600 kg laddu offering made on Garuda Seva at Chennai temple
It was a sweet offering that was made to Lord Venkateswara. The Bharath Hindu Munani and residents of Nammalvarpet in Ayyanavaram here on Saturday celebrated the annual Garuda Seva at the Lord Venkate
First rabbis ordained in flashpoint German city since WWII
Four rabbis were ordained on Thursday for the first time since the Holocaust in the German city where a court ruling has touched off an emotional debate about religious circumcision.
The ceremony hel
First rabbis ordained in flashpoint German city since WWII
Four rabbis were ordained on Thursday for the first time since the Holocaust in the German city where a court ruling has touched off an emotional debate about religious circumcision.
The ceremony hel
US identifies anti-Muslim filmmaker
A US law enforcement official says a man named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is behind the anti-Muslim film being blamed for mob attacks in Egypt, Libya and Yemen.
A man who calls himself Sam Bacile has s
2,000 girls from minority sects converted to Islam through rape, kidnappings in Pakistan in 2011
Nearly 2,000 women and girls from various minority sects were forcibly converted to Islam through rape, torture and kidnappings, and 161 people were charged with blasphemy in 2011, according to a repo
UP bid to sell TV rights for Kumbh Mela
A move by the Uttar Pradesh government to sell telecast and advertising rights of the coming Maha Kumbh, to be held in January 2013, has caused resentment among seers and saints who feel it’s wrong to
Goddess keeps lotus eye on devotees’ health
Mylapore, which is rife with religious activities and houses several temples, has a unique shrine dedicated to a Goddess who is said to cure people affected with eye defects.
This famous temple in M
Get Jupiter’s blessings at Tiruvalleeswarar temple
One can be forgiven for thinking that this ancient temple is just another temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.
But the Tiruvalleeswarar temple at Padi here, said to be about 1,000 years old, is a Guru Pa
Temple car rolls out after 50 years
It is a dream come true after half-a-century for the devotees and locals of Korattur. The ancient Seyathamman temple, which has been managing without a chariot, since 1961, has finally got a new woode
Centre to SC: No deletion of voters on religious, linguistic basis
Amid continuing violence in Assam, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that it would not be possible to delete names of 40 lakh doubtful voters from the state on the basis of their religious or ling