India is planning to open a corridor in the PoK for the Sharda Peeth Pilgrimage. The announcement was made by Home Minister Amit Shah after he virtually inaugurated the Sharda Devi temple at Teetwal in Kupwara district today.
Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha who is also the Chairman of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, earlier on March 18 announced dedicated a five-storey Durga Bhawan to the pilgrims.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "statesman-like vision" for building a "constitutional pilgrimage" in the form of Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya where he said that contributions of all former Prime Ministers have been honoured "irrespecti
Thousands of pilgrims on Sunday visited the Siddheshwar Shiv temple in the Badarpur area of Assam's Karimganj district on the occasion of Madhu Krishna Trayodashi tithi and Baruni Snan Mahotsav.
Tibetans in India were not only able to continue their important practice of pilgrimage to the holy Buddhist sites which were either unknown or lost to them for centuries. They were also able to use them to maintain and strengthen their cultural identity.
Meanwhile, Rawat called on the Minister and requested support from the Union Government for developing a health and emergency infrastructure for the lakhs of pilgrims who undertake the Char Dham yatra every year.
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
Uttarakhand Government in its latest decision has stated that every pilgrim coming from other states of India or abroad will have to undergo a compulsory registration process and no one will be allowed to travel without registration. In this regard, the Uttarakhand government has sent let
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday held a meeting at the secretariat regarding the preparations for the Chardham Yatra and said that disaster management control room will be set up and a Border Roads Organisation team has been deployed in subsidence-hit Joshimath to ensure smooth
Given the unprecedented number of pilgrims who participated in the Char Dham Yatra last year, the government will undertake fresh preparations to ease the yatra this year.