While hearing, Advocate Professor (Dr) Mohan Gopal, the counsel who appeared for the petitioners, opposed the argument that the Constitution cannot interfere in matters within the shrine.
Keeping the traditional fervour and essence of the festival alive, devotees thronged at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan of Mathura district on Wednesday to offer prayers on the occasion of Holi.
Bhasma aarti (offering with ashes) is a famous ritual here. It is performed during the Brahma Muhurta between 4 and 5:30 in the morning. On the occasion, the sanctum sanctorum of the Mahakal temple got drenched with gulal and special Shringar (adorning) of Baba Mahakal was done with dry frui
Temple President Satinder Shukla told The Australia Today, "Temple Priest and devotees called this morning and notified me about the vandalism on the boundary wall of our temple."
Security has been beefed up in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya after two terrorists were arrested in the national capital, who according to the Delhi Police, were tasked to carry out targeted attacks on the 'right-wing Hindu leaders', an official said on Monday.
Priests from different parts of the country have condemned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his statement that India is a land of Tapasvis and not Pujaris.
Venkatesh, one of the temple management authorities told reporters on Thursday that a special puja (abhisheka) was planned and scheduled to be held at 5.00 am on Tuesday, but the priests including their deputy chief did not perform it. I was told about this by one of the devotees in the afte
A protest was staged in the Basara town of Nirmal district by the Maa Saraswati temple priest against Atheist Renjarla Rajesh for making alleged derogatory remarks.
Unidentified people attacked priests outside the ancestral home of former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in Udaipur in Gomati district in Tripura late Tuesday night.