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Pak High Commissioner visits Sirhindi's shrine, offers 'chaddar'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Sirhind (Punjab) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood visited the Shrine of Sheikh Faruqi Sirhindi here on Sunday and offered a traditional 'chaddar' (ceremonious cloth) on behalf of the people and government of Pakistan.
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PM Modi offers prayers at Kedarnath Temple
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kedarnath (Uttarakhand) [India], Nov 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at Kedarnath shrine on Wednesday and extended Diwali greetings to soldiers posted on the India-China border.
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Audio row: Sabarimala chief priest refutes Kerala BJP president's claim
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Chief priest of the Sabarimala Temple, Kandararu Rajeevaru on Monday denied consulting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kerala unit chief P S Sreedharan Pillai before taking a call on shutting the doors of the Lord Ayyappa's shrine if women in the
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Sabarimala: Amid tight security, devotees begin trek towards hill shrine
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Nilakkal (Kerala) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Amid tight security, devotees of Lord Ayyappa on Monday began the trek from Nilakkal base camp to the hill shrine of Sabarimala ahead of the temple's opening this evening.
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DCW helps woman register FIR against self-styled godman from Gorakhpur
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 1 (ANI): The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has assisted a woman in registering an FIR of rape against a self-styled godman from Gorakhpur named 'Amit baba mazaar wale', who is the owner of an Ashram near a shrine in Parmeshwarpur, Bhandaro in the Gorakhpur district.
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We stand with Sabarimala devotees: Amit Shah
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Saturday sharply criticised the Supreme Court verdict allowing entry for women of all ages inside Sabarimala shrine and advised the state governments and courts to give orders that can be followed.
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Trying our best to implement SC verdict: Kerala IG on Sabarimala row
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pamba (Kerala) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Few hours after two women from Andhra Pradesh were barred from entering the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, Kerala Inspector General (IG) S Sreejith on Sunday said that the police is making all efforts to implement the Supreme Court's ruling on allowing femal
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Sabarimala: Amidst protest Andhra women denied darshan
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pamba (Kerala) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Two women, who were on their way to Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, were brought to the police control room in Kerala's Pamba after they were stopped by the devotees from visiting the shrine on Sunday.
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Sabarimala Temple not for sex tourism: Prayar Gopalakrishnan
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pamba (Kerala) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Adding fuel to the ongoing controversy over women's entry into Sabarimala Temple, former president of Travancore Devaswom Board Prayar Gopalakrishnan on Friday said that the shrine is not a place for sex tourism.
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MHA warned states in advance of trouble ahead of Sabarimala opening
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Union Ministry of Home Affair (MHA) through a letter sent on October 16 to Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of three southern states -- Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka -- had made it clear that there might be law and order situation in Sabar
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PM Narendra Modi visits Shirdi Sai Temple
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Shirdi (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday arrived in Shirdi and visited the renowned Sai Baba shrine here.
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Sanctity of Sabarimala temple should be preserved: Devotees
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): A day after protests and violence against the entry of women of menstruating age at the Sabarimala temple was witnessed, devotees visiting the shrine reiterated that the sanctity of the temple and Lord Ayyappa "must be preserved at any cost".
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