Many children of migrant labourers at Chintpurni temple shun school to earn a little amount to support their poor parents.
September 22, 2018Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday said Centre government has approved Rs 50 crore for developing basic infrastructure at Chintpurni temple in Una district of Himachal Pradesh, around 210 km from here. Thakur said Union Tourism ministry has approved the project under the scheme, ‘Prasad’. “With this proposed project, the government will be able …
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July 11, 2018The cash crunch owing to demonetisation of high-value currency has severely hit the offerings in all major Hindu temples of Himachal Pradesh. Officials in temples said the cash offerings had fallen up to 40 percent and the footfall of devotees had also declined by almost half since the demonetisation of November 8. Interestingly, the online …
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