Hindu Shrines India

As many as 57 renowned pontiffs and seers from across the country have gathered at the Tirumala temple shrine for a three-day Vedic conference today. The grand meet of seers will hold discussions on upholding the values of Hindu Sanatana Dharma.

A comparatively new immaculate red-and-white temple stands beside the ruins of a 1000-year-old shrine overtaken by nature. Muslims take active part in Hindu puja rituals.

Devotees wearing short-length clothes have been banned entry to a century-old Jain temple in Shimla, with the authorities at the shrine defending the move citing the need to maintain discipline, decorum and values of the Hindu culture.

The issuance of the visas is in line with Pakistan's commitment to fully implement the bilateral protocol on visits to religious shrines of 1974.

Seeking to ensure every district in Andhra Pradesh has a temple, the government has said the construction of shrines has been taken up in a big way in the state.

Varanasi's seniormost judge will hear the Gyanvapi case today, days after ruling that a plea by five Hindu women to pray year-long at a shrine inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, next to the famous Kashi Viswanath temple, is legally valid.

A court today agreed to hear the case of five Hindu women who want to pray at a shrine inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, next to the famous Kashi Viswanath temple. Their petition will be heard on September 22.

Videography at Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque will resume tomorrow, the district administration announced today. The matter, which started with a group of women seeking year-long access to a Hindu shrine behind the mosque, has reached the Supreme Court.

Petitions by five women asking to be allowed to pray at a Hindu shrine behind Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque complex is building up into a flashpoint in Uttar Pradesh. Reports said one of the women may withdraw her plea but she later said she wouldn't.

A court-appointed official and a team of lawyers carried out an inspection at a mosque in Varanasi yesterday in connection with a plea for access to a Hindu shrine behind it.

Nepal's iconic Pashupatinath temple, the 5th century holy Hindu shrine, opened for devotees today after nearly five months, as the number of fresh COVID-19 cases declined in the country.

Shravan Purnima 2020: One of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar, Shravan or Sawan Purnima, is being observed by devotees ofLord Shiva today. This year Shravan Purnima assumes even more significance as it coincides with Sawan Somwar - a day dedicated to Shiva. Sawan Somwar is observed on every Mondayin the month of Sawan, which correspon...

The iconic Amarnath Yatra, the annual Hindu pilgrimage to a Jammu and Kashmir shrine, will not take place this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the board that manages the place of worship informed today.

Mahatma Gandhi, who waged many a battle for egalitarianism in Hindu shrines and for the right of lower-caste devotees to access them, was denied entry into a temple in Kerala -- not because of religion or caste but because he had visited a foreign land.

The Congress government in Madhya Pradesh Friday hiked the honorarium of priests of Hindu temples, and also announced financial help to the shrines which offer shelter to cows.

As many as 57 renowned pontiffs and seers from across the country have gathered at the Tirumala temple shrine for a three-day Vedic conference today. The grand meet of seers will hold discussions on upholding the values of Hindu Sanatana Dharma.

A comparatively new immaculate red-and-white temple stands beside the ruins of a 1000-year-old shrine overtaken by nature. Muslims take active part in Hindu puja rituals.

Devotees wearing short-length clothes have been banned entry to a century-old Jain temple in Shimla, with the authorities at the shrine defending the move citing the need to maintain discipline, decorum and values of the Hindu culture.

The issuance of the visas is in line with Pakistan's commitment to fully implement the bilateral protocol on visits to religious shrines of 1974.

Seeking to ensure every district in Andhra Pradesh has a temple, the government has said the construction of shrines has been taken up in a big way in the state.

Varanasi's seniormost judge will hear the Gyanvapi case today, days after ruling that a plea by five Hindu women to pray year-long at a shrine inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, next to the famous Kashi Viswanath temple, is legally valid.

A court today agreed to hear the case of five Hindu women who want to pray at a shrine inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, next to the famous Kashi Viswanath temple. Their petition will be heard on September 22.

Videography at Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque will resume tomorrow, the district administration announced today. The matter, which started with a group of women seeking year-long access to a Hindu shrine behind the mosque, has reached the Supreme Court.

Petitions by five women asking to be allowed to pray at a Hindu shrine behind Varanasi's Gyanvapi Mosque complex is building up into a flashpoint in Uttar Pradesh. Reports said one of the women may withdraw her plea but she later said she wouldn't.

A court-appointed official and a team of lawyers carried out an inspection at a mosque in Varanasi yesterday in connection with a plea for access to a Hindu shrine behind it.

Nepal's iconic Pashupatinath temple, the 5th century holy Hindu shrine, opened for devotees today after nearly five months, as the number of fresh COVID-19 cases declined in the country.

Shravan Purnima 2020: One of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar, Shravan or Sawan Purnima, is being observed by devotees ofLord Shiva today. This year Shravan Purnima assumes even more significance as it coincides with Sawan Somwar - a day dedicated to Shiva. Sawan Somwar is observed on every Mondayin the month of Sawan, which correspon...

The iconic Amarnath Yatra, the annual Hindu pilgrimage to a Jammu and Kashmir shrine, will not take place this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the board that manages the place of worship informed today.

Mahatma Gandhi, who waged many a battle for egalitarianism in Hindu shrines and for the right of lower-caste devotees to access them, was denied entry into a temple in Kerala -- not because of religion or caste but because he had visited a foreign land.

The Congress government in Madhya Pradesh Friday hiked the honorarium of priests of Hindu temples, and also announced financial help to the shrines which offer shelter to cows.