Guruvayur Temple festival begins with Anayottam elephant race, Balu wins, followed by Chentamarakshan, Devadas participates.

Thrissur: The grand ‘Anayottam’ (elephant race) at Guruvayur, which signals the beginning of the temple’s annual festival, saw tusker Guruvayur Balu claim victory. Close behind him was tusker ...

The Veerabhadra Temple in Lepakshi is dedicated to Virabhadra, a fierce manifestation of Lord Shiva. As mentioned in the Skanda Purana, it is one of the Divyakshetras, making it a significant ...

The deity, worshipped as a Linga with jasmine flowers (Mallika in Telugu), is named Mallikarjuna.The temple is sacred to both Shaivism and Shaktism, being one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Shiva ...

The court’s inquiry comes after two elephants, Peethambaran and Gokul, owned by the Guruvayur Devaswom, were taken for the Kuruvangad Manakulangara Bhagavathy temple festival in Koyilandy ...

The Hindu temple in Jebel Ali is a permanent home for more than 16 Hindu deities. It offers various facilities for devotees — located in Dubai’s Corridor of Tolerance in Jebel Ali. Other religious ...

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Rediscovered some 200 years ago, the ancient Egyptian temple of Esna has held 2,000-year-old secrets in its walls that are just now seeing the light of day. Thanks to an ambitious restoration project ...

KOCHI: Citing repeated instances of improper accounting of receipts and expenditures by temple staff, the Kerala State Audit Department has flagged serious audit failures in the Guruvayur Devaswom ...

Actor Sudev Nair tied the knot with long-time girlfriend Amardeep Kaur on Monday. The function, which was attended only by close friends and family, was held at the Guruvayur temple. The actor posted ...

Guruvayoor is the assembly constituency which comes under the Thrissur district. It is one of the 140 Kerala Legislative Assembly Constituencies . Kerala Assembly Election 2021 for Guruvayoor was ...