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
National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday asked the government to rethink a project for motorable roads up to the Amarnath cave shrine in Kashmir. Meanwhile, the BJP has welcomed the move. “In the green belts of Gulmarg, Sonamarg and Pahalgam, no one is allowed to even repair or make additions to structures … Read more
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on June 27 said it was planning to promote shrine tourism to attract devotees from across the country to the Union Territory (UT). “Just as people come to the Amarnath Yatra, devotees can also visit revered shrines like Hazratbal, Charar-e-Sharief etc. in the Valley. Reviving shrine tourism can attract people from … Read more
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu at Neh-Pema Shelpu Drupkhang on April 8, 2023. | Photo Credit: Rahul Karmakar GUWAHATI A Colonel in the Indian Army apparently sowed the seeds of a Buddhism-Sikhism dispute near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh 36 years ago. On April 24, the National Commission for Minorities sought a … Read more
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao addressing a public meeting addressing a public meeting at Mothe in Jagtial on Wednesday. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday announced ₹ 100 crore for development of the famous Kondagattu hill shrine in Jagtial district and vowed to develop the shrine, popularly known as Anjanna temple, as an important … Read more
The Karnataka government on Saturday issued orders clearing the appointment of two Hindu priests on a temporary basis to perform puja at Sri Guru Dattatreya Bababudan Swami Peetha/Dargah, a syncretic cave-shrine atop Bababudangiri in Chikkamagaluru district. The nature of religious ritual in this shrine has been a matter of dispute, leading to an extended legal … Read more
Devotees visiting the hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa in Kerala’s Sabarimala will have to carry a negative Covid-19 certificate of test conducted 48 hours prior to their arrival, CM Pinarayi Vijayan said. File photo of devotees at the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in Kerala (Photo Credits: PTI) The hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa in … Read more