Maha Shivratri 2025 Fasting: Dos and don'ts — what you can eat and offer to Lord Shiva and what you should avoidMaha Shivratri in 2025 falls on February 26. Devotees observe a day-long fast, worship Lord Shiva, and follow specific rituals like bathing...
25 Feb, 2025, 12.53 PM IST
Maha Shivratri 2024: How to perform Rudra Abhishek Puja? Types of abhishek and things to keep in mindMaha Shivratri 2024: Rudra Abhishek ceremony, involving the bathing of the Shivling with milk, gangajal, honey, and more, holds immense sig...
08 Mar, 2024, 07.19 AM IST
Hand over Gyanvapi structure to Hindus: VHPThe VHP has demanded that the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi be declared a Hindu temple and handed over to the Hindu community. The ASI survey...
27 Jan, 2024, 06.46 PM IST
Temple construction can go on even after Prana Pratishtha: Sri Sri RavishankarAccording to Sri Sri Ravishankar, India is moving in that direction as it is becoming one of the top economies of the world, leaving behind...
17 Jan, 2024, 04.48 PM IST
Somvati Amavasya 2023: Date, time, significanceSomvati Amavasya: Monday, February 20 is the new moon of Phalguna month, which marks the conclusion of the month’s Krishna Paksha. After ba...
19 Feb, 2023, 07.05 PM IST
Maximise the divine effects of rudraksh, shravan season ideal to wear itCurrently bhadraksha, a poisonous seed, is being passed off as a rudraksh.
09 Aug, 2022, 08.24 AM IST
South actress Vedhika tests Covid-19 positive, urges fans to not underestimate virus symptomsVedhika assured fans that she was on the road to recovery.
21 Jun, 2022, 09.59 AM IST
'Discovery' proves that Gyanvapi mosque was built over temple: VHPVHP working president Alok Kumar told ET that the 'finding proved that there has been a shivling in the mosque' even before 1947, and that ...
16 May, 2022, 11.56 PM IST
Cop invokes Lord Shiva, seeks leave to offer jalabhishek in HaridwarAs per reports, constable Vinod Kumar, posted at Siyana police circle in Bulandshahr, had written to his deputy SP on August 5 requesting t...
07 Aug, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
Engineer's Day: The inspirational journey of Sir M VisvesvarayaAll the while, he survived largely on free food offered by temples, studied under street lamps and gave tuitions
15 Sep, 2016, 03.53 PM IST
A cave temple witness to Winter Solstice for agesvi Gangadhara temple Winter Solstice is when the sun stands still in the southern sky before its northward journey .
18 Feb, 2016, 12.54 PM IST
Visit Chopta in Uttarakhand for an amazing trek or relax in Pachmarhi in MPET-Travel suggests you take a casual day off at work to make the most of an extended weekend in coming months. Here's where you can head to.
30 Apr, 2015, 09.09 AM IST
Snakes alive!Your columnist is scanning a text called Yoga Makaranda when he is brought up short by an invocation in it to Adi Shesha: all aspirants are...
21 Jul, 2014, 06.02 AM IST
Bael Out!In mid-March, the thorny bael or the bilva tree is bereft of leaves. But it is still laden with large globular fruit.
22 Mar, 2012, 07.01 AM IST
- Fresh cases against Bellary's Reddy, 15 Places raided
CBI registered two fresh cases against as many companies, including one owned by jailed former tourism minister G Janardhana Reddy.
04 Oct, 2011, 01.35 AM IST
- Green battle gathers pace in Bangalore
The huge rain tree on Sankey Tank Bund Road continued to be the focus of the city's green agitation on Monday, as the two Greenpeace activi...
19 Jul, 2011, 05.56 AM IST
- Epic Proportion: Sardhana
There’s more to Sardhana than the church - like the ancient Mahadev Temple that harks back to the Mahabharata’s time.
06 Mar, 2008, 12.05 AM IST