Maulicha Ghoda, part of the Pandharpur Ringan Sohala Rajani, a trans woman devotee from Pune Age no bar — a young pilgrim rests with her family This pilgrim embodies the spiritual immersion that the ...

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 ...

The Vitthal Rukmini temple at Pandharpur reopens after restoration work, allowing devotees to take darshan in the main sanctum sanctorum. Learn about the significance and completion of the ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Swamy has already announced to file a PIL in Bombay High Court on October 7 seeking to withdraw the state takeover of the Pandharpur temple and the premises.

Mumbai, Jul 17 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday performed puja at a temple in Pandharpur town of Solapur district on the occasion of 'Ashadhi Ekadashi' ...

For the first time in its 900-year history, the Vitthal Rukmini temple in Pandharpur is likely to get non-Brahmin or even women priests.

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 Maharashtra government and the administration of the Shree Vitthal Raukmai Temple, Pandharpur, has decided to allow 2,000 devotees to pray at the temple from Wednesday. Considering the growing ...