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Where gold and silver locks are key to prayers
Flowers, fruits and incense sticks are not quite what devotees bring to a temple in Kanpur. To appease the deity, they make an offering of locks made of gold, silver and other precious metals........
Published : Sunday 21 Mar 2010 11:02 | Read More
Flowers, fruits and incense sticks are not quite what devotees bring to a temple in Kanpur. To appease the deity, they make an offering of locks made of gold, silver and other precious metals........
Published : Sunday 21 Mar 2010 11:02 | Read More
Kerala oracles and devotees sing filthy songs on Hindu deities
Devotes and oracles gathered at the Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple here to celebrate the Bharani festival, where they sang filthy and vulgar songs about Hindu gods and goddess with the belief that it praises their main deity. Devotees here are free to sin.......
Published : Saturday 20 Mar 2010 12:57 | Read More
Devotes and oracles gathered at the Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple here to celebrate the Bharani festival, where they sang filthy and vulgar songs about Hindu gods and goddess with the belief that it praises their main deity. Devotees here are free to sin.......
Published : Saturday 20 Mar 2010 12:57 | Read More
Worlds oldest temple found in Turkey
A team of archaeologists has claimed that a temple being excavated in southeastern Turkey is 12,000 years old and is likely the oldest temple ever uncovered in the world. According to a report by United Press International (UPI), the site was first id.......
Published : Saturday 20 Mar 2010 12:58 | Read More
A team of archaeologists has claimed that a temple being excavated in southeastern Turkey is 12,000 years old and is likely the oldest temple ever uncovered in the world. According to a report by United Press International (UPI), the site was first id.......
Published : Saturday 20 Mar 2010 12:58 | Read More
SGPC installs Golden Temple replica at Wagah border
The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the supreme body of the Sikhs has installed a replica of the Golden Temple at Wagah border with an aim to establish peace with neighbouring Pakistan and attract tourists. SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar.......
Published : Saturday 20 Mar 2010 10:00 | Read More
The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the supreme body of the Sikhs has installed a replica of the Golden Temple at Wagah border with an aim to establish peace with neighbouring Pakistan and attract tourists. SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar.......
Published : Saturday 20 Mar 2010 10:00 | Read More
In hot Kerala, captive elephants lose cool
Captive elephants in Kerala are feeling the heat of temple festivals. Often working overtime, without sufficient food and water in this hot season, they are going berserk on a daily basis........
Published : Saturday 20 Mar 2010 9:34 | Read More
Captive elephants in Kerala are feeling the heat of temple festivals. Often working overtime, without sufficient food and water in this hot season, they are going berserk on a daily basis........
Published : Saturday 20 Mar 2010 9:34 | Read More
Devotees celebrate Navratre in Jammu and Kashmir
Devotees thronged the temple of goddess 'Chichi' in Jammu and Kashmirs Samba city, to offer prayers during the ongoing nine-day-long festival of 'Navratre' on Thursday. Hindu pilgrims visit the temple and attend the fair under strict supervision of the .......
Published : Friday 19 Mar 2010 21:18 | Read More
Devotees thronged the temple of goddess 'Chichi' in Jammu and Kashmirs Samba city, to offer prayers during the ongoing nine-day-long festival of 'Navratre' on Thursday. Hindu pilgrims visit the temple and attend the fair under strict supervision of the .......
Published : Friday 19 Mar 2010 21:18 | Read More
Ancient statues found in mortuary temple of Egyptian pharaoh
Washington, March 17 - ANI: Reports indicate that a team of archaeologists has unearthed two large red granite statues in southern Egypt at the mortuary temple of one of the most powerful pharaohs, who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago. According to a repo.......
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 13:30 | Read More
Washington, March 17 - ANI: Reports indicate that a team of archaeologists has unearthed two large red granite statues in southern Egypt at the mortuary temple of one of the most powerful pharaohs, who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago. According to a repo.......
Published : Wednesday 17 Mar 2010 13:30 | Read More
Priest held for raping woman sent to police custody (Lead)
A south Delhi temple priest arrested for allegedly raping a 30-year-old mentally unstable woman was Monday sent to one day's police custody by a court........
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 19:52 | Read More
A south Delhi temple priest arrested for allegedly raping a 30-year-old mentally unstable woman was Monday sent to one day's police custody by a court........
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 19:52 | Read More
Priest arrested for raping mentally unstable woman
A temple priest in south Delhi's Pushp Vihar area has been arrested for allegedly raping a 30-year-old mentally unstable woman, police said Monday........
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 16:17 | Read More
A temple priest in south Delhi's Pushp Vihar area has been arrested for allegedly raping a 30-year-old mentally unstable woman, police said Monday........
Published : Monday 15 Mar 2010 16:17 | Read More
SGPC unveils Nanakshahi calendar in Amritsar
By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, March 14 - ANI: Celebrations for the Sikhs New Year are underway in Amritsar as the Nanakshahi or, the Sikhs almanac was unveiled by the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) here at the Golden Temple on Sunday.......
Published : Sunday 14 Mar 2010 20:58 | Read More
By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar, March 14 - ANI: Celebrations for the Sikhs New Year are underway in Amritsar as the Nanakshahi or, the Sikhs almanac was unveiled by the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) here at the Golden Temple on Sunday.......
Published : Sunday 14 Mar 2010 20:58 | Read More
Hymns to nature at the Golden Temple
Hundreds of Sikhs Sunday recited hymns devoted to the environment in the Golden Temple here to mark the coronation of their seventh guru Hai Rai........
Published : Sunday 14 Mar 2010 15:58 | Read More
Hundreds of Sikhs Sunday recited hymns devoted to the environment in the Golden Temple here to mark the coronation of their seventh guru Hai Rai........
Published : Sunday 14 Mar 2010 15:58 | Read More
Tomb of headless man adorned with jade found under Maya torture mural in Mexico
A team of archeologists has discovered the tomb of a headless man adorned with jade beneath an ancient Mexican chamber famously painted with scenes of torture. Found under the Temple of Murals at the Maya site of Bonampak, the .......
Published : Sunday 14 Mar 2010 11:36 | Read More
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A team of archeologists has discovered the tomb of a headless man adorned with jade beneath an ancient Mexican chamber famously painted with scenes of torture. Found under the Temple of Murals at the Maya site of Bonampak, the .......
Published : Sunday 14 Mar 2010 11:36 | Read More