Girnar: Around 50 pilgrims became stranded on Girnar Parvat after the ropeway service was halted on Sunday. However, the Ambaji Temple administration provided food for them, and arrangements were made for overnight accommodation at the nearby wireless police station. Ropeway services are frequently disrupted due to adverse weather conditions such as strong winds and heavy rains. Typically, pilgrims are transported from the top to the bottom, but on Sunday, the service was suspended in the aft...Read More

Junagadh: The Bhavnath Fair, often referred to as the Mini-Kumbh, began today at the Bhavnath Mahadev temple, located at the foothills of Girnar (Girnar Taleti), approximately 8 km from Junagadh. During this five-day-long fair, the midnight of Mahashivratri day (March 8 this year) is celebrated with a grand display of devotional and festive energy by Naga sages. The fair commenced today with the commencement of the traditional religious flag hoisting (Dhawjarohan) ceremony, accompanied by Vedic ...Read More

જૂનાગઢ: આધ્યાત્મિક અને પૌરાણિક મહત્વ ધરાવતા પ્રસિદ્ધ મહાશિવરાત્રીના મેળાનો તા.૫ માર્ચે વિધિવત રીતે પ્રારંભ થશે. ત્યારે મહાશિવરાત્રીના મેળામાં પધારતા ભાવિકોને પ્રતિબંધિત પ્લાસ્ટિકની ચી�...Read More

Girnar: Plastic is now entirely banned in 27 villages of Girnar and at the entry gates of the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ), as informed by the government to the bench of Chief Justice Sunita Aggarwal and Justice Aniruddha P. Mayee of the Gujarat High Court today. Advocate Amit Panchal, as a party in person, had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding pollution near the Ambaji temple and Dattatreya temple on Girnar hill. Responding to the last order of the High Court, the Principal Secr...Read More

Junagadh: Mahant of Upla Datar in Junagadh has wished to cast his vote in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, for which he has proposed the election commission to open a polling station for him atop the Girnar hill. Bhimbapu of Upla Datar has in a letter conveyed to the election commission that he has his election card with him and that he is an eligible voter, but as per the tradition, he can't leave the top of Girnar Hill. He said he has not left the top of Girnar for the last 30 years ever si...Read More

Junagadh: Girnar mountain shall have an 11 KV new power line upto Ambaji mandir for which ground breaking puja was performed by saints. This new high-capacity line will replace the existing low-tension line. The project, valued at Rs. 7.91 crore and undertaken by the Gujarat government-run power distribution company PGVCL, will involve installing six transformers aligned with the 5,000 steps. The task is expected to be completed by the next Shivratri Mela. Electricity was first supplied to Gi...Read More

Junagadh: Lili Parikrama of Girnar commenced on Thursday on Devuthi Ekadashi. However, in sad news, an 11-year-old girl died after she was attacked by a leopard on the Parikrama route earlier this morning. In what might be the first such incident of a wild animal attack on a pilgrim during the annual Lili Parikrama, an 11-year-old named Payal Laxmanbhai Sakhan was dragged away by a leopard in the Bawar Kot area of Bordevi in the early morning hours. Despite an extensive search by the family i...Read More

Junagadh: 33 people, including a doctor from Rajkot, left worldly life and had diksha to become Sadhus at Muchkund Mahadev Gufa in the Bhavnath foothills of Girnar Mountain here. The Diksha ceremony was administered by Mahamandleshwar Mahendranandgiri. The Diksha ceremony was held on three occasions this year: on Maha Shivratri, Guru Purnima, and at the beginning of Girnar Lili Parikrama. Among those who took diksha, according to the ashram, one was Dr. Jia Rathod, who works as a doctor in Rajko...Read More

Junagadh: In a first-of-its-kind move, Junagadh Police has opted to conduct air surveillance by paragliding over the route of Lili Parikrama of Girnar. The annual Girnar Lili Parikrama that began on November 23rd is expected to see a turnout of around 15 lakh devotees. To keep a secure watch in the jungle areas that are not easily accessible by vehicles, the police will, for the first time, use paramotor surveillance. The Superintendent of Police, Junagadh district, Harshad Mehta, himself ...Read More