Lord Shiva

Rajasthan: 5 of a family commit suicide to meet god

Superstition and blind faith can prove to be fatal. A family of five people in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan consumed poison and died in the belief that they would meet god. ...  

UP: 2 killed in a stampede during Shiv Ratri puja

At least two persons on Sunday were killed and 12 injured in a stampede at a Shiva temple where thousands of devotees had lined up to pay obeisance on the occasion of Shivratri. ...  

Agnivesh manhandled for remarks against Hindu god Shiva

Social worker Swami Agnivesh was on Friday manhandled by activists of a local organisation here for his alleged derogatory remarks against the Hindu god Shiva. The incident took place after a programme to launch the Maila Mukti Yatra in which Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Jairam Ramesh and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan were present. ...  

Amarnath Yatra: Post offices to register pilgrims

Srinagar: The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) on Monday said 100 post offices across the country would register devotees for the annual pilgrimage this year. The post offices are located in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar and Gujarat, an SASB spokesman said. The list of all the 100 post offices was available on the website of the Board, he said. The post offices would start registering pilgrims from...  

Amarnath Yatra: pilgrimage registration begins

New Delhi: The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) started the registration for the annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine devoted to Lord Shiva on Monday. The annual pilgrimage is scheduled to start on June 25, but the registration process across the country started much earlier to enable the state administration to make suitable arrangements for the pilgrims. The pilgrimage will end with Raksha Bandhan on Aug 2. The process of...  

Amarnath yatra suspended due to landslides

Srinagar: The Amarnath yatra was on Sunday suspended from both Baltal and Pahalgam routes following landslides triggered by heavy rains, officials said. "The pilgrims were not allowed from either Pahalgam or Baltal route today due to landslides triggered by rainfall during the night," an official at the yatra control room said. He said the suspension of the yatra left over 60,000 pilgrims stranded at various base camps including Baltal, Sheshnag,...  

14-foot long Lingam formed at Amarnath

The journey has been postponed to mid June due to heavy rainfall. ...  

Monsoon wedding for Orissa Gods

Monsoon is the time to celebrate the wedding of the Gods in Orissa. ...