Special Trains for Durga Puja 2010 between Puri and Howrah

To clear the extra rush of passengers during Durga Puja 2010, Indian Railways will run two pairs of weekly Puja special trains between Puri and Howrah. These special trains will start running on 7th September 2010 and will end on 29th December 2010. Here are some information on train timetable and advance reservation details. The […]

North East Frontier Railway Durga Puja 2010 Trains between Guwahati and Kolkata

North East Frontier Railway will run 120 trips of special trains for Durga Puja 2010 to clear the extra rush of passengers. The special trains will run from October 1st week to November 1st week in 2010 between Kolkata and Guwahati, Guwahti and Digha, New Jalpaiguri and Kolkata, Dibrugarh and Katihar, and Kamakhya special express. […]

Special trains for Dasara and Diwali 2010 from Hyderabad to Howrah

South Central Railway (SCR) will run several special trains during Dasara and Diwali in October and November 2010. To clear the extra rush of passengers the trains will be run between Hyderabad and Howrah. These Dasara and Diwali special trains will have stoppages at Kazipet, Warangal, Khammam, Madhira, Vijayawada, Eluru, Thadepalligudem, Rajahmundry, Samarlakota, Annavaram, Thuni, […]

New Zealand celebrates Raksha Bandhan 2010

New Zealand will celebrate Raksha Bandhan 2010 on 29th August. Over a thousand New Zealanders will gather at Mahatma Gandhi Centre Auckland, New Zealand. Raksha Bandhan 2010 will be organized by the Hindu Organizations, Temples and Associations (HOTA) Forum. It is to note that India will celebrate Rakshan Bandhan on August 24th. Excerpts of press […]

Northern Railway extends Dussehra and Diwali special trains in 2010

Northern Railway of Indian Railways will extend the Dussehra or Durga Puja and Diwali special trains till November 2010. Initially Northern Railways have planned to run festival special trains till October – November but not they have decided to extend them till last week of November 2010. Here is the list of trains extended and […]

Onam Special Trains from Hyderabad Kollam and Nizamabad Kollam in 2010

South Central Railway (SCR) of Indian Railways will run Onam special trains from Hyderabad – Kollam and Nizamabad – Kollam in August 2010. Onam 2010 date is August 23. The special trains will depart from Hyderabad on August 22 and from Nizamabad on August 21 in 2010. Here are the full detailed information about the […]

Special trains for Adi Krithigai 2010

To clear the extra rush of passengers, Southern Railway will run special trains for Adi Krithigai in August 2010. The trains will run on the Arakkonam – Tiruttani – Renigunta section from August 3 to August 5 for Tiruttani Adi Krithigai festival. The Hindu reports: Southern Railway will also run special trains on the Arakkonam […]

Onam 2010 Special Trains – Tiruchirapalli Mangalore Trains for Onam in August 2010

Southern Railway will run special trains for Onam 2010 in August 2010. Onam is the biggest festival season for Southern Railway. The trains will run between Trichy (Tiruchirapalli) and Mangalore. Passengers may expect more special trains for Onam 2010 from Southern Railway, South Central Railway, and Konkan Railway. Here is the list of special trains […]

Japanese devotees performed Hanuman Puja and Rudrabhisheka for rains in Rajasthan

A group of Japanese devotees recited Hanuman Chalisa and performed Rudrabhisheka for rains in Rajasthan. They said, “We have great faith in Hinduism and thus we offered our prayers to Lord Hanuman and Lord Shiva for rains in this desert state Rajasthan”. They recited Hanuman Chalisa and Sundar Kand, and performed Hanuman puja at Manak […]

Adipooram 2011 special trains to Melmaruvathur – Aadi Pooram special trains

To clear the extra rush for Adipooram festival at Melmaruvathur, the Southern Railway announced several to and from special trains for Melmaruvathur. Adipooram 2011 date is August 2. Here is the detailed information including time and number of train leaving and arriving at Melmaruvathur. Advance reservation for these special trains has been started already. Eight […]

Demat Accounts for Hindu Gods – Sangli Trust seeks Demat accounts for Hindu deities

Maharashtra’s Sangli-based trust ‘Ganapati Panchayatan Sansthan’ moves Mumbai High Court seeking demat accounts for Hindu deities installed in the sansthan. The deities in the trust are – Lord Ganesh, Chintamaneshwardev, Chintamaneshwari Devi, Suryanarayan Dev and Laxminarayan dev. The religious trust filed a petition challenging the decision of National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) to reject the […]

Lord Jagannath sand sculpture and oil painting by Tarani Misro

Tarani Misro, a famous sand sculptor from South India, made a beautiful sand sculpture and an oil painting of Lord Jagannath of Puri. “I made these on the occasion of Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra.” Says Tarani talking to Hindupad. Basically from a remote village in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, he had drawn number of […]

Phoenix City Council opens with Hindu Prayers

City Council of Phoenix, fifth most populated city of USA, opened with Hindu prayers (Sanskrit mantras) from ancient Hindu scriptures on July 7, 2010. Rajan Zed, popular Hindu statesman recited Hindu prayers from Rig Veda before the Council of Phoenix. Earlier, City Council of Nevada, and many other councils have reverberated with Sanskrit mantras from […]

Sri Krishna Devaraya 500th Pattabhisheka Utsavalu – Coronation of Sri Krishnadevaraya

The Government of Andhra Pradesh is celebrating the 500th coronation anniversary (Pattabhisheka Varshikotsavam) of Sri Krishna Devaraya, the famous King of Vijayanagara empire. His reign (July 26, 1509-1529) was known as Golden Era in the first Hindu Kingdom of South India. Sri Krishna Devaraya, was born in Hampi (now in Karnataka), belonged to Tuluva dynasty. […]

Srichakra Puja in Mysore Chinmaya Mission on 20 June 2010

Srichakra Puja will be held in Mysore Chinmaya Mission on Sunday, June 20th 2010. For this religious event, Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, Chinmaya Mission’s Karnataka Unit Chief, will present. The puja will go on for whole day up to 9 pm. You can call 2413601 or 9008184158 for more details. Times of India reports: The Chinmaya […]

Paintings of Hindu Gods and Goddesses on grains

Have you ever heard of painting pictures on grains? Either yes or no, you can see the Hindu Gods and Goddesses pictures on grains at Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural Unviersity, Hyderabad. Mr Gedela Apparao, renowned artist from Hyderabad, painted tens of images on grains. He used rice, wheat, and corns for those micro paintings. […]

Supreme Court banned Same Gotra Marriage PIL in Hindu Marriage Act

On Monday, June 14 2010, the Supreme Court refused to accept a PIL for an amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act to ban same-gotra marriages, marriages within the same gotra or sub caste. Dhananjay Mahapatra for Times of India writes: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking an amendment in the […]

Surakarta Hindu Art Festival 2010 in Indonesia

The Hindu community will organize a national Sacred Hindu Art Festival in Surakarta in Indonesia from 15 June to 17 June, 2010. According to the Festival Committee, the main purpose of the festival is to introduce sacred Hindu art to the people of Indonesia. Ahmed Rafiz writes for Tempo Interactive: The Hindu community will organize […]