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Shree Damodar Zambaulim Temple – Itinerary, History, Festivals, Heritage

Located 54 km from Panjim Kadamba Bus Station, 49 km from Vasco Da Gama Railway Station and 19 km from Margao Railway Station, Shri Damodar Temple is located in South Goa. The Shri Damodar temple is one of the most beautiful and famous architectural constructions in Goa. It stands on the bank of the Kushawati […]

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ASI Team will inspect Kodumudi Magudeswarar Temple and Kalingarayan Canal

Modakkurichi MLA C. Saraswathi had written to ASI explaining the significance of the temple and the canal Modakkurichi MLA C. Saraswathi had written to ASI explaining the significance of the temple and the canal A technical team and officials from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Chennai Circle, would inspect the 739-year-old Kodumudi Magudeswarar Temple […]

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SMVDU Holds Heritage Walk at Krimchi Temple Complex – Jammu and Kashmir Latest News | Tourism

Heritage Walk by SMVDU Students at Krimchi Temple Complex. Excelsior CorrespondentUDHAMPUR, March 11: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, in collaboration with Patnitop Development Authority and Archaeological Survey of India, has organized a heritage walk at the historic Krimchi Temple complex, Udhampur.Held under the patronage of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the event witnessed an enthusiastic gathering […]

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Delhi High Court urges state to consider providing alternative accommodation for evicted Jhuggi residents

The Delhi High Court observed that when a land is used for public purposes, if the occupants of the jhuggis or slums are evicted, the state’s goal is to provide them with alternative accommodation after the required surveys have been completed and data collected. Judge Pratibha M Singh reiterated the said observation while dealing with […]

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The largest Hindu temple in the United States is under construction in New Jersey

This massive Hindu temple is a beacon of peace and has been under construction since 2010. It is open to the public and welcomes all. The largest Hindu temple in North America is said to be the huge Swaminarayan Akshardham located in Robbinsville, New Jersey. If you want to explore the rich Hindu culture without […]

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Historians seethe over use of cement to restore 8th century temple – The New Indian Express

Express press service BENGALURU: Restoration work on historic structures is carried out with extreme care to retain the original architecture. But in Begur, the restoration and renovation of the Nagareshware temple complex, built by the Ganga dynasty in the 7th or 8th century, is being done with cement that has infuriated locals, historians and officials […]

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Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque: Beneath the surface of the Eternal City, layers of a quivering fault line

One of the most polarizing right-wing slogans in Uttar Pradesh in all the polls has been “Ayodhya toh bas jhanki hai, Kashi Mathura baaki hai (Ayodhya is just a glimpse, Kashi and Mathura are yet to come)”, a reference to the temple-mosque disputes that simmered in Varanasi and Mathura, just as in Ayodhya earlier. Also […]

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The iconic Pashupatinath temple in Nepal will reopen from today

Nepal’s iconic Pashupatinath Temple, the 5th century Hindu holy shrine, will reopen from today for worshipers which was closed due to the recent wave of Covid-19 in the Himalayan nation. The revered Hindu holy shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva has been closed for three weeks following the third wave of COVID-19 infection. The temple will […]

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Bhoomi Puja at Anjanadri on February 16, temple complex blending tradition and technology – The New Indian Express

Express press service TIRUMALA: A state-of-the-art temple complex will emerge on the hill of Anjanadri, the birthplace of Lord Hanuman. Bhoomi Puja for Hanuman Temple Complex will be performed on February 16 to mark the auspicious Magha Purnima. Anjanadri, one of the seven hills, is located near Akasha Ganga. A book about the birth of […]

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Delhi High Court orders DJB to inspect premises, status report requested

The Delhi High Court has ordered the Delhi Jal Board to inspect the Kalkaji temple premises as part of its maintenance and redevelopment project to ensure that they are kept clean. Judge Pratibha M Singh called for a status report to be filed by the Delhi Jal Board after learning of a report which recorded […]

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Hampi: Ramanujacharya Temple Complex Connection in Karnataka

Telangana’s newest spiritual tourist attraction – a sprawling 45-acre temple complex, with a 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya at its center – has a Karnataka connection. While the four entrances to Sriramanujacarya Samata-kendram are in the form of an ornate Kakatiya-style thoranam, right next to the archways are two “Hampi-rathas”. These sandstone chariots are inspired by […]

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An ancient Buddhist temple discovered in Pakistan is one of the oldest ever discovered

An ancient temple dating back to the early centuries of Buddhism has been unearthed in the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan – part of the ancient region of Gandhara which was conquered by Alexander the Great and gave rise to a of Buddhist belief and Greek art. Archaeologists believe the temple dates to around the […]

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Kyoto’s Koho-an Temple will be open to the public this spring

Although there are hundreds of temples scattered across Kyoto, not all of them are open to the public in the same way as famous places like Kinkaku-ji or Kiyomizu-dera. Koho-an, a sub-temple of the vast Rinzai Daitoku-ji Buddhist temple complex, is one such site that rarely allows visitors. This spring, however, the temple will temporarily […]

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Discovery of the largest mortuary temple of ancient Egypt

CAIRO — An Egyptian-German archaeological mission shared a new archaeological find on January 15 at the mortuary temple of King Amenhotep III — or as the ancient Egyptians called it, the “temple of millions of years” — in the west from the mainland of Luxor. The mission unearthed blocks of two huge limestone colossi of […]