Diwali celebrated at Sharda Devi temple in J&K for first time in 75 years

Diwali celebrated at Sharda Devi temple in J&K for first time in 75 years

A file photo of Union Minister Amit Shah inaugurating the Maa Sharda Devi temple at Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir, via video conferencing, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Numbers of earthen lamps lit the Teetwal hamlet in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday as Diwali was celebrated for the first time … Read more

PM Modi’s birthday to be celebrated as ‘Namo Vikas Utsav’ in Tripura

PM Modi’s birthday to be celebrated as ‘Namo Vikas Utsav’ in Tripura

On September 17, patriotic addresses will be delivered by noted social activists, following which over 500 volunteers clad in ‘NaMo’ T-shirts will engage in a cleanliness drive in the area, Tripura BJP MLA Bhagaban Das said. Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: PTI The BJP unit in Tripura will intensify campaigning for … Read more

Anivara Asthanam celebrated on a grand note in Tirumala

Anivara Asthanam celebrated on a grand note in Tirumala

Fervour marked the annual Anivara Asthanam festival at the temple of Lord Venkateswara on Monday. As part of the celebrations, Asthanam was conducted to the deities of Lord Malayappa and his two consorts seated on the golden Sarva Bhoopala Vahanam facing the main deity at the ‘bangaru vakili’ followed by special rituals to the presiding … Read more

Pa Ranjith’s Vaanam Art Festival celebrated subaltern joy this Dalit History Month

Pa Ranjith’s Vaanam Art Festival celebrated subaltern joy this Dalit History Month

A play as part of Vaanam Art Festival April is a month of celebration for director Pa Ranjith’s Neelam Cultural Centre. It is BR Ambedkar’s birth month, Dalit history month and the time when Vaanam Art Festival comes alive each year. “It demands joy,” says Vasugi Bhaskar, the editor of Neelam publication and magazine. It … Read more

Chempaka Day celebrated

Chempaka Day celebrated

Chempaka Day, the 39th annual day celebrations of Chempaka Kindergarten, was held at Senate Hall here on Saturday. More than 1,300 preschoolers participated in the event, inaugurated by Chempaka directors Sasikala Raj and Sheeja N. in the presence of chief coordinator Viji Bhavendu and headmistresses of 12 branches of Chempaka Kindergarten.   Source link

‘Pasuvula Panduga’ celebrated early in Tirupati district, with great fanfare

‘Pasuvula Panduga’ celebrated early in Tirupati district, with great fanfare

Youth trying to tame bulls at the ‘Pasuvula Panduga’ organised in Anuppalle village of Ramachandrapuram mandal near Tirupati on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Notwithstanding the serious warnings issued by the police department against bull fights and cockfights during the Sankranti festival, ‘Pasuvula Panduga’ was organised with great fanfare at Anuppalle village of Ramachandrapuram … Read more

Jagan’s birthday will be celebrated in a grand manner, says Panchakarla Ramesh Babu

Jagan’s birthday will be celebrated in a grand manner, says  Panchakarla Ramesh Babu

YSR Congress Party Visakhapatnam district president and former MLA Panchakarla Ramesh Babu Visakhapatnam YSR Congress Party Visakhapatnam district president and former MLA Panchakarla Ramesh Babu said that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s birthday will be celebrated in a grand manner throughout the district with programmes benefitting the environment, the poor and the needy. Speaking … Read more