During the lamp lighting ceremony at the Warkari and Religious Education Institutions (Varkari ani Dharmik Shikshan Sanstha)’ Conference held in Alandi: (Center) H.B.P. Bajirao Bangar Maharaj; (From ...

Pune: Various cultural events marked the Yatri Sewa Diwas observed at the Pune International Airport on Wednesday. According to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) Pune, the celebrations commenced ...

Bookmark stories for easy access on any device or the Swarajya app. Pilgrims holding saffron flags in vari while walking on the road to Pandharpur. As all the palanquins of the Varkari saints reached ...

Ganesha Chaturthi 2025: As Ganesh Chaturthi 2025 approaches, Pune gears up for its grandest celebration at the famous Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati Mandir. This year the iconic pandal will ...

Dressed in white thigh-length kurtas, loose pyjamas and traditional Gandhi caps, dabbawalas have been service providers for their Mumbaikars for decades on end. The iconic dabbawalas have contributed ...

The Varkari community residing in Kandivali (W)’s Siddhivinayak SRA society has been struggling to get approval for reconstruction of their 42-year-old ancestral Vitthal Temple demolished during the ...

Earlier analyses by political scientists tended to emphasise the compulsions of electoral mobilisation and factional power conflicts within the ruling Congress Party or the masking of communal or ...

For students and parents in Maharashtra, knowing about school holidays in July is important for planning. July is usually when the heaviest rains happen, which can sometimes cause schools to close ...

The third annual Param Pujya Sadhguru Narasham Maharaj Dindi, led by Lagu Anandi Yeuti, began its spiritual march to Pandharpur on June 13, starting from Bavalgaon in Nanded district. This year, the ...

(from left) H.B.P. Vaibhav More, H.B.P. Swami Bharatanand Saraswati, H.B.P. Narhari Maharaj Chaudhary, Santveer H.B.P. Bandatatya Karadkar, Sunil Ghanwat, H.B.P ...

In the Varkari worship tradition of Maharashtra, it is customary to open with a description or varnan of Vittala’s form. In his solo production titled ‘Nama Mhane’, Vaibhav Arekar adheres to this ...