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Culture and History

Remembering Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak on his death anniversary, the greatest freedom fighter

Gopal Tiwari -
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak gave the freedom movement the supreme and authentic acceptance of people from all walks of life. He was truly a leader accepted by masses
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‘Starve yourself to meet Jesus’ to ‘We will ride on a comet to escape apocalypse’: How doomsday cults have claimed thousands of gullible victims...

Shraddha Pandey -
These doomsday cults thrive on the belief that people are living in the end times, that is the world will end soon and only those who follow their prescribed rituals and traditions will be able to meet God.
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Kedarnath temple committee bans the use of mobile phones, photography, and videography on temple premises; violators to face legal action

OpIndia Staff -
Pilgrims have been asked to wear “decent clothes” and follows the set of belief systems of the religious space.
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‘The Battle Story of Somnath’: Film on Islamist tyrant Mahmud Ghazni’s invasion of Somnath Temple announced

OpIndia Staff -
The Battle Story of Somnath is a multilingual project which will be released in twelve major Indian languages including Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Marathi.
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‘Vivekananda ate fish, how can he be a divine person’: As ISKCON suspends monk Amogh Lila Das over controversial comments, read how Swami is...

Anurag -
ISKCON Monk Amogh Lila Das banned for one month for his derogatory remarks against Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna Paramhansa
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Ban on meat and liquor shops along the route, security through CCTVs and drones, Gangajal at Police stations: UP gears up to welcome Kanwariyas

OpIndia Staff -
From Uttarakhand to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh to Jharkhand, special arrangements have been made for the devotees of Lord Shiva during this year's Kanwar Yatra.
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Adhik Maas: Know why the Shravan month is 59-days long this year, and has 8 Mondays

Siddhi Somani -
The month of Sawan this year is said to have begun on July 4 with its first Monday falling on July 10. Accorning to the Purnimanta Hindu calendar calculations, this Sawan month has 59 days and 8 Mondays.
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Delhi: 11,000 Women participate in a colourful Kalash Yatra to mark the beginning of Hanuman Katha by Baba Dhirendra Krishna Shastri

OpIndia Staff -
On 5 July, the first day of the Hanuman Katha recitation by Baba Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, around 11000 Women participated in a Kalash Yatra in Delhi
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‘Hanuman ji isn’t God’: Manoj Muntashir makes another desperate claim to defend his crass writing, here is how Hindu scriptures prove him wrong

Pragya Bakshi Sharma -
Adipurush has been recording a downward trend at the box office for its crass dialogues, poor casting, and factually incorrect storyline.
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East and west: Gujarat and Odisha celebrate the Rathayatra of Lord Jagannath with pomp and splendour

Sanghamitra -
Rathyatra celebrations in these two distant states are another example of how the states of India, despite diverse linguistic and cultural norms, are bound together by strings of Hindu tradition and spirituality.
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