Despite thousands of kilometres of distance and language differences, India's Sanatan culture and Japan's traditional Shinto culture exhibit striking similarities.
The Mahakumbh may be over, but the questions and debates surrounding it are yet to end. There are questions such as if a holy dip actually washes away all your sins and takes you along the path to heaven straight away, let alone giving you immortality.
Shailen Banerjee (60) and Shantanu Mukherjee (65), residents of Bankura were killed while four others of the family were injured when their vehicle collided with a on NH-19 in Kulti of West Burdwan at wee hours today.
Life is limping back to its normalcy at the New Delhi Railway Station on Sunday with passengers boarding trains bound for their respective destinations after the tragic stampede on Saturday night that claimed 18 lives and leaving several others injured.
Sanjay Raut blamed the Central and Uttar Pradesh governments for the stampete at the Prayagraj Maha Kumbh Mela on Thursday morning that resulted in the death of many people, including women, children, and the elderly, while many others have gone missing.
Over lakhs of pilgrims including Naga Sadhus flocked Babughat in Kolkata, Gangasagar transit camp.
The scuffle took place on Saturday after some policemen allegedly misbehaved with RSS Zila Pracharak Manoj Kumar while he was taking a bath in the Yamuna river at the Kumbh fair of Vrindavan.
The Uttarakhand government is using wall painting as a medium to make the tourists and devotees aware about the tradition, culture and mythological heritage of the hill state.
A state cannot have autonomous powers even in respect of a river flowing entirely within its territory, because of associated environmental and other consequences in neighbouring states; e.g., independent action by a State may affect the groundwater aquifers across its boundaries.
The Swachh Kumbh Swachh Aabhaar event is being organized by the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation.
