Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur constituency, Odisha, Dharmendra Pradhan, offered prayers and sought blessings at Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri on Monday.
In a tragic incident at the Ujjain Mahakal temple on Monday morning, festivities turned into chaos as a fire broke out during the Bhasma aarti at the 'garbagriha' in the temple, due to scattering of coloured powders (Gulal), said Police.
Spanning approximately 60 days, the yatra will weave through the expansive territories of both nations, making stops at over 850 temples in the US and 150 in Canada.
Devotees immersed themselves in Holi celebrations as they sang devotional songs and smeared each other in the colours of the festival inside the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya on Sunday.
Actor Mrunal Thakur, who is all set to come up with highly anticipated family drama 'Family Star', offered prayers at one of Hyderabad's oldest temples, Sri Yellamma Pochamma Devasthanam.
The temples of Prayagraj celebrated "Phoolwali Holi", the Holi of flowers on the occasion of Narasimha Jayanti on Sunday, a festival that symbolises the victory of good over evil and the triumph of faith over adversity.
Ayodhya, the holy city of Uttar Pradesh, is witnessing a grand celebration of Holi this year, paying homage to Lord Ram. Acharya Satyendra Das, the chief priest of the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, expressed profound joy, stating that as the devotees thronged after Lord Ram's pran pratishtha, simi
Recently, the Madhya Pradesh High Court allowed the survey by the ASI at the disputed Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex situated in the Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh.
A day after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) began a survey of the disputed Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar, Abdul Samad, the petitioner for the Muslim side, said he disagreed with the exercise as directed by the high court.