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| Mathura, May 21 (IANS) Spritual guru Jai Gurudev, who passed away three days ago, will be cremated Monday evening, said a spokesperson from his ashram. He was 116 years old.
The decision to go in for a proper Hindu cremation was taken after due deliberations amongst his close aides and manag....
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| Hindu gods will reportedly be getting married in the coming weeks in grand ceremonies in Arizona, Wisconsin, Oregon and Washington states of USA.
Marriage between Lord Sri Venkateswara and Goddess Padmavathi, referred to as “Srinivasa Kalyanam”, will be conducted by team of priests from Indi....
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| Jammu, May 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said the Jammu and Kashmir government's decision to stop Hindu religious groups from starting the annual Amarnath pilgrimage from June 3 instead of the official date of June 25 was politically motivated.
"The government appears ....
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 | The topic of “Kali-Ma” beer, earlier scheduled to be launched on May 15 by an American brewery but then cancelled after Hindu protest, was reportedly raised in the upper house of India’s Parliament on May 15 with demand of immediate summoning of US ambassador.
According to reports, it was ....
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| New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Tibetan religious leader the Dalai Lama has contributed around one million pounds (approx $1.6 million), part of the Templeton Award prize money, to an NGO for fighting children's malnutrition, a statement said Tuesday.
The donation to NGO Save the Children was a maj....
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| By V. Jagannathan
Chennai/Madurai, May 14 (IANS) The war of words between controversial Karnataka-based spiritual leader Nithyananda and those opposing his anointment as the 293rd pontiff of the over 1500-year-old Madurai Aadheenam Mutt late last month is turning murkier by the day.
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| Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) Gearing up for the Kumbh Mela being held in Allahabad next year, the Uttar Pradesh government has said that preparations will be reviewed every fortnight.
At a meeting presided over by Chief Secretary Jawwed Usmani here Sunday, departments overseeing preparations for t....
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| Jammu, May 13 (IANS) Citing inclement weather, the Jammu and Kashmir government Sunday denied permission to a group of around 100 Bajrang Dal members from going to the Amarnath shrine base camps. They were asked to halt at Udhampur, 70 km from here.
The group was on its way to Baltal and Pah....
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| By Imran Khan
Patna, May 13 (IANS) The Indian version of Cambodia's world-famous Angkor Wat temple complex will now be built in Bihar's East Champaran district on over 50 acres of land.
"There is no land shortage in East Champaran since the Kathwalia Matth is ready to provide us more ....
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| Jammu, May 12 (IANS) Differences have sharpened between Hindu religious groups and Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) over the duration and commencement of this year's annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir.
SASB, which manages the shrine and is headed by Jammu and Kas....
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