Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 15 (ANI): After several villages submerged into the River Ganga, locals of affected areas gathered at the riverbank on Sunday to perform special prayers pleading the river goddess to return.
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 14 (ANI): Students and teachers at a government school in Visakhapatnam's Malkapuram area held special prayers on Sunday for the success of Chandrayaan-2, India's Moon mission to the unexplored south polar region of Earth's natural satellite.
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 24 (ANI): Special namaz is being offered and fasts are being observed by numerous devotees in Madurai for rains on Monday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 22 (ANI): In an attempt to appease the rain god, special prayers were organised at Sri Sankara Mattham temple in Matunga here on Sunday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 20 (ANI): In view of the ongoing Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) crisis in Muzaffarpur, people in Kolkata offered special prayers at the Bhootnath temple here on Thursday for the speedy recovery of the children.
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], June 10 (ANI): A large number of people participated in a cultural activity called Sourabha on Monday which on the Tunga River bank in Harakere to offer special prayers sdeeking sufficient rainfall this year.
Sringeri (Karnataka) [India], June 6 (ANI): Karnataka water resources minister and Congress leader DK Shivakumar held a Parjanya homa (pooja) at Sri Rishya Shringeshwara temple Chikkamagaluru praying for rain on Thursday.
Agartala (Tripura)[India], Apr 15 (ANI): Christians in Tripura are observing the Holy Week. They held special prayers and mass on Sunday for Palm Sunday with full devotion to commemorate the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into the Holy City Jerusalem.
New Delhi [India], Feb 9 (ANI): In popular culture, Basant Panchami is dedicated to the goddess of knowledge, arts and music, Saraswati and is marked by special prayers to Her in North India.
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Ahead of the opening of the Sabarimala Temple for one-day special prayers, the leaders of the Congress party in Kerala held a protest in Pathanamthitta district on Sunday against the Supreme Court verdict allowing the entry women of all age gr
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India] Mar 25 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Sunday, performed special prayers at his residence on the occasion of Ram Navmi.