AP bars propagating other faiths near shrines

The Andhra Pradesh government has constituted the Tirumala Hills area comprising all the seven hills, the holy theerthams and the central shrine of Lord Venkateswara into "Tirumala Divya Kshetram."......

What SC verdict on world's richest temple means

'When you have a committee, there will not be any autocracy.' 'It means one person cannot take any decision on the temple.'   The Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala would......

'You are a Brahmin by karma, not by birth'

'The appointment of 60 priests from the Dalit community is a historic moment.''Imagine this is happening in Kerala when Dalits are not even allowed to enter temples in some states even today.'......

'He treated the President and a poor man the same way'

'His last journey was like putting out the lamps one by one in a temple at night.''It was like the soul slowly walking away from the body; it was so pure and peaceful...' IMAGE: Dr Panniyampilly......