Pushkaram

The administration in Ladakh has decided to impose fines on pilgrims visiting the Union Territory for Sindhu Pushkaram, a festival of the river Sindhu (Indus), for littering and throwing trash in the open near the Sindhu river.

Krishna Pushkaram-2016 presented some inspiring case studies with the free food distribution for pilgrims standing out as the best.

Two college students were killed and three others are feared drowned in the Krishna river today, when a boat carrying them to a bathing ghat for a holy dip during the ongoing Pushkaram, capsized near Chandarlapadu in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district.

A moderate crowd turned out to take a holy dip in river Krishna in Andhra Pradesh, where the 12-day 'Pushkaram' festival began on Friday with traditional gaiety and religious fervour, even as a 6-year-old boy and a head constable died during the festivity.

The Krishna Pushkaram river festival that comes once in 12 years began with traditional gaiety here today.

Krishna Pushkaram, the 12-day festival that comes once in every 12 years, begins tomorrow with over three crore devotees expected to take a holy dip in the river across Andhra Pradesh.

A replica of Tirumala's Lord Venkateswara temple was inaugurated today, ahead of the Krishna Pushkaram beginning August 12.

A vocal concert by eminent Carnatic singer M Balamuralikrishna, a group dance of 'Kuchipudi', a scintillating laser show and a colourful and pious 'arti' were some of the highlights of the concluding events of the Godavari 'Maha Pushkaram' in Andhra Pradesh tonight.

The Andhra Pradesh Government wants to keep beggars away from bathing ghats during the ongoing 'Godavari Puskharam' and is offering Rs 10,000 to each of them so that they stay away from the religious event, which is attracting lakhs of pilgrims in Rajahmundry.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has urged pilgrims at Godavari Pushkaram to keep bathing ghats clean and take it upon them as a responsibility.

ESL Narasimhan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, today took a holy dip in the river Godavari on the seventh day of the ongoing 'Mahapushkaram' in Rajamundry.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today reviewed arrangements made for the ongoing Pushkarams at different venues along Godavari river in the state.

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is running 300 special buses, in a bid to meet the extra rush of pilgrims on holiday for the ongoing Godavari Pushkaram.

More than 30 lakh pilgrims have taken the holy dip in the Godavari river at Rajahmundry in the first four days of the Pushkaram festival, Andhra Pradesh government said on Friday.

It was the thousands of pilgrims and the police that failed to control them that caused 29 people to be crushed to death in Andhra Pradesh, according to a government report.

The administration in Ladakh has decided to impose fines on pilgrims visiting the Union Territory for Sindhu Pushkaram, a festival of the river Sindhu (Indus), for littering and throwing trash in the open near the Sindhu river.

Krishna Pushkaram-2016 presented some inspiring case studies with the free food distribution for pilgrims standing out as the best.

Two college students were killed and three others are feared drowned in the Krishna river today, when a boat carrying them to a bathing ghat for a holy dip during the ongoing Pushkaram, capsized near Chandarlapadu in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district.

A moderate crowd turned out to take a holy dip in river Krishna in Andhra Pradesh, where the 12-day 'Pushkaram' festival began on Friday with traditional gaiety and religious fervour, even as a 6-year-old boy and a head constable died during the festivity.

The Krishna Pushkaram river festival that comes once in 12 years began with traditional gaiety here today.

Krishna Pushkaram, the 12-day festival that comes once in every 12 years, begins tomorrow with over three crore devotees expected to take a holy dip in the river across Andhra Pradesh.

A replica of Tirumala's Lord Venkateswara temple was inaugurated today, ahead of the Krishna Pushkaram beginning August 12.

A vocal concert by eminent Carnatic singer M Balamuralikrishna, a group dance of 'Kuchipudi', a scintillating laser show and a colourful and pious 'arti' were some of the highlights of the concluding events of the Godavari 'Maha Pushkaram' in Andhra Pradesh tonight.

The Andhra Pradesh Government wants to keep beggars away from bathing ghats during the ongoing 'Godavari Puskharam' and is offering Rs 10,000 to each of them so that they stay away from the religious event, which is attracting lakhs of pilgrims in Rajahmundry.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has urged pilgrims at Godavari Pushkaram to keep bathing ghats clean and take it upon them as a responsibility.

ESL Narasimhan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, today took a holy dip in the river Godavari on the seventh day of the ongoing 'Mahapushkaram' in Rajamundry.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today reviewed arrangements made for the ongoing Pushkarams at different venues along Godavari river in the state.

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is running 300 special buses, in a bid to meet the extra rush of pilgrims on holiday for the ongoing Godavari Pushkaram.

More than 30 lakh pilgrims have taken the holy dip in the Godavari river at Rajahmundry in the first four days of the Pushkaram festival, Andhra Pradesh government said on Friday.

It was the thousands of pilgrims and the police that failed to control them that caused 29 people to be crushed to death in Andhra Pradesh, according to a government report.