Bhubaneswar, Feb 15 (IANS) Lakhs of devotees gathered at Shiva temples across Odisha to have the darshan of Lord Shiva and witness the sacred late-night ritual of raising the Mahadeep (great lamp) atop temple structures on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri on Sunday.Prominent Shiva temples in the state, including the 11th-century Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar, Loknath Temple in Puri, Chandrashekhar Temple at Kapilash in Dhenkanal, and the Dhabaleswar Temple at Athagarh in Cuttack district, witnes…
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Haridwar, Jan 16 (IANS) Amid the growing demand for prohibiting entry of non-Hindus in Haridwar’s Har ki Pauri, posters came up at the world-famous religious site which unambiguously designate the area as “off-limits for non-Hindus.” The posters, declaring the Har ki Pauri area a purely ‘Hindu zone’ is set to deepen the controversy and set to ignite a fresh round of sparring between various stakeholders.The posters, put up by Shri Ganga Sabha, read, “Non-Hindus Prohibited Entry Zone.” Ho…