Kashi Vishwanath temple to be beautified with gold offerings

The writer has posted comments on this article Swati ChandraSwati Chandra , TNN | Apr 9, 2013, 12.54 AM IST RELATED VARANASI: KashiVishwanath temple will get a majestic temple gate which would mark the temple's location from the Godowlia crossing.

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet, on Tuesday, cleared a proposal to allow the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust in Varanasi to open schools, college or hospitals under the Trust.

As the sun rose across the sandy banks of the Ganga at the Rajendra Prasad ghat at Varanasi on Sunday, life turned a new leaf for the 100-odd widows of Kashi -- NGO Sulabh international launched a pension and medical welfare scheme for them.The ...

Ekta Kapoor, who was in Varanasi on Monday, along with actresses Kalki Koechlin and Konkona Sensharma, for the promotion of her film 'Ek Thi Dayaan', faced an unpleasant situation when she lost her purse during a visit to the Kashi Vishwanath ...

It seems that the holy city has become a hot destination even in the hot and sultry conditions. The mercury had already crossed 44-degree Celsius mark but the records of North Eastern Railways ( NER ) and Northern Railways (NR) point out that the ...

Be it the land of Krishna or Shiva, the plight of the widows is the same in Vrindavan and Varanasi, both holy towns of the country. Krishna Devi, a Nepali, was just a 9-year-old girl when she was married to a 35-year-old man. By the time she ...

Dumka, April 19: Ramnavami or the festival that celebrates the birth of Ram, an avatar of Vishnu, has effected a historic change at Baidyanath Dham here, one of the 12 most revered pilgrim spots for Shiv devotees. From today, on a pilot basis, the ...

, lost his life after falling in a lift accidentally at MarwadiYuvakSangh building under Luxa police station on Monday morning. According to reports, Mugam had arrived in the city for pilgrimage with a group of 10 persons, including his wife and ...

Now Samajwadi Party ( SP) President Mulayam Singh Yadav has praised Jawaharlal Nehru, LK Advani and Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in the same breath."There were only a few large hearted leaders in the country. Nehru was one of them and this was the ...