Varanasi Temple Priest

The deployment of police officers dressed as priests at the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi has sparked controversy, drawing sharp criticism from Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.

The Varanasi district court had on January 31 ruled that a priest can perform prayers before the idols in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the main "yajman" at the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, Laxmikant Dixit, the main priest for the ritual, said in Varanasi on Wednesday.

The Kashi corridor is the latest monument in town, one that is expected to consolidate the political Hindutva sentiment and shore up the image of the Prime Minister in what is turning out to be a tougher election than the BJP expected some months ago

Around 100 people, including priests, security guards and sanitation workers, at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency, Varanasi, have received a gift from their Lok Sabha MP.

New Year Day: January 1 was welcomed at Varanasi's Assi Ghat with beautiful Ganga aarti on the last day of the year gone by. Ganga aarti,a daily affair, a tradition that has been going on for years. It was a visual treat as several pujaris or priests in charge of the daily puja at the temples stood in a row and performed aarti, with huge deepams, d...

At a time when people are advised to take all precautionary measures against coronavirus infections, a priest at a Varanasi temple has put face masks on deities and appealed to devotees to not touch the idols.

As air quality in Uttar Pradesh deteriorates, priests at a temple in Varanasi covered a ''shivling'' with a protective mask.

Varanasi temple priest Balak Das said that Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's hatred towards Ram will one day be the reason for her fall.

In the run up to the final phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has been focusing on Prime Minister Modi's constituency Varanasi. But Varanasi has a neighbour that the party wants to win too: Mirzapur, on the other side of the river Ganga.

The deployment of police officers dressed as priests at the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi has sparked controversy, drawing sharp criticism from Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.

The Varanasi district court had on January 31 ruled that a priest can perform prayers before the idols in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the main "yajman" at the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, Laxmikant Dixit, the main priest for the ritual, said in Varanasi on Wednesday.

The Kashi corridor is the latest monument in town, one that is expected to consolidate the political Hindutva sentiment and shore up the image of the Prime Minister in what is turning out to be a tougher election than the BJP expected some months ago

Around 100 people, including priests, security guards and sanitation workers, at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency, Varanasi, have received a gift from their Lok Sabha MP.

New Year Day: January 1 was welcomed at Varanasi's Assi Ghat with beautiful Ganga aarti on the last day of the year gone by. Ganga aarti,a daily affair, a tradition that has been going on for years. It was a visual treat as several pujaris or priests in charge of the daily puja at the temples stood in a row and performed aarti, with huge deepams, d...

At a time when people are advised to take all precautionary measures against coronavirus infections, a priest at a Varanasi temple has put face masks on deities and appealed to devotees to not touch the idols.

As air quality in Uttar Pradesh deteriorates, priests at a temple in Varanasi covered a ''shivling'' with a protective mask.

Varanasi temple priest Balak Das said that Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's hatred towards Ram will one day be the reason for her fall.

In the run up to the final phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has been focusing on Prime Minister Modi's constituency Varanasi. But Varanasi has a neighbour that the party wants to win too: Mirzapur, on the other side of the river Ganga.