The recent ruling of the Kerala High Court on captive elephant management will make it impossible for Sree Koodalmanikyam Devaswom to conduct the 10-day-long temple festival, in which 17 elephants are ...

Sabarimala special trains for Makaravilakku and Mandala kalam 2024, ensuring smooth travel for pilgrims heading to the ...

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Türkiye is nothing more than ruins today. But in its heyday, it was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The first Greek temple ever to be constructed ...

The most important and only festival at Edakkunni Bhavathi temple near Ollur (around 8 km from Thrissur) is the uthram vilakku. This annual ritual is held on the uthram nakshatram day in Meenam month.

Once the preparations are complete, families light the kuttu vilakku and place lamps around the home to dispel darkness and invite ... Ganesan explained that after home prayers, families traditionally ...

On Deepavali morning, they take part in the oil bath ritual. Following this, the family conducts prayers at home, after which the couple seeks blessings from the elders for a happy marriage and visits ...

In response to repeated fireworks accidents, the Kerala High Court issued a set of directives while hearing an application for fireworks permission at Ernakulam’s Shiva Temple for the Valiya Vilakku ...

Once the preparations are complete, families light the kuttu vilakku and place lamps around ... their new attire to worship and give thanks. "Temple visits allow families to share greetings ...

The finds are likely the remains of a 2,000-year-old temple built by immigrants from Nabataea, an ancient kingdom on the Arabian Peninsula whose rock-carved "Treasury" featured in "Indiana Jones ...

The temple doors which opens on at 0300 hrs on Dashami, the day before Ekadasi, is only closed at 0900 hrs on Dwadasi Day – the day after Ekadashi. One of the most important rituals associated with ...