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Sonia to pray at Kashi Vishwanath temple

Edit The Times of India 30 Jul 2016
Lucknow. Exactly a decade after she last visited, Congress president Sonia Gandhi will return to Varanasi on August 2, this time, to campaign for Congress in poll-bound UP ... Her visit comes during the holy month of 'Shravan' when devotees from across the country throng the temple to offer 'Ganga jal' to the 'Shiv linga'. This is Sonia's third visit to Varanasi after the turn of the Century, and her first visit to Kashi Vishwanath temple....

Ding Dong rules Dream concert

Edit Jamaica Observer 30 Jul 2016
ONCE inside the Cayenne Beach — venue for Magnum Dream Live Concert in Negril — the long queues at the Redemption Centre and the bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Hip Strip were quickly forgotten ... It was the beginning of the Appleton Special Dream Weekend ... The Nannyville-born entertainer created a dancing frenzy with songs including Coolest Summer, Shampoo, Nuh Linga, Lowe Me Nuh and Holiday ... Summertime were well received ... ....

A critical approach to theories on ancient India

Edit The Hindu 30 Jul 2016
In fact, available archaeological evidence places Indian civilization as a manifestation different from how it is familiar in the rest of the world ... The discovery of ornaments, gaming materials, use of conch for libations as well as trumpeting, the ritual use of water for purification, important mode of worship such as the mother goddess and linga indicate the long connection between these cultures ... On another issue raised by J.M....

Kathiawadi cattle grazing in tiger-bearing Kalmeshwar

Edit The Times of India 29 Jul 2016
Nagpur ... The entire forest in Kalmeshwar range has tigers and the prime forest areas like Linga and Ladai , where illicit grazing is going on, has presence of many tigers. Progressive farmer and conservationist Chandrakant Deshmukh saw at least 60 Kathiawadi cattle grazing in Linga and Ladai in the area recently ... "Hardly 500 metres away from Linga forest, where grazing was going on, two tigers killed a cow some days back ... RELATED....

The discovery of Indraprastha

Edit The Hindu 28 Jul 2016
The ongoing excavation at the Purana Quila site might lead to discovery of concrete evidence that will help in studying the culture and art patronised by the Pandavas. It is also expected to give a fillip to tourism ... Lal, who retired as ASI Director General, painted grey wares were discovered ... Indraprastha, Mahabarat period, Purana Quila excavations, ASI excavations, panited grey wares, culture of Pandavas ....

His spiritual pursuit

Edit The Hindu 28 Jul 2016
(Excerpts from an article published in Nrisimhapriya dated May 2003. Details associated with the formative years of the preceptor have been recaptured for the benefit of Friday Review readers.) ... Kanchipurna demurred. He was of a low caste. But Ramanuja was adamant ... “In order to repay the grace of Vyasa who wrote the Vishnu Purana, I shall name one greatly learned Vaishnava after him.” The third finger straightened too....

Beneficial samskaras

Edit The Hindu 27 Jul 2016
The mind is a powerful instrument and a great blessing to human beings. But it works in two ways ... The Bhagavata Purana relates the past history of Narada whom we know as Brahma’s Manasa Putra and who is revered as an embodiment of devotion ... Keywords. Bhagavata Purana, Lord Krishna, jivatma, Prahlada, Dhruva, Nochur Venkataraman, religious discourse ....

Decoding the hyped Kabali - First day collections

Edit DNA India 27 Jul 2016
--> Upala KBR . Wed, 27 Jul 2016-07.20am , Mumbai , dna. Trade analysts decode the South film’s exaggerated opening day figures... A day after the release of Rajinikant starrer Kabali, there were reports of the film having made Rs 100 crores on day one ... An industry source says these figures are grossly inflated ... The B-O figures (approx) are ...   ... People have not rejected Kabali like his past two films including Linga and Kochadaiiyan ... ....

Govt fails to end logjam, bus strike to continue for third day

Edit One India 26 Jul 2016
Bengaluru, July 26. Reluctance of both state government and unions failed to end the stalemate resulting the strike to continue for the third day. The government's decision of delegating Transport Minister Rama Linga Reddy to hold talks with union leaders did ... ....

Rajinikanth’s Kabali box office collections a LIE?

Edit Bollywood Life 26 Jul 2016
Wed, July 27, 2016 4.08am IST by DNA. comments. Kabali First Look Photos. Check out ‘behind the scenes’ pictures from Rajnikanth’s ‘Kabali’!. 7 reasons why you should watch Rajnikanth’s ‘Kabali’!. Air Asia brings in ‘Kabali’ customized plane for promotion of superstar Rajnikanth’s movie! ... An industry source says these figures are grossly inflated ... People have not rejected Kabali like his past two films including Linga and Kochadaiiyan ... ....

In search of the pre-Portuguese Konkani paper trail

Edit The Times of India 25 Jul 2016
Most significant of all, the coming of paper enhanced the value of the Purana as an arena for the discussion of history in a different way. Supposedly first narrated by the great sage Vyasa, Puranas were essentially 'authorless' texts, a blending of stories about the gods, royal genealogies, sectarian narratives, caste histories and social commentary (Rocher, 1986. The Puranas)....

Heritage shrines of Lakkundi

Edit Deccan Herald 25 Jul 2016
Lying incognito, away from the patronage of worshippers and tourists, Lakkundi village is a heritage site with exquisite specimens of temple architecture ... Most of the temples found here were built by them ... The linga inside the garbhagriha of the main shrine is intact, but the Surya idol is missing ... A small mantapa stands in front, having four pillars, and the Shiva Linga is installed in the garbhagriha ... ....

12 records broken by Rajinikanth’s Kabali

Edit Bollywood Life 25 Jul 2016
Mon, July 25, 2016 1.41pm IST by Chandni Shah. comments. Kabali First Look Photos. Sultan On the sets Photos ... 7 reasons why you should watch Rajnikanth’s ‘Kabali’! ... Rajinikanth’s latest movie has made nearly Rs 70 crore worldwide till beating the records set by Linga (37 crores) and I (34 crores) ... It has broken all the opening day records of any of the previous movies by Rajanikant like Linga ( Rs 37 crore) and Enthiran ( Rs 11.25 crore) ... ....
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