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2 months ago

Hidden Jain Beds Unveiled in Aruvimalai Hilltop

About 40 km from Madurai, a road branches off the Madurai-Tiruchi National Highway, towards Kachirayanpatti. For about 2 km, the single-lane road curves around paddy fields and a meandering stream before reaching Palgudi in the Kottampatti block. This village rests under the shadow of Aruvimalai, a hillock known for its 13th Century Shiva temple. But within the folds of this …

Law Religion Culture History Madurai

4 months ago

Archaeologists uncover burial site of ancient cult that revered water

The Independent

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Peru Cult Temple Site

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Plans on the anvil to promote UNESCO site at Somanathapur as part of Mysuru tourism circuit

The Hindu

The Tourism Department in Karnataka has plans to promote the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Somanathapur as part of Mysuru tourism circuit in a big way before Dasara this year. Speaking to media persons after inaugurating a domestic travel mart organised by India Travel Market Exhibition, Ms. Savitha said though Mysuru is popular among tourists, a majority visit only the …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On PIL Claiming Remains Of Temple Under Jamia Masjid At Srirangapatna

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Archaeological Survey of India, State Government and other respondents on a public interest litigation claiming that the present structure of Jamia Masjid, situated at Srirangapatna was constructed by Tipu Sultan on the site of Moodala Bagilu Anjaneya Swamy Temple. The PIL is filed by an organisation Bajranaga Sene which has …

Jamia Masjid Srirangapatna Temple Site Tipu Sultan

11 months ago

Ayodhya’s new avatar: How the Ram temple project, more a political than a religious undertaking, has changed the city irrevocably

The Hindu

Published : Jan 22, 2024 11:48 IST - 9 MINS READ It was the second week of January and Ayodhya was in a race against time. The government machinery and the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, a trust set up for the construction and management of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, was leaving no stone unturned to transform the once …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Nirmohi Akhara receives invitation for Ram Temple ‘pran prathishtha’ ceremony

Hindustan Times

Nirmohi Akhara, a Hindu religious sect, has received an invitation for the ‘pran prathishtha’ ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, scheduled for January 22 amidst speculations of not being invited. Speaking to ANI, Nirmohi Akhara Mahant Dinendra Das said that all 13 Mahants of the Nirmohi Akhara have been invited by Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra. A video shared …

Court Hindu Ram Das Mahant Invited Akhara

2 years, 4 months ago

New round of excavation at Xinjiang temple site

China Daily

Archaeologists began a new round of excavation work in July on Mo'er Temple ruins, a Buddhist site, in Kashgar prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. This is the fourth consecutive year that China has carried out archaeological excavation at the Buddhist site built around the third century AD and this year's excavation will cover a total area of 500 …

China Xiao Xinjiang Kashgar Temple Site

3 years, 3 months ago

Restoration of ancient grottoes begins in China's Gansu

China Daily

The Mati Temple Grottoes cover about 100 square kilometers in Sunan, a Yugu ethnic autonomous county 600 kilometers from Gansu's provincial capital Lanzhou. Northwest China's Gansu province has launched a restoration project in a key part of the Mati Temple Grottoes in Zhangye city, a national key cultural relic protection site, local authorities said. The work is focused on one …

China Yao Gansu

3 years, 4 months ago

How a Telangana temple got the UNESCO heritage site tag

India Today

On July 25, Telangana made history when the majestic Ramappa temple at Palampet village, 210 km north-east of Hyderabad, bagged the coveted UNESCO World Heritage Site tag. The International Council on Monuments and Sites had initially recommended deferring the nomination during its 44th meeting held online, citing that the monument did not satisfy certain criteria, but 17 countries led by …

India Heritage Hyderabad Project Rao Site Unesco

3 years, 4 months ago

Telangana's Ramappa temple conferred UNESCO heritage tag

India TV News

The Ramappa temple at Palampet in Telangana's Warangal has been conferred the tag of UNESCO World Heritage site, the Culture Ministry said on Sunday. "It gives me immense pleasure to share that @UNESCO has conferred the World Heritage tag to Ramappa Temple at Palampet, Warangal, Telangana. "On behalf of the nation, particularly from people of Telangana, I express my gratitude …

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4 years, 4 months ago

India’s PM to attend temple groundbreaking at disputed site

Associated Press

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a groundbreaking ceremony next week for a Hindu temple on a disputed site in northern India where a 16th century mosque was torn down by Hindu hard-liners in 1992, according to the trust overseeing the temple construction. The symbolism was impossible to miss for both supporters and opponents of Modi’s …

India Muslim Modi Hindu Temple Groundbreaking Ceremony

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