinath sent holy water and soil for the stone-laying ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, on Monday.
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Haryana govt to facilitate bringing Ganga water from Haridwar on Maha Shiv
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], July 8 (ANI): Haryana government has decided to facilitate bringing holy water of Ganga river from Haridwar to the state on Maha Shivratri during the Shravan month this year as the governments of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh have conveyed their inability to make arrangem
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Holy Water: A creative water-holing attack discovered by Kaspersky
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 1 (ANI): Kaspersky researchers have discovered a watering-hole campaign targeting users in Asia since May 2019.
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Holy shoe! USD 3000 Sneakers filled with sacred water sell out in minutes
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 10 (ANI): When Jesus blesses a shoe, it gets sold out in minutes! A one of its kind limited-edition holy water-filled sneakers went out of stock within a few minutes of sell and that too at a colossal sum of USD 3,000.
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UP: Centre extends scheme of providing packaged Ganga jal to Moradabad
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 31 (ANI): In a bid to facilitate devotees and pilgrims, the Central government has made available packaged bottles containing holy water (Gangajal) at post offices in Moradabad city of Uttar Pradesh.
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Air India to provide special baggage allowance for passengers carrying Zam
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Air India will provide an additional baggage allowance of 5 kilograms to the passengers returning from Saudi Arabia after Haj with Zam Zam (holy water) cans.
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Kumbh 2019: 'Pravasi Bhartiya' carries holy water with them after taking d
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 25 (ANI): Those came to participate in this year's Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD) at Varanasi not only took a holy dip at 'Sangam' in Prayagraj during the ongoing Kumbh Mela but also took the holy water along with them as a memoir while leaving.
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Trash skimmers clean river surface at popular Ganga ghats
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Millions of pilgrims flock to the ghats of the river Ganges every year to take a dip in its holy waters, which Hindus believe absolves them from all sins. It is believed that people are cleansed physically, mentally and spiritually at the ghats o
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