Rourkela: Odias living in the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrated Rath Yatra in Kinshasa with religious fervour and devotion on Thursday, recreating the rituals of Puri’s annual chariot festival thousands of kilometres away from Odisha.More than 100 members of Odia Samaj, Kinshasa, participated in the celebrations, which began in the morning with Rath puja and…
Guwahati: When the Ambubachi Mela ended on Friday, the Kamakhya temple settled into silence. The chants of sadhus and aghoris at the Juna Akhada, the blare of horns, the steady beat of damrus, and the haze of havan smoke ebbed as the sanctum sanctorum reopened after three days of ritual seclusion, leaving the sacred hill…
Lucknow: Signalling an aggressive push ahead of the next Assembly elections, the UP BJP OBC Morcha has unveiled plans of an extensive social outreach campaign aimed at reaching families belonging to all 75 major backward caste groups across the state.The strategy will attain centre stage during the BJP OBC Morcha’s one-day state executive meeting scheduled…
Lucknow: The BJP on Wednesday organised special prayer programmes across UP to mark the completion of 12 years of NDA govt at the Centre and Narendra Modi becoming the longest-serving consecutively elected Prime Minister.Party leaders, public representatives and workers held ‘poojan-archan’, havans and prayers in temples across districts, reaffirming their commitment to the vision of…
The Gujjar community unveiled statues of its late leader Col Kirori Singh Bainsla and two locals at Kushalipura village in Sawai Madhopur– a land falling within the Critical Tiger Habitat (CTH) of the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve–Saturday. The Gujjar community unveiled statues of its late leader Col Kirori Singh Bainsla and two locals at Kushalipura village…
People take a dip in the Saryu River on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra, in Ayodhya on Monday Ayodhya: The annual consecration anniversary of Ram Darbar, the Sheshavatar Temple, and six temples in the outer enclosure of the Ram Janmabhoomi complex is scheduled for Tuesday, and grand celebrations have been planned at the Ram Temple…
