The water level of river Ganga has been rising due to incessant heavy rain in hilly areas and the release of water from dams in many places. According to the Central Water Commission report, the water level of River Ganga has been rising at the rate of four centimetres per hour and will furt
Shiva devotees on Friday arrived at Kashi Vishwanath Temple to offer prayers on the occasion of Shivratri in the holy month of Sawan. The Sawan Shivratri is on August 2 and there is immense enthusiasm among Shiva devotees in Varanasi because Shivratri has a very special significance in Sa
The Varanasi Development Authority (VDA) carried out a demolition drive of two illegally constructed luxurious hotels belonging to the same owner on the banks of the Varuna River in Varanasi on Saturday.
In view of the Sawan month that begins on Monday, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Commissioner, Varanasi Division, Kaushal Raj Sharma, regarding all the facilities and security arrangements to be provided to the devotees visiting Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple here.
On the occasion of Guru Purnima, many devotees across the nation reached the temple to pay their respects and seek blessings from their spiritual teachers on Sunday.
Many devotees across the country also took a dip in holy waters and paid their respects to their gurus.
Speaking to ANI, DIG 11th batallion NDRF Varanasi, Manoj Kumar Sharma, said, "Before the arrival of monsoons and floods, the NDRF team prepares itself completely so that we have complete arrangements to deal with any situation. Two teams of the NDRF will remain deployed on all ghats in Varan
The revered Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, has made special arrangements for the darshan of devotees and kanwariyas on the first Monday of Shravan this year, which falls on July 22.
There has been a continuous rise of water in the river Ganga in Varanasi on Friday morning.
Although monsoon rains have stopped since the last couple of weeks, the rain that fell on the mountains has slowly started to show effects in the plains. This has led to water in the Ganga river risi