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Sheetla Temple tragedy: 10 stampedes at religious events that shook India
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (449+ words) On March 31, the last Tuesday of the month of Chaitra, a large crowd of devotees converged on the Sheetla Temple in Bihar's Nalanda district, as they do every week. This time, the gathering turned fatal. At least eight women were…...
Why a 7-year-old’s prayer to Shiva has a lesson on restraint and accountability for adults
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (1572+ words) and human presence felt more insistent. As these stories often do, they invited questions. Why does Shiva...
5 ft from disaster, how selflessness and a saree saved Tamil Nadu pilgrims in Nepal
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (542+ words) Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu), Aug 29 (PTI) What started as a sacred pilgrimage to Mout Kailash turned into a nightmarish experience in the rugged, flood-ravaged terrain of Timure, Nepal, for the group of 21 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu. For Sivaranjani and her fellow…...
Puri Rath Yatra: 2 dead, around 100 injured in stampede-like situation
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (192+ words) Two persons died and around 100 devotees were injured after a stampede-like situation broke out during the Jagannath Rath Yatra in Odisha's Puri on Thursday (July 16), according to news reports, triggering panic among lakhs of pilgrims gathered to witness the annual…...
Why the rise of AI-powered spiritual leaders has raised questions of trust, authority and copyright
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (802+ words) In the attention economy, volume becomes ‘influence’. Even as AI scales endlessly, human influencers are experimenting with ways to make their presence felt. The words resonated deeply with Nair, a Bengaluru-based academic counsellor, who lost her mother a few years…...
TN minister’s sting operation exposes Tiruchendur temple malpractices
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (375+ words) An undercover inspection by Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Minister S Ramesh at the Tiruchendur Subramaniya Swamy Temple in the state has triggered a major controversy over alleged bribery linked to VIP darshan. Dressed in a…...
Why the cultural intermingling that formed the core of ‘Holi Milan’ appears to be losing its hue
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (592+ words) “Jab Phagun rang jhamakte hon tab dekh baharein Holi ki/ aur daf ke shor khadakte hon tab dekh baharein Holi ki,” wrote 18th-century poet Nazeer Akbarabadi. Loosely translated, it means, “when Phagun [a month in the Hindu lunar calendar] are…...
Divine has many forms; wars due to failure in seeing oneness: Mohan Bhagwat
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (557+ words) Jaisalmer, Mar 6 (PTI) RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said global wars and conflicts continue because people fail to recognise the fundamental oneness among all. He was speaking at the 'Dharma Sabha', marking the inauguration of Jain community's Chadar Mahotsav…...
Eiffel Tower row: Know about BAPS, its global network, past controversies
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (857+ words) A protest at Paris’ Eiffel Tower has put the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, or BAPS, under scrutiny after staff unions alleged that female Eiffel Tower employees were asked to step away from their posts or remain out of sight…...
Who was Mirra Alfassa and what role did she play in instiutionalising the Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (808+ words) Hers is a story as familiar to most Pondicherry old-timers — even those not connected to the Ashram — as that of Sri Aurobindo. “People think the Ashram was [just] Aurobindo’s creation,” he said. “But it was Mirra Alfassa who structured it,…...