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Bride-To-Be Ankita Lokhande Shares Mushy Pics With Vicky Jain
Ankita Lokhande and Vicky Jain have been dating for over 3 years
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This Bride And Groom Exchanged Mangalsutras. What Happened Next
When Shardul Kadam said that he would wear a mangalsutra on his wedding day, his decision to turn an old ritual on its head raised many eyebrows.
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Dia Mirza Said No To Kanyadaan And Bidaai At Her Wedding Because...
Actress Dia Mirza, who married businessman Vaibhav Rekhi on February 15, revealed in an Instagram post this morning that the couple chose to forgo the traditional rituals of Kanyadaan and Bidaai because "change begins with choice."
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Bahubali Mahamastakabhisheka Mahotsav: Everything You Need To Know About The Jain Bathing Ritual
Mahamastakabhisheka Mahotsav: The 10-day festival will be celebrated at a large scale in Karnataka's Dharmasthala from February 9 for anointing ceremony of Lord Bahubali's statue.
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Surat Diamond Merchant And His Family To Become Jain Monks
Sanjay Shah, along with his family will take diksha, a Jain ritual of renunciation or initiation, on April 25 in Ahmedabad.
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10 Stunning Pictures That Celebrate The Beauty Of Maha Shivratri
To mark the occasion of Maha Shivratri, temples across India and Nepal light up and devotees come together to chant 'Om Namah Shivaya' through the night. The Shiv Lingam is bathed in milk, honey and ghee and holy rituals are performed. As the country celebrates this beautiful festival today, we bring to you 10 stunning pictures to mark the occasion...
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13-Year-Old 'Knew Her Own Strength, Decided To Fast': Jain Leader
The 13-year-old Jain girl who undertook a lengthy fast and died two days after it ended was "well aware of the strength of her body," said the community's top leader in Hyderabad, claiming that "she fasted for eight days in 2014, 34 days in 2015 and 68 days this year."
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Family Charged With Culpable Homicide After Jain Teen's Fasting Death
The family of a 13-year-old girl who died last week in Hyderabad after a 68-day fast as per Jain rituals has been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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13-Year-Old Jain Girl Dies In Hyderabad After Fasting For 68 Days
A 13-year-old girl in Hyderabad died last week after fasting for 68 days as per Jain rituals during the holy period of 'Chaumasa'.
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83-Year-Old Woman Opts For Ritual Suicide In West Bengal
83-year-old Sohini Devi Duggar, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the throat last year, has opted to undertake the Jain practice of Santhara - a fast unto death - in West Bengal.
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An 82-Year-Old Living on a Few Teaspoons of Water a Day
Badani Devi's weakness is self-induced, the result of her undertaking Santhara, the ancient Jain tradition of fasting unto death.
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Jain 'Santhara' Ritual of Fast Unto Death Can Continue for Now, Says Court
For now, a tradition of Jains that sees themselves starving to death has been permitted by the Supreme Court.
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Fasting Unto Death is Essential Religious Freedom, Say Jains in Court
A tradition of Jains starving themselves to death is an essential part of religious freedom, a petition in the Supreme Court has said today, as thousands of Jains are protesting the ancient ritual of "Santhara" being declared illegal.
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Why Thousands of Jains Are Fighting For the Right to Fast Until Death
Thousands of Jains protested across India on Monday for the legal right to take part in an ancient ritual of starving themselves to death.
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Pranab: The Eternal Bridesmaid
As in politics, so in the spiritual - Pranab Mukherjee leads the prayers at his ancestral home in West Bengal on the occasion of Durga Puja every year. The TV crews have only started coming recently, to the village of Mirati, 5 hours north of Kolkata - but this is an annual ritual, one which he has almost never missed.
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Bride-To-Be Ankita Lokhande Shares Mushy Pics With Vicky Jain
Ankita Lokhande and Vicky Jain have been dating for over 3 years
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This Bride And Groom Exchanged Mangalsutras. What Happened Next
When Shardul Kadam said that he would wear a mangalsutra on his wedding day, his decision to turn an old ritual on its head raised many eyebrows.
-
Dia Mirza Said No To Kanyadaan And Bidaai At Her Wedding Because...
Actress Dia Mirza, who married businessman Vaibhav Rekhi on February 15, revealed in an Instagram post this morning that the couple chose to forgo the traditional rituals of Kanyadaan and Bidaai because "change begins with choice."
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Bahubali Mahamastakabhisheka Mahotsav: Everything You Need To Know About The Jain Bathing Ritual
Mahamastakabhisheka Mahotsav: The 10-day festival will be celebrated at a large scale in Karnataka's Dharmasthala from February 9 for anointing ceremony of Lord Bahubali's statue.
-
Surat Diamond Merchant And His Family To Become Jain Monks
Sanjay Shah, along with his family will take diksha, a Jain ritual of renunciation or initiation, on April 25 in Ahmedabad.
-
10 Stunning Pictures That Celebrate The Beauty Of Maha Shivratri
To mark the occasion of Maha Shivratri, temples across India and Nepal light up and devotees come together to chant 'Om Namah Shivaya' through the night. The Shiv Lingam is bathed in milk, honey and ghee and holy rituals are performed. As the country celebrates this beautiful festival today, we bring to you 10 stunning pictures to mark the occasion...
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13-Year-Old 'Knew Her Own Strength, Decided To Fast': Jain Leader
The 13-year-old Jain girl who undertook a lengthy fast and died two days after it ended was "well aware of the strength of her body," said the community's top leader in Hyderabad, claiming that "she fasted for eight days in 2014, 34 days in 2015 and 68 days this year."
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Family Charged With Culpable Homicide After Jain Teen's Fasting Death
The family of a 13-year-old girl who died last week in Hyderabad after a 68-day fast as per Jain rituals has been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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13-Year-Old Jain Girl Dies In Hyderabad After Fasting For 68 Days
A 13-year-old girl in Hyderabad died last week after fasting for 68 days as per Jain rituals during the holy period of 'Chaumasa'.
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83-Year-Old Woman Opts For Ritual Suicide In West Bengal
83-year-old Sohini Devi Duggar, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the throat last year, has opted to undertake the Jain practice of Santhara - a fast unto death - in West Bengal.
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An 82-Year-Old Living on a Few Teaspoons of Water a Day
Badani Devi's weakness is self-induced, the result of her undertaking Santhara, the ancient Jain tradition of fasting unto death.
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Jain 'Santhara' Ritual of Fast Unto Death Can Continue for Now, Says Court
For now, a tradition of Jains that sees themselves starving to death has been permitted by the Supreme Court.
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Fasting Unto Death is Essential Religious Freedom, Say Jains in Court
A tradition of Jains starving themselves to death is an essential part of religious freedom, a petition in the Supreme Court has said today, as thousands of Jains are protesting the ancient ritual of "Santhara" being declared illegal.
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Why Thousands of Jains Are Fighting For the Right to Fast Until Death
Thousands of Jains protested across India on Monday for the legal right to take part in an ancient ritual of starving themselves to death.
-
Pranab: The Eternal Bridesmaid
As in politics, so in the spiritual - Pranab Mukherjee leads the prayers at his ancestral home in West Bengal on the occasion of Durga Puja every year. The TV crews have only started coming recently, to the village of Mirati, 5 hours north of Kolkata - but this is an annual ritual, one which he has almost never missed.
