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Uttar Pradesh to send over 30,000 pilgrims for Hajj this year
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A record number of over 30,000 Muslims from Uttar Pradesh will undertake Hajj pilgrimage this year.
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Saudi Arabia removes restrictions on Hajj pilgrim numbers, age limit
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Speaking at the Hajj Expo 2023, Tawfiq Al-Rabiah stated that the number of people participating in this year's Hajj will return to pre-pandemic levels.
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Recykal's Digital DRS Wins Digital India Award, Reduces Plastic Littering
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana)/New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): In order to manage the problem of plastic littering on the Kedarnath pilgrimage trek, the Rudraprayag District Administration in Uttarakhand and Recykal implemented a unique Digital Deposit Refund System to nudge be
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About 30 lakh pilgrims expected to attend West Bengal's Gangasagar Mela
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
After two years of the COVID pandemic, the Gangasagar Mela 2023 is being organised in West Bengal from January 8 to January 17 around the time of the Makar Sankranti festival. The pilgrims have already started pouring for the festival and take a holy dip in the Ganga river.
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Protest in Mumbai against Jharkhand govt's decision to declare 'sacred' Sh
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Protesting against the Jharkhand government's decision of declaring 'sacred' Shri Sammed Shikharji a tourist place, a huge rally was organised by members of the Jain Community on Wedneday in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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Biblical site where Jesus healed blind man to be soon accessible to public
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation announced days before the new year that the Pool of Siloam, a biblical site cherished by Christians and Jews, will be open to the public for the first time in 2,000 years in the near future
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Uttarakhand: Devotees throng temples and take holy dip in Ganga on New Yea
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pilgrims enter the Ganges at 'Har Ki Pauri' in the city of Dharma at the beginning of their new year for various reasons.
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Huge protests by Jain community across country after Shri Sammed Shikharji
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Jain community members gathered in huge numbers and protested at the India Gate in Delhi against the decision.
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Pilgrimage sites should be developed according to faith and belief, not as
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Issuing a press statement, Advocate Alok Kumar said, "We are of the clear opinion that no pilgrimage site should be converted into a tourist destination."
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India, Sri Lanka are bonded together by Buddhism
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A delegation of high-ranking Sri Lankan Buddhist monks, who were on a pilgrimage to Bodh Gaya to attend discourses of the holy city, has recalled the historical Buddhist connections between the two maritime neighbours.
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Sri Lankan Buddhist monks seek Dalai Lama's visit, blessings to overcome e
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A group of high-ranking Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks, who were on a recent pilgrimage to Bodh Gaya, seeks the visit of His Holiness Dalai Lama to Sri Lanka.
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Uyghur Muslim preacher Omar Huseyin confirmed dead in China's Xinjiang pri
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A former Uyghur Muslim preacher, Omar Huseyin, who was arrested in 2017 for making a pilgrimage to Mecca, was confirmed dead in China's Xinjiang prison, reported Radio Free Asia (RFA).
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