Several devotees were injured during a festival at the Deviramma hill temple in Mallenahalli. NEW DELHI: At least five devotees were injured on Thursday evening during a festival at the Deviramma hill temple in Mallenahalli in Karnataka‘s Chikkamagaluru district.The devotees sustained injuries as they slipped and fell on the hills. This was attributed to rainfall…
JAMMU: Over four lakh devotees paid obeisance at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district during Navaratri, which concluded on Saturday.“The shrine witnessed an overwhelming influx of devotees from across the country and abroad,” said an official from the shrine board.The board unveiled a range of initiatives during Navaratri, including the…
NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday addressed concerns about the quality of ‘laddu prasadam‘ at the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala.Speaking to media after inaugurating a new centralized kitchen by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), Naidu said that devotees were pleased with the improvements in the prasadam’s quality. This comes amid…
MEERUT: A 19-year-old kanwariya was killed and nearly half a dozen injured during a clash between two groups of ‘dak kanwariyas’ (fast-moving devotees) along a route in Baghpat district of UP. Police said the fight happened when the groups tried to win a race in reaching their village temple in Haryana first to offer holy…
DEHRADUN: Amid the ongoing Char Dham Yatra, Uttarakhand police on Sunday appealed to devotees to postpone their pilgrimage to the Yamunotri shrine in Uttarkashi district for the day. The appeal was made citing the number of devotees already reaching the capacity of the shrine.The development came after photos and videos showing a massive rush on…
