ammu and Kashmir Police personnel assist an elderly pilgrim at high altitude points during the annual Amarnath Yatra, in Anantnag on July 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI More than 7,500 pilgrims paid obeisance at the Amarnath cave shrine on July 6, taking the number of devotees who have had ‘darshan’ of the naturally formed … Read more
The Tamil Nadu government has declared the early Pandya-era rock-cut cave temple at Paraikulam in Tiruchuzhi taluk in Virudhunagar district a protected monument. K. Manivasan, Principal Secretary, Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments Department, who issued the order, said it was one of the 10 early Pandya Kudvarai temples (cave temples). Earlier, while making an announcement … Read more
These pilgrims are said to be stranded in a tent at Panchtarni, 6 km away from the shrine. File | Photo Credit: PTI At least 80 people from Karnataka are stranded en route to the pilgrimage to Amarnath cave due to bad weather. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has tweeted to say that he has directed the … Read more
The frog that was discovered from Siju cave in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district. | Photo Credit: PTI GUWAHATI The newest croaker recorded in India is a dark cave dweller, unlike most members of the Ranidae family belonging to Amolops, a genus of true frogs. Scientists from the Shillong and Pune units of the Zoological … Read more