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In pics: Urs of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani observed in Kashmir
Srinagar: Thousands of devotees offered Friday prayers at Khanyar, Srinagar to mark the Urs of a sufi saint Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani. The Urs is observe on the 11th day of Islamic…
- Middle East
1 killed, 8 injured in ‘terrorist’ attack on Iranian religious site
Tehran: At least one person was reportedly killed and eight others injured in a “terrorist” attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in Iran’s southern Fars province. On Sunday evening, several staff and…
- Kashmir
J&K: Omar Abdullah calls yoga event at sufi saint shrine ‘photo-op’
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has criticised the holding of the International Yoga Day event on the lawns of a revered shrine in Budgam district, calling the programme…
- India
Gurudwara in Arunachal converted into Buddhist shrine, alleges SGPC
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Saturday claimed a shrine associated with Guru Nanak Dev, the first Sikh Guru, in Arunachal Pradesh has been turned into a Buddhist shrine. The SGPC claimed…
- India
Kedarnath Yatra: Maximum 13,000 pilgrims to visit Himalayan shrine every day
Rudraprayag: A maximum of 13,000 pilgrims can visit Kedarnath per day when the annual pilgrimage to the Himalayan temple in Uttarakhand begins on April 25. The government has set the daily limit…
- Middle East
Iran sentences two people to death over Shiraz shrine attack
Tehran: The Iranian court has sentenced two people to death in connection with an attack on a shrine in the southern city of Shiraz in October 2022, which claimed the lives of…
- Middle East
‘Terror attack’ on Iranian shrine kills 13
Tehran: At least 13 people were reportedly killed and 21 others injured in a “terrorist attack” at the Shahcheragh religious shrine in Iran’s southern city of Shiraz. One woman and two children…
- Middle East
4 bodies recovered from collapsed shrine in Iraq
Baghdad: Four bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a landslide on a Shia shrine near the holy Shia city of Karbala, Iraqi authorities said. Rescue teams were continuing searching for…
- India
Amarnath yatra: 4,000 pilgrims of 7000 forced to return midway
Jammu: A fresh batch of 7,053 Amarnath pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Saturday for the twin base camps in Ganderbal district but over half of them were forced to…
- India
Provocative remarks, Udaipur killing hit footfall at Ajmer Dargah
Jaipur: Provocative remarks by some Ajmer Dargah clerics after the Nupur Sharma row has hit local businessmen with a sharp decline in the number of people visiting the 800-year-old Sufi shrine, popular…
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In Pics: Holy cave shrine of Amarnath
Anantnag: A helicopter stands parked at a helipad near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath during ‘Pratham Pooja’ in Anantnag district, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav) Anantnag: A devotee prays…
- India
Shrine in Madhya Pradesh vandalised and painted saffron
A 50-year-old shrine located in Madhya Pradesh was allegedly vandalised and painted saffron on Sunday by a group of unidentified goons. The incident occurred at Narmadpuram Head Quarters of State Highway number…
- India
Video: Hindutva goons vandalise shrine in Himachal Pradesh
Hindutva goons have vandalised a shrine in Himachal Pradesh calling it “illegal”. The incident reportedly took place two days ago, but the videos of the same have now surfaced on social media.…
