A record number of over 30,000 Muslims from Uttar Pradesh will undertake Hajj pilgrimage this year, announced the Uttar Pradesh Hajj Committe on Tuesday, adding that women pilgrims will be able to go without a mahram- a man who accompanies a woman on the journey for Hajj. Read on for details:
A boat carrying 34 South Indian pilgrims capsized in Ganga near Dashashwamedh Ghat on Saturday. Read on for details:
Prohibitory order under section 144 Cr Pc would be clamped on the Grand Road in the pilgrim city Puri from July 11 night till July 13 noon and all roads connecting to the road will be sealed to prevent the devotees to witness the Rath Yatra.
Badrinath in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand is covered with a white sheet of snow as the region experienced heavy snowfall on Thursday.
A pilgrim died when a vehicle in which they were travelling was hit by a boulder after a landslide in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Tuesday.
The first-ever picture of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is currently on the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, was shared on Friday by a fellow pilgrim.
Re-enacting the role of Shravan Kumar, the mythical character who carried his old parents on a kanwar(sling), four brothers from Haryana’s Palwal carried their parents to a pilgrim site from Hardiwar to Mansa Devi on a kanwar.
The police said the four LeT militants, led by Abu Ismail, a Pakistani national, had attempted an attack on Amarnath pilgrims on July 9, but were frustrated by heavy security arrangements.
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