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India wants 5,000 pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib every day
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 14 (ANI): India on Thursday sought the arrangement for at least 5,000 pilgrims to visit Kartarpur Gurdwara Sahib during a meeting with the officials of Pakistan at Attari, Amritsar, said SCL Das, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.
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India denied issuing visas for pilgrims visiting Ajmer Sharif Dargah: Pak
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar 5 (ANI): Minister of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sahibzada Noor Al Haq Qadri on Monday said that India has denied issuing visas to the Pakistani pilgrims, who wanted to attend the Urs celebration of Sufi saint Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti.
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Over 2000 devotees reach Midnapore for Maola Pak Urs festival
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Midnapore (West Bengal) [India] Feb 17 (ANI): Continuing the centuries-old tradition, Indo-Bangladesh 'Urs Special Train' with 2255 pilgrims on board arrived at Midnapore railway station in West Bengal on Sunday morning.
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U'Khand: Badrinath shrine portals to be reopen for pilgrims on May 10
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Badrinath (Uttarakhand), [India], Feb 10 (ANI): After a long winter break, the portals of the Badrinath temple will be reopened for pilgrims on May 10, 2019 at 4.15 am.
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Online system made Haj pilgrimage inexpensive: Naqvi
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that digitalising Haj-related processes ensured that the annual pilgrimage remained inexpensive, despite the removal of Haj subsidy and thus made the entire system pro-pilgrim.
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India, Pakistan to hold meeting on Kartarpur Corridor in March
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 7 (ANI): A team from Pakistan will be visiting India on March 13 to finalise the modalities for facilitating the visit of pilgrims through the Kartarpur Corridor.
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Kumbh 2019: NDRF rescues 12 pilgrims from drowning
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) Feb 2 (ANI): The NDRF rescued 12 Kumbh pilgrims from drowning after their boat capsized in the Ganges near the Sangam here on Saturday.
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Water ambulances for Kumbh pilgrims
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Pyaragraj (UP) [India] Jan 21 (ANI): In Pyaragraj, which is witnessing the largest human gathering, the Kumbh Mela authorities, have provided water ambulances for medical help in case of an emergency during the 2019 Kumbh Mela.
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In pictures: Pilgrims seek salvation at Kumbh Mela 2019
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): One of the world's largest religious festivals, the Kumbh Mela kick started on January 15 at Prayagraj - formerly known as Allahabad - in Uttar Pradesh.
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Kumbh 2019: 2 crore take dip on first day
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): About two crore pilgrims took a holy dip in the sacred confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mystic Saraswati on the first day of Kumbh 2019 being organised here from today.
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Punjab CM writes to Rajnath Singh, seeks passport waiver for Sri Kartarpur
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, seeking passport waiver for the pilgrims who will be visiting the historic Sri Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan during 550th birth anniversary cel
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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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