Spanning from July 22 to August 19, this special period for the worship of Mahadev will include five Mondays. During Sawan, a large number of devotees travel from afar with Kanwars to perform Jalabhishek for Lord Shiva.
Veteran actor Jaya Bachchan along with her son Abhishek and daughter Shweta offered prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi on Thursday.
Kashi Vishwanath temple witnessed a 45.76 per cent increase in the number of devotees and tourists visiting the city and 24.66 per cent rise in the offerings at the shrine compared to the first half of 2023, latest statistics revealed.
A team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday morning arrived at the Gyanvapi mosque premises adjacent to…
Allahabad High Court on Thursday allowed the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi.
This announcement was made by the company at an event in the presence of Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday evening here. Southern Travels celebrated its journey of five decades. The Golden Jubilee celebrations and new brand logo was inaugurated by the Minister at the event.
Rastogi had also claimed that the Kashi Vishwanath Temple had been built over 2,000 years ago and the temple was demolished by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud in the Supreme Court will hear the plea seeking a stay on the survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex, adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi.
As per the Act of 1991, no relief can be sought for changing the status of any religious place as it existed on August 15, 1947, he argued and added that the order for conducting the survey is illegal.
PM inaugurated the six-lane widening project of the Varanasi - Prayagraj section of NH-19 today in Varanasi.
