JAIPUR:Silver ornaments and other valuable items were stolen from Jain temple inKumbhalgarh under Kelwara police station of Rajsamand early morning on Saturday.Police have registered a case against unidentified miscreants and areinvestigating the incident.It was second such incident within amonth. In October two idols of Mahaveer Swami along with three silver umbrellas,symbolic throne and donation...
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Raipur, Nov 9 : Renowned Jain Sadhvi Nipunasri died at the famous Rushavdev Jain Temple here this morning. She was 77.Temple sources said, Sadhvi Nipunasri was ailing for the past one month due to old age. She breathed her last at 0655 hrs.Born on August 28, 1932 in Gujarat's Padra taluka, Nipunasri embraced Jainism in 1955 at Dhuliya in Maharashtra and propapated the Jain religion and the doctrine...
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Empathy, altruism and religion go hand-in-hand. Members of the city-based Sambhavnath Jain temple at Two Town amply demonstrated it on Sunday by opening the doors of their temple wide open for distribution of succour to the flood-hit victims.The Jain mandir at Governorpet turned into a destination for 250-odd families residing in three villages bordering Guntur district, which were marooned in floodwaters....
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Cruise vessel AIDA Cara, with 1,135 passengers and 376 crew on board, called at the New Mangalore Port on Saturday, marking the beginning of the cruise season from October to April. A majority of the tourists were from Germany.As many as 1,025 passengers opted to visit tourist spots such as the 1,000-pillar Jain temple at Moodbidri, monolithic statue of Bahubali at Karkala, Udupi Sri Krishna temple,...
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sculptors from different parts of the State will exchange ideas and give shape to their imagination at Moodbidri in a 10-day camp that begins on Monday.Using different media — stones, wood, metal, concrete, fibre glass, and terracotta — they will produce artworks at Moodbidri, about 35 km from here and known for cultural activities. The camp is being organised by Alva’s Foundation. Moodbidri is also...
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performing puja on the auspicious day of Karthika Purnima at a Sivalayam in the city on Monday.HYDERABAD: Temples in twin cities on Monday swarmed with devotees on the occasion of Karthika Purnima, the full moon day in ‘Karthika Masam’ (month of Karthikam), which is considered to be a very sacred month in the Hindu almanac.The day was celebrated with fervour and enthusiasm, as women took up fasting...
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police plan to get experts to check the car of a businessman who ran over four pavement dwellers, killing one, at Kandivli, and claimed a mechanical defect led to brake failure.Anant Kenjale, senior police inspector of Samta Nagar police station, said Harish Jain claimed he was driving his Tata Indica on Friday at 50 kmph. When he reached the Saidham Temple he applied the brake and found they had failed.“Jain...
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Tiruvannamalai: The 10-day Karthigai Deepam festival began at Sri Arunachaleswarar Temple here on Sunday with hoisting of flag.Amid chanting of Vedic hymns, Pancha Moorthis were taken near flag mast early in the morning. Thousands of people thronged the temple as early as 5.20 a.m. to witness the commencement of the festival.The festival will end with lighting of ‘Maha Deepam’ atop the 2,668-foot hill...
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incident that brings back bad memories of similar accidents in the past, a 31-year-old businessman drove his car over people sleeping on a footpath along the Western Express Highway near Saidham temple in Kandivli (East), killing one and injuring three.According to the police, Harish Jain, the businessman, was driving his Tata Indica (MH-02-PA-7327) at high speed and under the influence of alcohol...
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Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad has been asked to be alert in view of the recent alleged terror threat by terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba in the state.UP Additional Director General of Police (law and order-west) A K Jain here today said the ATS had been cautioned as the Jhansi railway station superintendent recently received the threat letter from the Lashkar-e-Toiba on September 29.The suspected...
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