On her birth anniv, Kashi thanks Ahilyabai for contributions to city | Varanasi News

Varanasi: Indore’s queen Ahilyabai Holkar was offered obeisance at the Mandir Chowk of Kashi Vishwanath Dham on the occasion of her 301st birth anniversary on Sunday. A bid of Congress functionaries to reach state archaeology department’s protected Gurudham temple, where idols of Ahilyabai were shifted from Manikarnika ghat in Jan, was foiled by police at…

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27 jailed for duping pilgrims with promise of ‘Sparsh Darshan’ at KVT | Varanasi News

Varanasi: In a drive launched against unauthorised priests, guides and middlemen operating around Kashi Vishwanath Dham to dupe pilgrims by promising ‘Sparsh Darshan’ (touching the deity) at Kashi Vishwanath Temple, police arrested 23 offenders in Chowk and four in Dashaswamedh area on Sunday.ACP (Dashashwamedh) Atul Anjan Tripathi said that after complaints of pilgrims being duped…

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