Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad's 149th Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra generated only about 35 metric tons of waste along its 22-km route, with the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) crediting strong public participation and awareness campaigns for the reduced waste generation. Anticipating large crowds for the July 16 Rath Yatra, the AMC's Solid Waste Management Department implemented an extensive sanitation plan. The route was divided into four sectors, with officers from all seven civic zones overseeing ...Read More

Bhubaneswar: As millions of devotees prepare to gather in Puri for the annual Rath Yatra, Reliance, in collaboration with the Puri administration, is strengthening on-ground support through Puri Rath Yatra Seva Services 2026. Bringing together a comprehensive range of initiatives spanning Anna Seva, public support infrastructure, sanitation, volunteer engagement, community outreach and technology-enabled coordination, the initiative aims to enhance frontline assistance and help ensure safe, se...Read More

Ambaji: In the wake of a theft during the counting of offerings at the Shaktipeeth Ambaji Temple in Banaskantha, the district administration and the Ambaji Temple Trust have introduced a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to tighten security and make the treasury counting process more transparent. Banaskantha Collector Mihir Patel said the incident was investigated immediately, action was taken against those responsible, and the revised SOP has been implemented to prevent such incidents in t...Read More

Jamnagar: The Hindu Sena has alleged that religious conversion activities were being carried out at a house located behind a factory on the outskirts of Haripar village in Dhrol taluka of Jamnagar district. According to the organisation, its members conducted a surprise inspection after receiving complaints that tribal workers were being gathered every Sunday under the guise of service activities and prayer meetings and allegedly encouraged to convert from Hinduism to Christianity. The Hindu S...Read More

Ahmedabad: Pushtimargiya Haveli music, which holds an important place in the ancient and rich tradition of Indian classical music, has received national recognition. Ranchhodlalji Goswami, the 16th-generation Acharya of Goswami Haveli in Kalupur, Ahmedabad, and a scholar of Haveli music, has been selected for the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2025 for the year 2024-25 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, an autonomous body under the Union Ministry of Culture. Acharya Ranchhodlalji Goswami conside...Read More

Gandhinagar: The ‘Shri Krishna-Rukmini Yatra Dham’ at Madhavpur in Porbandar district, where Lord Shri Krishna and Mata Rukmini got married, is being redeveloped by the Gujarat Pavitra Yatra Dham Vikas Board. Under the complete project, all the mythological places within a radius of one kilometer in Madhavpur village are being woven into a beautiful thread. In the first phase, which cost ₹47.99 crore, the Shri Rukmini Mataji Temple, the witness to the wedding altar, ‘Chori Myra’, the ...Read More