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Priests performing puja and other rituals at the famous Vitthal-Rukmini temple at Pandharpur cannot demand dakshina from devotees, the Bombay High Court has ruled. Setting the record straight ...
MUMBAI: For the first time in a century, the Pandharpur temple trust on Friday allowed two women and two non-Brahmin priests to perform pooja at the most visited temple in Maharashtra. While Kedar ...
Kolhapur: The Pandharpur temple has started online darshan bookings for Lord Vitthal and Rukhmini devotees. Following two days of trials, the temple website is now accepting bookings. The trial ...
Pandharpur temple allows women, men of all castes as priests The 900-year-old place of worship is challenging the entrenched tradition of patriarchy and casteism in one stroke.
However, due to the unique situation of having two Deputy Chief Ministers (DCMs) this year, the Pandharpur temple committee is still confused about whom to invite for the Kartiki pooja.
Mumbai, Jul 22 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has cancelled his tomorrow's visit to a temple in Pandharpur town in view of the proposed protest by the Maratha community seeking ...
In his PIL, Swamy said that he wrote to CM Eknath Shinde on July 7 last year, stating that the temple’s affairs were “heavily mismanaged”, as well as to the then governor Bhagat Singh ...
Lakhs of devotees throng the temple of Lord Vitthal in Pandharpur town of Solapur in Maharashtra on the occasion of 'Ashadhi Ekadashi', which falls on July 1 this year.
According to party sources, Rao will take darshan of Lord Vitthal at Pandharpur on June 27. He will also offer flowers to the palanquins of Sant Dnyaneshwar and Sant Tukaram on this occasion.
The Pandharpur temple trust faces the tough call on whom to invite between state deputy chief ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar for upcoming Kartiki Ekadashi Puja.
MUMBAI: For the first time in a century, the Pandharpur temple trust on Friday allowed two women and two non-Brahmin priests to perform pooja at the most visite ...