It’s Karthika masam, the most auspicious month for Hindus who head to various Shaiva temples to offer special pujas. Cashing in on the all-pervading religious sentiment of the season, the Vijayawada region of the AP State Road Transport Corporation has turned the focus on its Pancharama special services that are bringing in a huge moolah for the organisation.The RTC operated 15 special services in...
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Thousands of devotees celebrated ‘Karthika Pournami’ and offered special pujas in the temples in Nellore district on Monday. The devotees took bath in the river and canals and had darshan of Lord Shiva in the temples.Serpentine queues were seen in front of the temple, especially at Shiva temples. Devotees performed ‘ksheerabhi shekham’ to Lord Shiva, lit lamps and offered prayers on the eve of ‘Karthika...
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large number of devotees today arrived in this holy city to observe ''Panchuka'', the last five days of the holy month of Kartika, considered as very auspicious.As per tradition the devotees, who could not observe the month-long 'Kartik Brata', used to observe ''Panchuka''. Everyday in the early hours the devotees take dip either in any of the sacred ponds or in 'Mahodadhi' (a stretch of Puri sea from...
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five lakh devotees took holy dip in the Mahodadhi (a stretch of Puri sea from Swargdwar to Chakratirth), offered prayers to the rising Sun God and thronged the Jagannath temple for darshan of the Lord Jagannath today.As per the Hindu calendar, the last five days of Kartik month are considered most auspicious. The devotees who could not observe the month-long ''Kartik Brata'', observe these five days,...
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KARIMNAGAR: A large number of devotees visited the historical Sri Laxminarasimha Swamy Devasthanams at Dharmapuri on the last day of the auspicious ‘Karthika masam’ on Sunday.People from far flung places visited the temple shrine and offered prayers to the presiding deities after bathing in the river Godavari. The devotees also offered special prayers at the historical Kotilingala temple shrine, the...
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portals of Madhmaheswar temple, considered as the second Kedar, were closed for the Winter season early today.Ansuya Prasad Bhatt, Chairman, Badri-Kedar Yatra Samiti, told UNI that the doors of the revered temple were closed at 0430 hours amid chanting of Vedic mantras at Madhmaheswar in Rudraprayag district.The 'doli' of Lord Shiva, the presiding deity of the temple, would be taken to Ukhimath for...
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NALGONDA: Burglars struck at the famous Sri Parvathi Shambulingeshwara Swamy temple at Vallala in Shali Gowraram mandal on Friday midnight and decamped with three “panchaloha” idols.According to sources, thieves entered into the sanctum sanctorum of the temple after breaking open the entrance lock and made away with “panchaloha” idols of Shiva, Parvathi and Chandeeshwari. However, some silver ornaments...
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Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda on Monday performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the renovation of a Shiva temple in his native village, Haradanahalli.on Tuesday that a few houses around the temple had been demolished to make way for the renovation.©...
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president K. Chandrasekhar Rao offered prayers to Lord Shiva at Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanams in Vemulawada temple town in Karimnagar district on Sunday morning.Party Sircilla legislator K. Taraka Rama Rao, Huzurabad legislator Etala Rajender, MLC Naradasu Laxman Rao, ZP vice-chairman T. Ravinder Goud and others accompanied Mr. Rao.In a brief chat with newsmen at the temple town, he said that...
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special wing of Tamil Nadu police has recovered a stolen emerald idol of Lord Shiva worth about 500 million rupees.The idol has been reportedly recovered from two persons identified as A. Ramesh of Pudukkottai district and P.Senthil of Valangaiman town of the State."This emerald idol is very precious one which could be valued around 500 million rupees in the market was stolen from Tiruturaipundi temple...
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