Karnataka's 111-year-old revered seer, Shivakumara Swami of Siddaganga Mutt here, the most influential leader of the Lingayat community, died early on Monday following protracted illness.


Karnataka's 111-year-old seer dead (Third Lead)


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It is the largest spiritual, cultural and religious congregation of its kind and attracts crores of devotees from India and abroad at the Sangam - the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers and the mythical Saraswati. The historic city of Praygaraj, which was recently renamed from Allahabad, is witnessing the coming together of saints, seers and devotees in numbers that can blind the human eye.


At peace in the madding crowd: Taking a holy dip at the Kumbh (Travelogue)


Sabarimala temple custodian, the Travancore Devasom Board (TDB), on Monday extended time to Tantri Kantararu Rajeeveru to explain why a "purification" ritual was conducted following the visit of two women devotees to the Lord Ayyappa shrine just after New Year, said a board official.


Sabarimala tantri gets 15 days more to explain purification rituals


Hundreds and thousands of pilgrims took holy dip at the Sangam -- the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers here in Uttar Pradesh -- on the occasion of 'Paush Poornima' on Monday, officials said.


Thousands take holy dip at Kumbh on 'Paush Poornima'


Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam performed a yagna in his chamber at the Secretariat, DMK President M.K. Stalin on Sunday said and wondered how the he could do that.


Stalin alleges Panneerselvam performed yagna at Secretariat


Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Working President Alok Kumar on Sunday said his statement that his organisation would consider backing the Congress in the Lok Sabha polls if it includes the construction of Ram temple in its manifesto was over-stretched.


My statement on backing Congress over-stretched: VHP leader


A group of teenagers wearing caps with US President Donald Trump's campaign slogan "Make America Great Again", taunted a Native American elder and other activists during a march at the Lincoln Memorial here.


Teens wearing 'Make America Great Again' caps taunt Native American elder


Stung by widespread criticism over the numerous errors in the list of women who prayed at the Sabrimala temple, the Kerala government has decided to re-prepare the list.


Kerala to revise list of women who prayed at Sabarimala


Several hundred Tibetans travelling on Chinese passports to India to attend a teaching session by their exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in January 2018 were forced to return, international advocacy group Human Rights Watch has said in its annual report.


Tibetans travelling on Chinese passports to India were forced to return: Rights group


The St Mary's Church at Mannamangalam near here was on Friday evening put under lock and key by the District Collector following clashes between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions.


Church closed after Orthodox, Jacobite factions clash in Kerala


The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Kerala government to provide adequate and full security to two women who had entered Sabarimala's Lord Aayappa shrine triggering widespread outrage and protests across the state.


SC directs protection for two women who entered Sabarimala


The Tripura government is likely to probe "missing cash, precious ornaments and assets" deposited in the past 70 years by the devotees in the Mata Tripura Sundari Temple, an official said on Friday.


Tripura government likely to probe temple's missing assets


Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday said the Central government should confer the Bharat Ratna on Tumakuru Siddaganga mutt's 111-year-old pontiff Shivakumara Swami.


Karnataka CM wants Bharat Ratna for Tumakuru seer Shivakumara


Decked up with hundreds of mono and multi-colour lights with a special-effects system synchronised with soothing music, the entire stretch from Rajghat Bridge to Samne Ghat Bridge on the Ganga river is being spruced up to welcome delegates to the upcoming Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) celebrations in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Varanasi Parliamentary constituency.


Massive lighting-up exercise to greet Pravasi delegates in Varanasi


Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday lashed out at Union Minister and former Punjab BJP chief Vijay Sampla "for trying to scuttle the dreams of the Sikh community by unnecessarily complicating the process of travel and darshan at the historic Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara".


Kartarpur Corridor passport: Amarinder lashes out at Sampla


The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a plea for round-the-clock police protection for two women who had entered the Sabarimala temple, as they have been getting threats.


SC to hear plea for police protection for 2 women who entered Sabarimala temple


Four nuns -- who went on a public protest last year demanding arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who then headed the Roman Catholic Diocese in Jalandhar in Punjab -- were on Wednesday handed transfer orders asking them to shift to different places but they declined to oblige.


Nuns who protested against bishop transferred; won't go, they say


A special CBI court on Wednesday allowed authorities in Haryana to produce convicted Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and three others before it through video-conferencing for their sentencing in the murder case of a journalist.


Ram Rahim, 3 others to be sentenced via video-conferencing


The sounds of silence in tiny picturesque hamlets currently marooned in a thick blanket of snow overlooking this Himachal Pradesh tourist resort can be heard loud and clear.


Silence prevails in Manali hamlets to appease gods


The inclusion of the Kinnar Akhara led by transgender activist Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi is drawing huge crowds at the ongoing Kumbh Mela, the spiritual congregation here.


Kinnar Akhara debuts at Kumbh, call for more public acceptance


After a spectacular opening on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, the ongoing Kumbh Mela here is slowly settling down as thousands of devotees who had gathered here for the first of the 'Shahi Snan' are making their way back to their homes.

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