Swami Swaroopanand`s answer to `Narendra Modi as PM` – one slap!

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 13:38

Shankaracharya slapped a reporter on Thursday just because he asked him as to what did he think about Modi as the next PM of India.

Muslim organisation demands tribunal to probe terror cases

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 20:25

Jamait Ulema Maharashtra, a Muslim religious organisation, on Saturday lamented that many Muslim youths were languishing in jails on false charges of terrorism, and demanded special tribunals headed by retired judges to probe such cases.

Shankaracharya, King to be allowed on Jagannath`s Rath

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 22:44

Only the Shankaracharya of Puri Govardhan Peeth, Gajapati King of Puri and `Palia Sevayats`, can climb chariots of Lord Jagnnath during the annual Rath Yatra.

Puri seer says education system has turned man into machine

Last Updated: Sunday, July 14, 2013, 15:40

India`s education system has led to fragmentation of families and is gradually turning man into a machine, the Shankaracharya of Puri, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati has said.

Religious leader demands separate pilgrimage ministry

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 20:01

With Kedarnath shrine in Garhwal Himalayas suffering extensive damage in the recent calamity in Uttarakhand, a leading seer asked the Centre to constitute a separate pilgrimage ministry.

Shankaracharya, Akhara head enter Kumbh amid controversies

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 22:04

Shankaracharya of Dwarka Peeth Swami Swaroopananda Saraswati and President of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad Mahant Gyandas entered camps at ongoing Maha Kumbh amid controversies surrounding them.

God bless these Godmen

Last Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2013, 20:21

Some spiritual gurus have no control over their blabbering tongue.

Puri Shankaracharya blames western influence for rapes

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 15:17

Western influence was one of the main reasons behind the rise in incidents of rape in the country, Sankaracharya of Puri Swami Sri Nischalananda Saraswati said.

Death penalty will not end rapes: Puri Shankaracharya

Last Updated: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 18:42

Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swamy Shri Nischalananda Saraswati of Puri said death penalty will not end incidents of rape in the country and women should be placed in a higher position in the society to stop such crimes against them.

Death penalty will not end rapes: Puri Shankaracharya

Last Updated: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 18:06

Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swamy Shri Nischalananda Saraswati of Puri on Sunday said death penalty will not end incidents of rape in the country.

Maha Kumbh: Shankaracharya leaves Allahabad after tiff

Last Updated: Sunday, December 30, 2012, 23:17

Unresolved differences over land allotment between the administration and the pontiffs of the four seats took a turn for worse.

No place for `fake` Shankaracharya in Kumbh Mela: Digvijay

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 21:19

Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh Wednesday alleged that the place reserved for Shankaracharya in Maha Kumbh Mela has been given to a "fake" Shankaracharya.