Lalita Devi

Lalita Saptami 2023 is an important Hindu festival dedicated to Goddess lalita devi, the dear friend of Goddess Radha Rani and Lord Krishna. Celebrated on September 22, 2023, it marks the birth anniversary of lalita devi. She was one of the eighth Gopis and known for her devotion to Radha Rani. The rituals include taking a holy bath, worshipping Lord Ganesha, offering prayers to lalita devi, Parvati, and Shaligram Ji, and observing a fast from sunrise to sunset. Fruits can be consumed to break the fast.

Devotees worshipped the goddess of 'Shakti and Siddhi' at lalita devi Temple, Massacre Ghat, on Friday.

Lalita Saptami, celebrated on September 10, 2024, honors the birth anniversary of Goddess Lalita, a dear friend of Radha Rani. The day holds significant religious importance in Hinduism. Devotees engage in various rituals and fasting practices to pay homage to lalita devi. The article outlines the day's significance and associated puja rituals.

KOLKATA: lalita devi Goenka, a 71-year-old widow belonging to one of Kolkata's most prominent business families, was found murdered in her Alipore flat on Thursday.

Munger SP Varun Kumar Sinha on Wednesday said about 250 Naxalites were being imparted training at village Kandani in Munger district to sabotage the Lok Sabha polls in Munger, Lakhisarai and Jamui districts.

The people bowed their head in front of the goddess at lalita devi Temple situated at Massacre Ghat.

Known as Goddess of 'Shakti' and "Siddhi', devotees thronged the temple of Goddess lalita devi at Massacre Ghat on the third day of the Navratras, on Monday.

lalita devi, wife of banned CPI (Maoist) commander Ravindra Ganjhu, was arrested in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district on Sunday. Police stated she is wanted in several criminal cases registered in Latehar and Lohardaga. Following a court order, Devi was apprehended in the Jobang area and subsequently sent to jail after judicial proceedings.

Residents of Meerapur locality have complained about the supply of contaminated water in their area with the onset of summer season. People also rued about absence of any garbage bin due to which insanitation is persisting in the area.

It has been 10 days since Devi, her husband, Birendra, and Supriya reached Delhi from Palamu in Jharkhand for the little girl’s treatment at AIIMS. For the trio, the shelter homes outside the hospital have been their accommodation every time they come to the hospital.

From 2017, prominent city temples would go for cashless transactions.

A 28-year-old widow of an Indian Army soldier, who died on duty in 2016, has been running from pillar to post imploring officials to save her wheat crop from the land mafia, who are eyeing to grab her land.

Mayor Abhilasha Gupta inspected various temples of the city on Friday in view of Navratra which is about to begin.She instructed Allahabad Municipal Corporation officers to ensure cleanliness around temples.

In the second incident of dacoity in Patna district within 24 hours, dacoits struck at the house of a retired army man, Dinesh Singh (55), at village Laluadih under Salimpur police station area in Patna district on Friday night.

Two female members of a family were killed and another one was injured when about half-a- dozen dacoits raided the house of a school teacher Anil Sharma at village Hazipur under Kako police station in Jehanabad district late on Wednesday night.

A private company, involved in the construction of a road between Thirang and Salang villages in Uttarkashi, has been accused of violating the Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone (BESZ) norms by area residents.

“Before leaving for Tashkent, he often used to say – forget about war, we have to now fight for peace,” Anil Shastri, son of former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri, recalled.

A Class IX student was kidnapped on his way to school and thrown before a running train. His fault, his neighbours said, was that he had fallen in love with a girl.

Confusion remained over the death of lalita devi, a nurse at a well-known private hospital at Bhangagarh in the city, as her autopsy report couldn't gave an exact direction to the ongoing police probe.

A 55-year-old woman, Besri Devi was tonsured and she was paraded at Balua Basanta village under the Lalganj police station.

Elaborate security arrangements have been done to avoid any untoward incident in city. Thousands of devotees waited for hours to offer prayers especially at lalita devi, Kalyani Devi and Alopi Devi temples.

lalita devi kept running from pillar to post. Now at 75, this widow of a railway employee, in failing health, has given up all hopes of getting her family pension and other benefits that were due after her husband died of tuberculosis in New Jalpaiguri.

Magadh division commissioner K P Ramaiah ordered the removal of Gaya mayor lalita devi and zila parishad chief Shobha Sinha from their respective posts.

KOLKATA: It's not yet two days to Lalita Goenka's murder and the sleuths investigating the case have made their first major observation - the assailants came from outside and were probably contract killers.