Religion & Festivals

The advisory also demarcated ponds that were expected to see heavy footfall of devotees during the festival.

Last year, the sale of liquor on three days before Diwali was 13.46 lakh, 15 lakh, and 19.39 lakh bottles.

Emperor Harshavardhana wrote a Sanskrit play called Nagananda in which he described the festival as Dipapratipadotsava, and as Yaksha-ratri.

The note issued to teachers, internally by the school principals, has urged them to abide by the rule out of politeness to the host country though it is the most celebrated Indian festival.

However, the students’ groups said many religious gatherings have been held within the premises in the presence of the VC.

During an exchange with a journalist, Hosabale claimed that India is inherently a "Hindu Rashtra," and there is no requirement to formalize such a status.

Vasundhara Raje had reportedly stayed inside the temple for the entire duration of the counting of votes of the 2013 assembly polls - which she won - and stayed there till the results were declared.

Political parties have used the platform of Durga Puja for years to propagate their ideology and policies to the people through bookstalls near pandals.

Mahadevan said after he got the invitation to attend the RSS event as the chief guest, he received congratulatory calls from many people, a gesture which he found deeply touching.

"Lord Shri Ram is an ideal for us and we have a lot to learn from his life and ideals.”

An estimate 2,000 people attended the events organised by the Kashmere Gate Durga Puja Committee on Friday.

The reason why we start this week on this rather conflicting note is because, for one week every year, I get to step back happily and savour the marvellous effect that food has on our culture.

The project in the coming times will include the development of the Advaita Lok museum, showcasing the life and philosophy of Acharya Shankar (Adi Shankaracharya).

The mosque intazamia committee asserted the request was filed on the basis of “baseless facts” and that no idols or artefacts were found during the survey.

During the last hearing on August 28, the HC CJI had accepted the mosque committee's plea seeking time to study the case afresh and adjourned the matter till Tuesday

The proposed “mahakumbh of OBCs” at Prayagraj would be aimed at taking PM Modi’s works done for the OBCs forward across the country’s districts ahead of elections.