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  Shiv Sena objects to Sunny Leone visiting Siddhivinayak temple

  Bollywood | January 16, 2013 11:11 IST

  Mumbai, Jan 16 : Canadian adult film actor Sunny Leone visited the famous Siddhivinayak temple early this morning alongwith Ekta Kapoor to seek blessings of Lord Ganesha. Sunny, who will be doing Ragini MMS2 for

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  Apologise to Hindus for demolishing Karachi temple: Dawn

  World | December 05, 2012 11:18 IST

  Islamabad, Dec 5: Authorities must apologise to the Hindu community for demolishing a temple in Karachi and hurting their sentiments, a Pakistani daily said Wednesday.An editorial in the Dawn said the demolition of a Hindu

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  India's temple of rats: Karni Mata temple

  India | March 21, 2013 18:04 IST

  Bikaner: The Karni Mata temple is famous for its  huge rat population. Thousands of rats live inside the temple. These rats are considered auspicious therefore devotees never kill them or hit at them. Spotting a

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  AP HC orders status quo on temple abutting Charminar

  India | November 06, 2012 6:43 IST

  Hyderabad, Nov 6:  The Andhra Pradesh High Court Monday ordered that status quo, as of Oct 30, be maintained at a temple abutting the historic Charminar monument here and directed that no construction activity be

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  3 killed, 35 injured in temple stampede in MP

  India | October 20, 2012 16:03 IST

  Sehore(MP), Oct 20: Three women were killed and 35 others injured when a stampede broke out early today at the Salkanpur Devi Temple in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh.  At around 4.30 AM, a few

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  Pranab Mukherjee offers prayers in Tirupati temple

  India | September 09, 2012 14:38 IST

  Tirupati, AP, Sept 9 : President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday offered prayers at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at nearby Tirumala. On his maiden 16-hour visit to the temple town after assuming the

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  Saibaba Temple sends ghee samples to lab as devotees complain

  India | August 26, 2012 18:22 IST

  Shirdi, Aug 26: Following complaints from devotees about the quality of ‘prasad laddus' sold by Saibaba temple trust here, samples of ghee used in the preparation have been sent to a laboratory for examination.The temple

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  Vijay Mallya offers 2.5 kg goldplated door to Karnataka temple

  India | August 24, 2012 18:34 IST

  Bangalore, Aug 24: Tycoon  Vijay Mallya has donated a gold-plated door worth Rs 80 lakh to Lord Subrahmanya in a  temple in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district, says a Mail Today report.  Mallya made the offering

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  Kolhapur's Mahalakshmi temple treasury opened

  India | June 09, 2012 21:10 IST

  Kolhapur, Jun 9: Authorities at Kolhapur's Mahalakshmi temple opened the temple's treasury and begin counting.  This 900-year-old temple could soon be India's 4th richest temple of course, after the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Tirupati Balaji, and Shirdi

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  Three Killed In Police Firing In Etawah

  India | April 02, 2012 14:27 IST

  Etawah (UP), Apr 1: Three persons were killed when PAC jawans fired at an unruly mob which indulged in stoning during a clash over flag hoisting on Brahmani Devi temple on the occasion of Ramnavami

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  Mumbai Siddhi Vinayak Temple Ornaments Put On Auction

  India | March 04, 2012 21:52 IST

  Mumbai, March 4: Gold and silver ornaments offered to Lord Siddhi Vinayak (Ganesha) at his famous temple here were put on auction today, which fetched Rs 35.89 lakhs, officials said.The auctions are done five times

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  Mahashivratri Celebrated In India

  India | February 20, 2012 10:14 IST

  New Delhi/Varanasi/Ujjain, Feb 20: Mahashivratri is being celebrated throughout the country today in almost all the major temples and shrines.Hundreds of devotees flocked to the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple on Sunday midnight to offer prayers

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  Bhavnath Temple Stampede Toll Rises To 7

  India | February 20, 2012 17:15 IST

  Rajkot, Feb 20 : Toll in the stampede at Mahashivratri fair at Bhavnath temple in Junagadh district today rose to seven even as senior police officials said breakdown of two state transport buses led to

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  Kerala Aranmula Temple Elephant Turns Violent, Damages Cars

  India | February 15, 2012 13:58 IST

  Kottayam, Kerala, Feb 15: A temple elephant in the world famous Parthasarathy Temple in Aranmula turned  violent after a procession on Tuesday and  damaged several cars. A few passengers were injured. Eyewitnesses said, the  elephant 

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  AP Temple Priest Dances, Walks Over Women Lying On Ground

  India | December 13, 2011 9:59 IST

  Anantapur, AP, Dec 13: In a bizarre ritual, hundreds of women in Bhakthaharlli village, 140 km from Anantapur, lay on the ground in front of Bhagwan Narasimha temple, as a priest jumped, danced and walked

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  Manoj Tiwari To Build Temple For Sachin, Dhoni

  Cricket | July 08, 2011 22:43 IST

  Bhabhua, Bihar, Jul 8:  Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari today said he will construct a temple for the ‘God of Cricket' Sachin Tendulkar and Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at his native village Atarwalia in

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  Temple Treasures Belong To Royal Family: Kanchi Shankaracharya

  India | July 07, 2011 14:10 IST

  Kanchipuram(TN), Jul 6: The huge treasures found in Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram were the “exclusive property” of Travancore royal family that dedicated their kingdom to the presiding deity of the temple, Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra

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  Jayalalithaa Offers Worship At Temple

  India | June 19, 2011 21:33 IST

  Srirangam (TN),Jun 19:  TamilNadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today offered worship at the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple here.Jayalalithaa was welcomed with full temple honours by the priests.The Chief Minister donated from her personal fund a battery-operated five-seater

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  Sehwag Visits Sai Baba Temple In Shirdi

  Cricket | May 08, 2011 21:09 IST

  Shirdi, May 8: Flamboyant Indian opener Virender Sehwag today visited the famous Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district.Sehwag, who last night led his IPL franchisee Delhi Daredevils in a losing cause against Mumbai

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  Pak Interior Secy Visits Golden Temple

  India | March 27, 2011 22:16 IST

  Amritsar, Mar 27: Pakistan Interior Secretary Chaudhary Qamar Zaman today visited the Golden Temple here responding to a “divine call” and said he prayed for the betterment of India-Pakistan relations.Zaman, who crossed into India through