After the sacrilege incident at a gurdwara in Punjab's Morinda, Jathedar of Shri Akal Takht Sahib Giani Harpreet Singh expressed concern over these incidents in Punjab.
The festivity is back again in Nepal as Rato Machindranath, the Red God of the Himalayan nation on Friday ascended the sky-scrapping chariot which would tour around the city for months.
Celebrated annually on the second day of the new year, devotees carry idols of different deities in a total of 32 palanquins, singing and dancing to traditional beats. The dawn of red starts with the touring of the palanquins by devotees who take three rounds of the Balkumari Temple.
According to Skymet, the spread of below normal being 90-95 per cent of LPA. In its earlier foreshadow released on January 4 this year, Skymet assessed the monsoon of 2023 to be sub-par and now retains the same. LPA of rainfall is the rainfall recorded over a particular region for a given in
The Tudaldevi Jatra commonly known as "Gahana Khojne Jatra" translated as "A festival to search for jewellery" is celebrated every year on Chaitra Shukla Ashtami according to the lunar calendar. This year the festival was marked on Friday late evening.
Hundreds of women came onto the street to pull the chariot through the mass of devotees with the fall of the day. The 3 days long Seto Macchindranath Jatra or the chariot procession honouring the god of rain is also known as Jana Baha Dyah Jatra.
Bangladesh Swadhinota o Jatiyo Dibosh (Independence and National Day) was celebrated with honour at the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Kolkata on Sunday.
Thousands of tribals from all 62 tribes of Odisha under the banner of Odisha Jana Jati Suraksha Manch took out a massive rally in Bhubaneswar on Saturday demanding exclusion of tribes, who have converted to other religions, from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) list.
After the death in the custody of Merwala check-post in the Jatoi police station area, six police officers, including a sub-inspector, were booked in a murder case and were also suspended.