A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has directed the Cochin Devaswom Board (CDB) and Thrissur Municipal Corporation to comply in letter and spirit with its earlier directives to ensure that the entire Thekkinkadu Maidan in Thrissur is kept plastic-free and no music concert is allowed during the Pooram festival. The Bench led by … Read more
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat received a formal invite to the January 22 consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday and said it was his “good fortune” to be a part of such a grand occasion. Ram temple construction committee chairperson Nripendra Misra and VHP working president Alok Kumar met Bhagwat here and … Read more
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple under construction, ahead of the consecration ceremony at the temple, in Ayodhya. File | Photo Credit: PTI “Is it someone’s father’s shraddh (post-funeral ceremony) or son’s wedding?” – This was Janata Dal (United) MP Kaushalendra Kumar’s response when asked if he got the invitation to attend the Ram Temple inauguration in … Read more
CPI(M) Kerala secretary M.V. Govindan (file) | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT A meeting of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretariat on December 29 (Friday) reportedly drew a bleak political inference that the Congress’s alleged ambivalence about attending the consecration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya would subvert the anti-Hindutva politics that lay at … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted an invitation to inaugurate a Hindu temple in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, in February next year, the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha stated. Representatives of the BAPS organisation, led by Swami Ishwarcharandas and Swami Brahmaviharidas, met the Prime Minister at his residence in New Delhi and … Read more
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath on Wednesday visited the temple town of Ayodhya to inspect the ongoing construction work of the Ram Temple in the city. During his visit to the town, he also prayed at the Hanumangarhi and Ram Temple. Notably, the construction of the temple is in the final stages. Prime Minister … Read more
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
5T Chairman V. K. Pandian reviews the redevelopment work of Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha on Saturday. Photo: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT While the Hindi heartland of the country will be reverberating in the festivities surrounding the inauguration of Ram Temple at Ayodhya in January 2024, the eastern part will see similar ceremonies around the same time with the … Read more
A view of the carvings inside Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, in Ayodhya on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI The idol of Ram Lalla will be placed on an eight-feet-tall gold-plated marble throne inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, a member of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust said on Tuesday. … Read more
The Thanjavur South Police on Friday arrested five persons for unauthorised usage of drone cameras near the Sri Brahadeeswarar Temple, a World Heritage site, in Thanjavur. According to police, the arrested persons used drone cameras to take visuals of the temple during the Sathaya Vizha celebrations without obtaining permission from the departments concerned. The Archaeological … Read more