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Four die,16 hurt as Puri-bound pilgrim bus from Uttar Pradesh turns turtle in Odisha's Balasore
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Four die,16 hurt as Puri-bound pilgrim bus from Uttar Pradesh turns turtle in Odisha's Balasore

New Indian Express  

BALASORE: At least four pilgrims, including a woman, from Uttar Pradesh died and 16 others sustained injuries in an accident on NH-16 in Balasore district in the wee hours of Saturday. Police sources said the mishap occurred when 55 pilgrims were on their way to Puri to visit Lord Jagannath temple and the ill-fated bus fell from a height of …

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One dead, 24 injured in truck-bus collision in Prayagraj
6 months, 3 weeks ago

One dead, 24 injured in truck-bus collision in Prayagraj

Hindustan Times  

A pilgrim died, and 24 others were injured in a head on collision between a DCM truck and a tourist bus on the National Highway overbridge near Tilakpur Upardaha village under Handia police station on Thursday morning. One dead, 24 injured in truck-bus collision in Prayagraj The injured were rushed to a local community health centre, from where they were …

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Tirupati temple to use facial recognition from next month. How it will work
1 year, 10 months ago

Tirupati temple to use facial recognition from next month. How it will work

Live Mint  

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams is introducing facial recognition technology at the world-famous Lord Venkateswara shrine at Tirupati from 1 March.The idea is to enhance transparency in tokenless darshan and Accommodation allotment systems providing more effective services to the multitude of visiting pilgrims. How it will work As part of this new initiative, D Narasimha Kishore, chief vigilance and security officer, …

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Native Americans urge boycott of ‘tone deaf’ Pilgrim museum
2 years, 4 months ago

Native Americans urge boycott of ‘tone deaf’ Pilgrim museum

Associated Press  

— Native Americans in Massachusetts are calling for a boycott of a popular living history museum featuring Colonial reenactors portraying life in Plymouth, the famous English settlement founded by the Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower. They say the “ Historic Patuxet Homesite,” the portion of the mostly outdoor museum focused on traditional Indigenous life, is inadequately small, in need …

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Many dead after pilgrim bus falls into gorge in northern India
2 years, 6 months ago

Many dead after pilgrim bus falls into gorge in northern India

Al Jazeera  

At least 26 people die after bus in a mountainous region in northern India plunges into a gorge, police and media reports say. At least 26 people have died and four others were injured after a bus in a mountainous region of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand plunged into a gorge, police and media reports said. — PMO India …

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BOOK REVIEW | Preachy tone mars this quirky history of local pilgrimages
4 years, 1 month ago

BOOK REVIEW | Preachy tone mars this quirky history of local pilgrimages

Deccan Chronicle  

Whatever your political affiliation, your idea of religion, your stand on history, and your attitude to learning, it’s safe to say that you will be offended — or at least made a bit unhappy — by mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik’s latest book, Pilgrim Nation: The Making of Bharatvarsh. Pattanaik’s premise in this book is that from times way back when borders …

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