J and K LG Manoj Sinha offers prayers at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine
News | August 21, 2020 18:08 ISTLieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha offered prayers at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine on Thursday and inspected facilities for pilgrims here.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha offered prayers at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine on Thursday and inspected facilities for pilgrims here.
At least 20 people currently residing in Gurdwara Langar Sahib at Nanded in Maharashtra have tested coronavirus positive, an official said onSaturday.
Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu has responded to the development where over a hundred pilgrims who returned from Hazur Sahib in Maharashtra's Nanded tested positive coronavirus saying they were under Maharashtra government's observation and it was their duty to implement centre's guidelines.
The first leg of the 41-day annual pilgrim season of the famous Lord Ayyappa temple here comes to a close on Friday with the auspicious Mandala puja sans any protest over the women's entry issue unlike the turbulence witnessed last year.
According to the police there were about close to 50,000 pilgrims in the temple town who reached from various parts of the state besides other south Indian states.
A batch of 225 general pilgrims on Sunday crossed the Indian border via the Kartarpur Corridor and paid obeisance at the historic gurdwara in Pakistan's Narowal district.
On the inaugural day, 562 pilgrims crossed over to Pakistan to offer prayers at the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur after the much-awaited corridor was opened, officials said on Saturday.
Before dedicating the corridor to the nation, Modi partook langar (community kitchen) along with Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore, Amarinder Singh and state Congress president Sunil Jakhar.
The Kartarpur shrine, originally known as Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, is among the holiest of holy shrines and is believed to be the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh religion, whose 550th birth anniversary falls on November 12.
Lakhs of devotees are expected to gather in the city on November 12 for Karthik Purnima Snan.
Muslims going to Saudi Arabia to perform Haj and the Christians visiting holy places in Jerusalem will get higher financial help. The assistance for those with an annual income of below Rs 3 lakh will get Rs 60,000 against Rs 40,000 under the existing scheme.
Amarnath Yatra 2019: Over 3 lakh pilgrims completed the ongoing Amarnath yatra during the last 24 days breaking the record of last four years.
Amarnath Yatra: Another batch of 5,486 pilgrims on Thursday left winter capital Jammu to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra.
Amarnath Yatra: Since the Yatra started this year on July 1, over 1.2 lakh pilgrims had Darshan inside the holy Cave shrine situated 3,888 metres above the sea-level in Kashmir Himalayas. Another batch of 5,273 pilgrims left Jammu on Wednesday to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra.
Amarnath Yatra: An Amarnath bound pilgrim was injured on Tuesday by a shooting stone in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district. The incident took place when a shooting stone on hit a taxi in Digdol stretch of the Jammu-Srinagar highway, police said.
Amarnath Yatra: Over one lakh pilgrims have performed the Amarnath Yatra during the last eight days as another batch of 5,964 yatris on Tuesday left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley, officials said.
Pakistan on Wednesday refused visa to 58 Sikh pilgrims for visiting a shrine to observe the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)
The Nigam will provide Kumauni and south Indian meals to the pilgrims at these camps and the Uttarkhand police will take the responsibility of their security up to Gunji, beyond which the ITBP will take over.
A convoy of 67 vehicles heading for Baltal for their onward journey through the 12-km arduous track was the first to leave with 1,822 pilgrims, including 476 women, and was followed by second convoy of 128 vehicles with 3,322 pilgrims including 544 women and 203 sadhus who had opted the 36-km traditional Pahalgam route.
The pilgrims were travelling from Ujjain to Ulhasnagar in Thane when the accident occurred near Chandwad. 10 pilgrims succumbed on the spot, another 12 were injured, including five whose condition is critical, he added.
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