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Nigamanand Saraswati or Swami Nigamananda (2 August 1976 – 13 June 2011), often referred to as Ganga Putra Nigamananda, was a Hindu monk, [1] who went on a hunger strike on 19 February 2011 to save the river Ganges from pollution caused by illegal mining in the river bed. [2] He was born in Ladari, Darbhanga and died on 13 June, the 115th day ...
The 2001 Prayag Kumbh Mela was a gathering held at the convergence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, held from 9 January to 21 February. It was the first Kumbh Mela in the millennium and attracted around 70 million visitors.
Some known sadan are Mallikaarjun Sadan, Ganga Sadan, Gawri Sadan, Yadava Sathram, Reddy Satram, Velama Satram, Shri Krishna Devaraya Kapu Satram and More. For the Satrams, Non-Ac Room have a range of 500–900 and AC rooms are available between 1000 and 1500.
Swami Sivananda mastered yoga and meditation after receiving his education from Guru Omkarananda. [4] For over three decades, he has taught yoga on the banks of river Ganga in Varanasi. Over the last fifty years he has served 400–600 beggars affected by leprosy.
The Srikalahasti Temple is located in the town of Srikalahasti, in Tirupati district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.According to regional tradition, it is said to be the site where Kannappa was ready to offer both his eyes to cover blood flowing from the Shivalinga before Shiva stopped him and granted him moksha. [3]
Swami Dayananda Saraswati died by the banks of the Ganga, surrounded by his devotees and students in the late evening of 23 September 2015. He had been ailing for some weeks and been in and out of hospitals for some time. He was 85 years of age. Swamiji's last rites were performed in the traditional manner as befitting a renunciate.
Gangesvara Anantavarman Chodaganga Deva (r. 1077–1150) was an Eastern Ganga monarch who reigned between 1077 CE to 1150 CE. He was a great patron of arts and architecture who built many temples, one of them being the magnificent Jagannath Temple [1] in Puri.
Gangasagar is a famous Hindu pilgrimage center where the Ganga river meets the Bay of Bengal. Every year on Makar Sankranti (mid-January), pilgrims gather at Gangasagar for a holy dip. Climate data for Gangasagar (1981–2010, extremes 1865–2010)