Peshawar [Pakistan], January 31 (ANI): Two Christian priests, Pastor Patrick and Pastor William Siraj, were shot dead by unknown bike-borne assailants on Sunday at Ring Road, Peshawar.
New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): Priests from two famous temples in Andhra Pradesh - Tirumala Tirupati and Srisaila Devasthanam - met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the first day of the new year and offered him prasad from the revered shrines.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], November 20 (ANI): Char Dham Teerth-Purohit Hak Hakookdhari Mahapanchayat Samiti will hold a meeting in Dehradun on November 22 in protest against the Devasthanam Management Board, to finalize the next strategy to oppose the Devasthanam Act.
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): On the seventh day of the Navratri, priests performed morning aarti at Chhattarpur Temple in the national capital on Tuesday.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 24 (ANI): A delegation of pilgrimage priests of Kedarnath and Badrinath, led by Devprayag MLA Vinod Kandari and former Kedarnath MLA Shailarani Rawat, met Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at his residence here on Tuesday.
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 22 (ANI): On the occasion of Rakshabandhan, priests at Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple in Ujjain performed 'Bhasma Aarti' and tied a rakhi to Baba Mahakal at 3 am on Sunday.
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 18 (ANI): Two non-Brahmin priests - P Maharajan and Arun Kumar - who were appointed as archakars on August 15 have started working in two sub-temples of Meenakshi Amman Temple from Wednesday.
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 16 (ANI): Three non-Brahmin priests (archakars) have been appointed at temples run by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department.
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 13 (ANI): Priests offered prayers on Friday at Nagchandreshwar Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain on the occasion of 'Naag Panchami'.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 11 (ANI): The Devbhoomi Tirtha Purohit Haqhakudhari Mahapanchayat Samiti has announced a state-wide agitation from August 17 to protest the alleged delay in scrapping the Char Dham Devasthanam Board (CDDB).
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 9 (ANI): On the occasion of the third Monday of 'Sawan' month, priests performed special aarti at Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain.