Thiruvananthapuram: Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has appointed Kandararu Brahmadattan as the new thantri of Sabarimala temple. Brahmadattan is the son of incumbent thantri Kandararu Rajeevaru, who had requested that his son take over the responsibilities due to health issues.Decision was taken at a meeting of TDB held at its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday, chaired…
The Jagannath Temple in Puri Bhubaneswar: In the run-up to Rath Yatra, Puri police on Friday removed 97 AI‑generated distorted images that depicted the deities of Jagannath temple as sick. The crackdown came after social media visuals showing the idols with thermometers in their mouths and strips of wet cloth on their foreheads sparked widespread…
Sea of devotees at Kamakhya temple during Ambubachi Mahayog on Tuesday Guwahati: On Nilachal Hills at the Kamakhya temple, a surging crowd of devotees joined thousands of sadhus and aghoris from across India as thunderous damrus from a Kashi Vishwanath temple group echoed through the air, electrifying the first day after the sanctum sanctorum was…
Hubballi: Soon after Siddaramaiah’s resignation was confirmed, supporters and well-wishers of ministers from North Karnataka launched online and offline campaigns seeking the deputy chief minister post for their leader. Even seers have joined these efforts, issuing open video appeals to secure the DCM post for their MLA. HK Patil, MB Patil, Priyank Kharge, Satish Jarkiholi,…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday introduced a major shift in the administration of the historic Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan by directing that members of the Goswami community on the temple’s High-Powered Committee must now be chosen through an internal democratic process rather than by officials. The ruling aims to ensure genuine representation of the…
Varanasi: As the scorching nine-day period of ‘Nautapa’ commenced on Monday with temperatures soaring across eastern Uttar Pradesh, devotees at Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham sought spiritual solace amid the blazing heat by offering cooling fruit juice abhishek to Bhagwan Shri Vishweshwar.Varanasi reeled under intense heatwave conditions as the mercury touched 44.9 degrees Celsius — 4.1…
