
Puttaparthi: Exactly a year after Sathya Sai Baba passed away in Puttaparthi, his trust is struggling to retain its credibility. A tough year for his trust and the small town of Puttaparthi, for the Sathya Sai Central trust the going has been rough, with income tax raids and allegations of corruption. Now the Baba's family has alleged mismanagement of the trust funds by his nephew Ratnakar Rahu who is a...

06:30 AM, Apr 24, 2012

Thiruvananthapuram: In Jammu's Sree Krishna temple, all rituals, including offering of daily prayers, are performed by women priests. The temple, also known as 'Baion ka Mandir,' is maintained by the distaff side which is proud to spread the message of women empowerment through religion. Unfortunately, Malayinkeezhu is no Jammu. The Sree Krishna Temple here bars entry to women devotees! For centuries, women have not been allowed into the nalambalam, the...

02:46 PM, Apr 01, 2012

TIRUMALA: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), of late, is in news for all wrong reasons, thanks to the laxity of it security and vigilance staff.What started with indiscipline among security guards worsened soon into more serious incidents.Apart from thefts from hundi, there were attacks on devotees at the queue complex, rape of a teenager by a Vigilance staffer and murder of an employee at the TTD headquarters, to list a...

08:26 AM, Mar 26, 2012

Itanagar: Nearly 75,000 devotees, including hundreds of sadhus from across the country, took a holy dip in Parshuram Kund in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on Sunday. Most of the pilgrims, from Nepal, Manipur, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and various parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh made a beeline to the holy site since January 13 last, Lohit deputy commissioner R K Sharma...

12:10 PM, Jan 16, 2012

Srinagar: Three more devotees died of cardiac arrest taking the death toll to 80 during the ongoing pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath, officials said on Monday. 76-year-old M R Verma, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, breathed his last at the 3880-mt high cave shrine on Monday morning shortly after complaining of severe chest pain. Anand Soni, aged 31, who hailed from Rajasthan, and 62-year-old Lekh Ram from...

05:00 PM, Jul 18, 2011

Baltal: The yatra to Amarnath has begun, as always amidst tight security but it's seen as one of the most peaceful and orderly Amarnath yatra in recent years. An estimated four to five lakh pilgrims are expected to make the journey towards the famous cave. Faith is moving all alike, the young, old and infirm hoping to seek blessings of Lord Shiva by trekking to the holy cave. This is ...

08:35 PM, Jun 29, 2011

Baltal: The yatra to Amarnath has begun, as always amidst tight security but it's seen as one of the most peaceful and orderly Amarnath yatra in recent years. An estimated four to five lakh pilgrims are expected to make the journey towards the famous cave. Faith is moving all alike, the young, old and infirm hoping to seek blessings of Lord Shiva by trekking to the holy cave. This is...

08:35 PM, Jun 29, 2011

Puttaparthi: With devotees continuing to surge into the town to offer their homage to the late Sathya Sai Baba, authorities on Tuesday extended the final darshan timing till midnight. Three special trains from Secunderabad, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada brought in a large number of devotees to the town on the final day of darshan. Inspector General (Rayalaseema Region) Santosh Mehra said the darshan timing, which was to end at 6 pm...

09:30 AM, Apr 26, 2011

New Delhi: Lakhs of devotees continue to pour in the ashram of Sri Sathya Sai Baba at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh to pay homage to the spiritual leader who passed away on Sunday even as police tightened security for crowd control. With grief writ large on their faces, the devotees, both young and old, made their way to the Sai Kulwant Hall at Prashanti Nilayam Ashram to have a darshan ...

07:15 AM, Apr 25, 2011

New Delhi: Lakhs of devotees continue to pour in the ashram of Sri Sathya Sai Baba at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh to pay homage to the spiritual leader who passed away on Sunday even as police tightened security for crowd control. With grief writ large on their faces, the devotees, both young and old, made their way to the Sai Kulwant Hall at Prashanti Nilayam Ashram to have a darshan ...

07:15 AM, Apr 25, 2011

New Delhi: Lakhs of devotees continue to pour in the ashram of Sri Sathya Sai Baba at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh to pay homage to the spiritual leader who passed away on Sunday even as police tightened security for crowd control. With grief writ large on their faces, the devotees, both young and old, made their way to the Sai Kulwant Hall at Prashanti Nilayam Ashram to have a darshan...

07:15 AM, Apr 25, 2011

Sathya Sai Baba's body has been kept for darshan at Kulwant hall in Puttaparthi. ...

06:22 PM, Apr 24, 2011

Devotees at Sathya Sai temple in Hyderabad shaken by the news of Baba's death wait for a miracle to happen. ...

02:35 PM, Apr 24, 2011

Puttaparthi: Concerned over the health of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, several of his devotees, including foreigners, have expressed confidence that he will recover soon. "I am confident that all these will be over and Baba will give darshan soon," said Sanjeev Singh, a devotee from Uttar Pradesh. "We are all confident that Baba would give us darshan very soon. It is only outsiders who were worried. We are not," said...

04:37 PM, Apr 05, 2011

Devotees gear up for the festive season, as Mahalaya heralds the beginning of Durga Puja. ...

10:57 AM, Oct 07, 2010