Tag: Pilgrimage

More than 1.5million Muslim pilgrims have arrived in Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, with more worshippers set to join, according to Saudi officials.Hundreds of thousands of Saudis and others living in Saudi Arabia will also join them when the pilgrimage officially begins on Friday. One of ...

New Delhi, Jun 5: The Pakistan high commission on Wednesday said it issued 962 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to facilitate their participation at events on the occasion of ‘Martyrdom Day' of Guru Arjun Dev. Under the provision of a bilateral protocol on visits to religious shrines, Sikh ...

Prof Dr K L BhatiaDecember 11, 2023 will be remembered historic day in the independence history of India and will be written in golden words in the modern history of Indian Judiciary since the Apex Court erased the black chapters of 19th October 1949 when Article 370 (306A) was ...

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has achieved a significant milestone by extending road connectivity to the Amarnath shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, allowing motorable access to the holy cave. The road widening from Dumail to the Amarnath cave via the Baltal base camp in Ganderbal district has been completed, ...

Head of Save Sharda Committee, Ravinder Pandita during a meeting with former Sadar-e-Riyasat, Dr Karan Singh at New Delhi. Excelsior CorrespondentNEW DELHI, Oct 20: Former Sadar-e-Riyasat, Dr. Karan Singh has strongly advocated for reopening of world famous Sharda shrine in PoJK to Hindu pilgrims.In this ...

SRINAGAR, Sept 7: Annual pilgrimage of Chhari-Mubarak Swami Amarnath Ji culminated on 2nd of September at Pahalgam with its last rituals ‘Pujan' & ‘Visarjan', which were performed at the bank of river Lidder after Panchak' that ended at 10:38 this morning. Puja started at 11am and lasted for about ...

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday visited Nunwan Base Camp and Chandanwari to review arrangements for ongoing Amarnath pilgrimage. Taking to microblogging site Twitter, LG Manoj Sinha, wrote; “Pilgrims from across the country and abroad are now the Brand Ambassadors of J&K. The economic activities associated with spiritual ...

Chandigarh: The pilgrimage to Sikh shrine Gurdwara Darbar Sahib - also called Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib - in neighboring Pakistan through Kartarpur corridor was suspended on Thursday for three days after the rising waters in the Ravi river flooded the Zero Line at Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district.Opened ...

Porters carry a pilgrim at Brarimarg enroute to the holy Amarnath shrine, in Baltal, J&K, Thursday, July 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI A fresh batch of over 9,200 pilgrims, the largest so far, left the base camp here in the early hours of Thursday for the Amarnath shrine in south ...

Launches RDD’s Initiatives To Make Yatra A ‘Zero-Landfill Pilgrimage’ Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday launched various innovative initiatives of Rural Development Department to make Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra a zero-landfill pilgrimage.These initiatives include reusable cloth bags, Yatra Anthem for sustainable and responsible tourism, MIS Portal and Web ...