A male Nilgiri gaur at the Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary spotted by visitors who were taken on a boat ride through the reservoir of the Thenmala dam soon after the launch of the State-level Wildlife Week celebrations on Monday
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world-famous Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple in Madurai
8/9 A training session of Silambam, a weapon-based Indian martial arts by Master Kundlik Kachale (blue jacket). (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
8/9 A boys takes an offensive move against his opponent in s friendly stick fight. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
8/9 Anushka Mane (Right) and Sakshi Patil display their skill in single stick, a type of Silambam, a weapon-based Indian Martial arts form in Pune on Wednesday. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
8/9 Nachiket Bakare displays his skills in using a spear stick, a type of Silambam. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
8/9 Prasad Chaudhari showcases the various ways to use a double stick, a type of Silambam. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
8/9 Apurva Ambede prepares to demonstrate the use of a steel whip. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
8/9 Isha Navgire takes a battle stance while using a sword swing. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
8/9 Samiksha Sukate demonstrates how to prepare for battle using a single stick. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
8/9 Purvi Ganve (R) and Samruddhi Jadhav (L) engage in s friendly sword fight to demonstrate the various defensive and offensive movements. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
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5/5 The Golden Temple is decorated with 600 quintal flowers on Gurpurb of Guru Ram Das. (Sameer Sehga/HT)
5/5 The Golden Temple is decorated with 600 quintal flowers on Gurpurb of Guru Ram Das. (Sameer Sehga/HT)
The Golden Temple is decorated with 600 quintal flowers on Gurpurb of Guru Ram Das. (Sameer Sehga/HT)
3/5 Golden Temple decorated with flowers on birth anniversary(Gurpurb) of Guru Ram Das, the founder of Amritsar. (Sameer Sehga/HT)
3/5 Sikh devotees carry Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the holy book of the Sikhism, in a special golden palanquin at the Golden Temple during a religious procession on Gurpurb of Guru Ram Das, in Amritsar on Friday. (Sameer Sehga/HT)
3/5 Akal Takht in Golden Temple decorated elegantly with flowers on Gurpurb of Guru Ram Das, in Amritsar on Friday. (Sameer Sehga/HT)
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
08-October, 2017 11:26 IST New dynamic façade lighting of North and South Blocks to offer an enhanced visual treat
16 million colour patterns and themes to light up the Central Vista
Durable, low cost, energy efficient, environment friendly lighting to add to aesthetics
7 pm to 5 am extended 365 day new lighting to add another attraction to the national capital
Home Ministry employee to switch on the new lighting system on Wednesday
Inaugural demonstration show for media and Delhi public
Under the present lighting system, fifty thousand three watt LED bulbs in strings nailed on the walls of the iconic buildings are being used for special lighting on eight occasions in a year besides 170 lamps of 400 MW/250 MW Metal Halide and Sodium Vapour for façade lighting and 72 LED lights for security lighting. The new dynamic lighting system with 800 fittings will do away with all of these.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra framed several questions to be dealt with by the constitution bench, including whether the Sabarimala temple can restrict women’s entry. india Updated: Oct 13, 2017 11:16 IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Sabarimala priests perform Kalalabhishekam at Sannidhanam in Sabarimala.(PTI Photo)
A view of the illuminated Mahabodhi Temple in Gaya on Friday.
Rangoli, a popular folk art, that is made in homes during auspicious occasions across the expanse of India. Known as Kolam in the south to Alpona in West Bengal, Rangoli is most popular during the festival of Diwali, espcially in northern India. Made with varied materials — from special rangoli powder to ground rice powder to flowers and diyas, here are 15 designs to inspire you for this year. Get creative! (Source: Jobakamemes.com)
Holy Mackerel!: A glimpse of the newly opened Sambhaji Park aquarium in Pune
Oct 16, 2017 22:05 IST
5/7 Fishes in one of the displays flock together. (HT PHOTO)
5/7 Pune, India - Oct. 12, 2017: Fish tank in an aquarium at Sambhaji Park in Pune, India, on Thursday, October 12, 2017. The newly made aquarium will be inaugurated and open for public from 17th October. Around 25 species of fishes will be kept in it. (Photo by Pratham Gokhale/Hindustan Times) (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)
5/7 A man looks into a display at the aquarium at Sambhaji Park in Pune, India. The newly made aquarium was inaugurated and made open for public from October 17. Around 25 species of fishes are being kept in it. (HT PHOTO)
5/7 One of the displays at the aquariums at Sambhaji Garden, made by the by PMC on Tuesday. (HT PHOTO)
5/7 A species of fish wades through one of the large display tanks. (HT PHOTO)
5/7 The aquariums also feature some vegetation to give it a more authentic look. (HT PHOTO)
5/7 Fishes in one of the displays flock together. (HT PHOTO)
1/7 Vinita Devi (centre), a former widow, was married to Rakesh Kumar and the ceremony was solemnized in the presence of 500 widows at the 400 year-old Gopinath temple in Vrindavan on October 16, 2017. Vinita was widowed in 2013, when she lost her husband in the Uttarakhand floods. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
1/7 For the widows ushering in the remarriage, this was their Diwali celebration. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
1/7 Vinita, seen walking out to the courtyard of the Gopinath temple for the ceremony. ‘I think more women should come forward and take decisions of their lives on their own, whether it is about education, career or choosing a life partner,’ she said. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
1/7 A widow (centre) watches Vinita’s marriage ceremony from the sidelines. In a major departure from tradition, remarriage was celebrated in the city where most widows take refuge. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
1/7 Over 500 widows from different ashrams in Vrindavan along with local residents attended the grand ceremony, which was possible due to the intervention of Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak of Sulabh International. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
1/7 Rakesh Kumar (left) smiles at the solemnization of his marriage to Vinita Devi in Vrindavan. They had a court marriage in 2014 but lacked societal acceptance, hence Sulabh International stepped in to help them with the ceremonial rituals. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
India tourism Kolkata has organised a seminar on “Road Map for Development of Cultural Tourism in and around Shantiniketan & Birbhum” at Vishwa Bharti University. Tourist Awareness Programme on Swachhta at Boat Jetty organised by IITTM, Goa. Distribution of new trash bags and Excursion trips for students was organised by IHM Chennai at Mammallapuram.