One of the oldest and most revered idol of Lord Ganesh, the Lalbaugcha Raja, was unveiled by the Lalbaug Sarvajanik Ganeshostav mandal in Mumbai on Thursday evening, three days before the Ganesh Chaturthi festival start.
The bench said the review petition can only be taken up after the Dussehra vacation.
Thousands of devotees poured in with religious fervour and enthusiasm to take part in the grand spectacle of the annual Rath Yatra keeping in with centuries old tradition of pulling majestic chariots of Lord Jagannath, his brother and sister.
Hopping from one controversy to another, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam is facing serious allegations over irregularities in sale of tickets for paid rituals and 'missing' antique jewelry, offered to Lord Venkateshwara, the presiding deity of the famous temple.
'If enough people defy the law and insist on flouting fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution in the name of religion and custom, does that endow a bigoted, unjust demand with merit?', asks Shuma Raha.
Hyderabad-based painter of Hindu deities for temple walls Papa Lal hit headlines recently after he was harassed and assaulted for raising a Muslim girl orphaned by the 2007 blasts in the city. He has now threatened to commit suicide if his "daughter" Sonia Fatima is forcibly taken away from him.
We bring you snapshots of the many forms of the elephant-headed deity
'The government is not doing anything for the people. They don't know that people foremost need jobs. Where there are no jobs available, you see the youth turning to crime,' says Chennai autorickshaw driver, singer and composer Parthasarathy.
The politics of hate does not pay. The people are too sensible to fall for such a ruse, says Amulya Ganguli.
Govt announces slew of schemes for rural India
Designer shoes carrying pictures of Hindu deities were withdrawn from sales in the United States after an outcry by the Indian community.
Anti-Gaddafi caricatures and graffiti have sprung up across cities such as Benghazi, most of them portraying him in an unflattering light. Let's take a look at some of them.
With 22,000 people working relentlessly to complete a Rs 17,000 crore (Rs 170 billion) makeover for IISCO Steel Plant, formerly, Indian Iron and Steel Company, the energy is palpable.
The carving work by artisans had been carried out uninterrupted since 1990 when Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party was Uttar Pradesh chief minister.
'I want to know, how can any God become impure if woman enters the temple?'
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