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‘Garba’ rehearsals in Gujarat to mark ‘Navaratri’

Rajkot, Sept 19 (ANI): With the outset of ‘Navaratri’ starting from Saturday, women of all age groups are practicing the traditional Indian folk dance, ‘Garba’, with a view to perform during the most celebrated dance festival [...]

Pakistani Hindus allowed to travel to India to immerse ashes of ancestors

Karachi, July 5 (ANI): Hundreds of Hindus based in Sindh province would now be able to travel to India to immerse the ashes of their ancestors in the holy River Ganga, as they have been granted visas after decades of denial by the Pakistani authorities.

Now, that the authorities have allowed Hindus to travel to India, [...]

A batch of 1,935 Amarnath pilgrims leaves Jammu for holy shrine

Jammu, June 20 (ANI): After initial weather related hindrances, a fresh batch of 1,935 pilgrims left Jammu on Saturday for its onward journey to the holy Amarnath cave shrine in Kashmir.

The batch comprises 852 men, 325 women, 54 children and 704 ascetics left from the base camp at Bhagwati Nagar in Jammu at [...]

Transsexuals participate in a weeklong festival in Tamil Nadu

Villupuram (TN), May 8 (ANI): Transsexuals from across the country are participating in a weeklong “Koovagam” festival at Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The festival that started on May 3 is held annually at the Koothandavar temple.

The festival draws around 50,000 transsexuals every year.

“This is the third time, I have come to Villupuram. I am very [...]

Origin of sound depicted creatively

New Delhi, Apr.8 (ANI): Noise. That is the first thing that strikes us when we, urban Indians, wake up in the morning. Hardly any of us is blessed to be woken up to the sounds of birds chirping or waves lashing against [...]

Nation observe Mahashivratri(Lead:Mahashivratri)

Varanasi/Srinagar, Feb 23 (ANI): Devotees across the nation observed Mahashivaratri today.

Thousands of devotees had converged on the river banks at Varanasi o take a holy dip in River Ganges. They also make offerings of flowers, sweets and incense sticks at the temples.

“The occasion of ‘ Mahashivratri ‘ comes once a year. On this day pilgrims [...]