Patna: The "pat" (curtain) of the main sanctum sanctorum of Mahavir temple will be opened at 2am on Ram Navami on April 6, allowing devotees to begin .

Endowments Commissioner S Satyanarayana announced that the monthly remuneration of Archakas was increased to Rs 10,000 from Rs 5,000 under the Dhoopa Deepa Naivedyam Scheme (DDNS). Of the total ...

Two temple administration boards in Kerala have banned the use of ‘arali’ (oleander) flower in the offerings to the deity (naivedyam) as well as in food given to devotees as ‘prasadam’ in ...