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Godman incarnation near Bangalore supplicated by cannabis
By Jaipal Sharma Bangalore, March 10 - ANI: In a bizarre ritual, large number of devotees visit a temple in Bangalores Chitradurga district and smoke cannabis during an annual festival as an expression of their devotion to the deity here. The temples ma.......
Published : Wednesday 10 Mar 2010 20:25 | Read More
By Jaipal Sharma Bangalore, March 10 - ANI: In a bizarre ritual, large number of devotees visit a temple in Bangalores Chitradurga district and smoke cannabis during an annual festival as an expression of their devotion to the deity here. The temples ma.......
Published : Wednesday 10 Mar 2010 20:25 | Read More
Over three million women gather for Pongala festival (Second Lead)
Braving the rising mercury and smoke rising from their earthen kilns, more than three million women devotees cooked rice and jaggery as offering for the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathi temple here Sunday to celebrate the Pongala festival........
Published : Sunday 28 Feb 2010 17:16 | Read More
Braving the rising mercury and smoke rising from their earthen kilns, more than three million women devotees cooked rice and jaggery as offering for the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathi temple here Sunday to celebrate the Pongala festival........
Published : Sunday 28 Feb 2010 17:16 | Read More
Over three million women gather for Pongala festival (Lead)
More than three million women devotees lit earthen kilns to cook rice and jaggery as offering for the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathi temple here Sunday on the occasion of Pongala festival........
Published : Sunday 28 Feb 2010 14:19 | Read More
More than three million women devotees lit earthen kilns to cook rice and jaggery as offering for the presiding deity of Attukal Bhagavathi temple here Sunday on the occasion of Pongala festival........
Published : Sunday 28 Feb 2010 14:19 | Read More
Malay Hindu association raps music band over CD cover
George Town (Malaysia), Jan.13 - ANI: The Penang branch of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam is upset that a picture of Hindu deity Lord Murugan has been depicted on the cover of a rock album being sold at music stores nationwide........
Published : Wednesday 13 Jan 2010 13:16 | Read More
George Town (Malaysia), Jan.13 - ANI: The Penang branch of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam is upset that a picture of Hindu deity Lord Murugan has been depicted on the cover of a rock album being sold at music stores nationwide........
Published : Wednesday 13 Jan 2010 13:16 | Read More
Man cuts off tongue before deity to have son
A childless man sliced off his tongue and offered it to the deity in an Uttar Pradesh temple to be 'blessed with a son', police said Tuesday........
Published : Tuesday 12 Jan 2010 12:07 | Read More
A childless man sliced off his tongue and offered it to the deity in an Uttar Pradesh temple to be 'blessed with a son', police said Tuesday........
Published : Tuesday 12 Jan 2010 12:07 | Read More
Lost legs of 12th century Buddhist sculpture discovered in Cambodia
Phnom Penh (Cambodia), September 30 - ANI: The legs of a 12th century sandstone carving of the Buddhist deity Hevajra, which were missing, have been recovered from a historic site in Siem Reap province in Cambodia........
Published : Wednesday 30 Sep 2009 11:07 | Read More
Phnom Penh (Cambodia), September 30 - ANI: The legs of a 12th century sandstone carving of the Buddhist deity Hevajra, which were missing, have been recovered from a historic site in Siem Reap province in Cambodia........
Published : Wednesday 30 Sep 2009 11:07 | Read More
Bronze Buddhist statue gifted by Gandhi to be auctioned in Bonhams
London, Sep. 6 - ANI: The grand daughter of Mahatma Gandhis Irish friend Emma Harker is set to auction a bronze statue of a seated Buddhist deity gifted by Father of the Nation at Bonhams sale of Asian art. .......
Published : Sunday 06 Sep 2009 10:08 | Read More
London, Sep. 6 - ANI: The grand daughter of Mahatma Gandhis Irish friend Emma Harker is set to auction a bronze statue of a seated Buddhist deity gifted by Father of the Nation at Bonhams sale of Asian art. .......
Published : Sunday 06 Sep 2009 10:08 | Read More
Hindus re-energizing protest against Hanuman video game in absence of withdrawal offer from Sony
Hindus are re-energizing their protest demanding the withdrawal of Sony PlayStation2 video game “Hanuman: Boy Warrior”, saying it trivializes the highly revered deity of Hinduism. .......
Published : 06 May 2009 9:45 | Read More
Hindus are re-energizing their protest demanding the withdrawal of Sony PlayStation2 video game “Hanuman: Boy Warrior”, saying it trivializes the highly revered deity of Hinduism. .......
Published : 06 May 2009 9:45 | Read More
Buddhist deity meditation temporarily boosts visuospatial abilities
Washington, April 28 (ANI): A specific method of meditation may temporarily boost visuospatial abilities, the ability to retain an image in visual memory for a long time, according to a new study........
Published : 28 Apr 2009 11:24 | Read More
Washington, April 28 (ANI): A specific method of meditation may temporarily boost visuospatial abilities, the ability to retain an image in visual memory for a long time, according to a new study........
Published : 28 Apr 2009 11:24 | Read More
Recovered Ganesha statue from 12th century one of its kind in Indonesia
Jakarta, April 2 (ANI): Archaeologists, in Indonesia, have recovered a rare 12th-century stone statue of Lord Ganesha, which is the only one in the country in which the elephant-headed deity is depicted as riding atop a mouse. .......
Published : 02 Apr 2009 10:36 | Read More
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Jakarta, April 2 (ANI): Archaeologists, in Indonesia, have recovered a rare 12th-century stone statue of Lord Ganesha, which is the only one in the country in which the elephant-headed deity is depicted as riding atop a mouse. .......
Published : 02 Apr 2009 10:36 | Read More