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Devotees whip themselves in hope of TN's Poosaripalayam
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Poosaripalayam (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Scores of devotees whipped themselves with ropes as part of a ritual at Poosaripalayam's Adaikalamman Temple in Tamil Nadu.
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Monks attend 10-day International Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Gaya (Bihar) [India], December 11 (ANI): Dressed in their traditional attire, thousands of monks and devotees from across the globe visited the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya to attend the International Tripitaka Chanting (a Buddhist ritual).
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Indian rituals - a societal norm or true wish for long life of the partner
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 29 (ANI) : Marriage is a sacred sanctity that no one tends to question. It is an all harmonious bond that is made out of love, faith and companionship.
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Superstition in name of ritual in Odisha: Roll on Cactus thorns to fulfill
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Odisha [India], October 4 (ANI): In an astonishing ritual practiced in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, people roll on top of Cactus thorns and whip themselves in order to get their wishes fulfilled by gods and goddesses.
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Karnataka: Infants placed on hot coals as part of religious ritual
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka) Oct. 1 (ANI): In the name of rituals, infants wrapped in banana leaves are made to lie down on a bed of hot coals in Dharwad's Kundgol town near Hubli.
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Three-year-old girl child inaugurated as 'living goddess' in Nepal
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept 29 (ANI):A three-year-old girl has been anointed as the new Kumari of Kathmandu by Hindu priests in a ritual on Thursday as a part of ancient tradition that is being followed in Nepal of worshipping young girls as 'living Goddesses'.
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Madurai: In the name of rituals, bare-chested minor girls 'worshipped' lik
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 27 (ANI): In a bizarre and weird incident, several girls decked up like goddesses were made to participate bare-chested at a festival in Vellalur in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district.
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Malayam actor Dileep gets permission to attend father's death anniversary
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru [India], Sep 2 (ANI): Actor Dileep, accused in Malayam actress abduction and assault case, was on Saturday granted permission to attend his father's death anniversary rituals, which is due on September 6.
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Make space for daughter-in-law in your hearts before she comes to your hom
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Aug 11 (ANI): Weddings are a big event in the Indian society for which the planning begins really early and goes elaborate. We plan for the rituals, the events, the clothes, and honeymoons, but what we ignore is the marriage that follows the wedding.
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Take a look at `Big B and the Bachchan bunch`
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Following his 'ThrowbackThursday' ritual, Abhishek Bachchan took to social media to share an emotional picture of the 'Bachchan bunch' with Big B from the mid-80s.
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'Ghar Wapsi' for 22 Muslims in UP's Faizabad
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India] May 21 (ANI): Nearly two dozen people, all of them Muslims, from Uttar Peadesh's Faizabad have accepted Hindu religion following proper rituals and tradition.
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Yogi Adityanath: A firebrand leader and an animal lover
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath started his Sunday with his ritualistic practice of feeding cows and calves in the cowshed of his parliamentary constituency Gorakhpur.
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