When you visit a Vishnu temple in the states of Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh or Karnataka you encounter a ritual practice that is not seen in northern India The priest places a crown usually of silver on ...

The April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam has affected even the far-off village of Teetwal in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, halting the flow of pilgrims to the ...

The council approved a temple with a 120-foot spire, months after rejecting a design featuring a much taller steeple. (Anja Schlein / Special Contributor) At a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

at the Ganga Theertham of Sri Kanchi Kamakshi Ambal Devasthanam temple here. Addressing devotees on the auspicious day of April 30, which is being celebrated as Akshaya Tritiya, Sri Vijayendra ...

CHENNAI: The Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam inducted 24-year-old ... The final stage of the rituals took place before sunrise at the Sri Kamakshi temple tank. Dressed in a white dhoti, the pontiff entered ...

Read more: 3 places in India where Amrit is said to have fallen after Samudra Manthan This temple is the home to the 108 Divya Desams (holy shrines for Vaishnavites). It is also known for its ...

The Arch of Titus, standing as a monument to our suffering, depicts the Menorah carried off as plunder after the Temple’s destruction in 70 CE. Josephus records that Vespasian claimed these ...

KAKINADA: Annavaram Veda Pandit Duddu Satya Venkata Surya Subrahmanya Ganesha Sharma Dravid (24) will be anointed the 71st Uttaradhikari (Peethadhipati) of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam in ...

The Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam has chosen a young Vedic scholar from Andhra Pradesh to be its next pedathipathi. The anointment ceremony for the 71st Shankaracharya is scheduled for Akshaya Trithiya ...

After a three-hour public hearing Thursday night, a Texas town’s planning and zoning commission unanimously voted to approve the concessions offered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...

The Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam is all set to anoint Duddu Satya Venkata Surya Subrahmanya Ganesha Sharma Dravid as its 71 st pontiff (acharya). He is set to be inducted into the mutt by the current ...

Supertstar Rajinikanth stopped his vehicle to visit a temple in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore. The actor was on his way to the shooting location of his upcoming film, 'Jailer 2'. Listen to Story Rajinikanth ...