Tag: Idol immersion

Durga Puja ends in West Bengal with idol immersion

Senior citizens played cymbals as the idols were lowered into the water while children splashed water on the submerging goddess.

October 19, 2018

18 die of drowning during Ganesh immersion ceremonies in Maharashtra

In a freak incident, at least five persons including three girls were rescued when they fell in the sea water at Girgaum Chowpatty on Monday morning when their overloaded boat overturned during the immersion ceremony.

September 25, 2018

Merging the Yamuna and the Brahmaputra

When as an adolescent, the Dalai Lama escaped to India after the Chinese takeover in Tibet, the Panchan Lama, his counterpart, was taken to Beijing (then Peking). Now, after some 60 years, the Dalai Lama, based in Mcleodganj (Uttarakhand), preaches that even praying for a lifetime may not bring wash ~ fulfilment for all. However, …

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November 9, 2017

Three children drown in a pond in Bihar

Three children drowned in a pond in this south Bihar district during immersion of an idol today, officials said. The incident took place at Rasalpur village where siblings Suraj Kumar and Jyoti Kumari and their cousin Ankit aged between 10 and 13 years slipped and fell into deep waters while immersing the idol, Kako Block …

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October 18, 2017

One injured in clashes over idol immersion in Jharkhand

One person was injured in clashes between two communities in Jharkhand’s Palamau district on Sunday, police said. According to police, the members of one community had called for a shutdown on Sunday at Satbarba police station of Palamau district to protest a police lathicharge on Saturday evening. To ensure that no untoward incident takes place, …

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October 1, 2017

Let peace prevail

If immersion of Durga images is a matter for the courts to decide, there may be life yet in the debate on occasional judicial over-reach. Yet last Thursday’s directive of Calcutta High Court (coram: Rakesh Tiwari, Acting CJ; and Harish Tandon, J), withdrawing the West Bengal government’s curbs and thus allowing immersion on 1 October …

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September 26, 2017