Catch a monkey, win Rs.500

Shimla, The Himachal Pradesh government is offering Rs.500 for every monkey that is trapped. And officials said the hill state has an estimated 300,000 monkeys.
Desperate to overcome the monkey invasion, the government Tuesday decided to sterilize 200,000 monkeys by June 30 next year. Read More................Catch a monkey, win Rs.500

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Monk's last rites go for more than 10 Million Rs.

MUMBAI: He had barely shut his eyes and crossed his legs in a meditative padmasana when pain flashed through his chest. In a quiet hamlet of Nadiad in Gujarat, Hemratna Suri Maharajsaheb, spiritual mentor to lakhs of Jains, died last Friday. Read More................Monk's last rites go for a crore

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Monk kills Sanyasins, gets lynched

A saffron-clad monk entered a reputed math in the heart of the city Kolkata on Wednesday evening and stabbed to death two sanyasins, one of them the head of the order. Read more....................Monk kills sanyasins, gets lynched

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Monk become's 'Impure' as he has traveled abroad

In India some of the things look absolutely WEIRD. Take the case of this Monk who had traveled to the United States and Europe. As per Conservative Hindu leaders in southern India, they are seeking to prevent this monk from heading one of the country's most popular temples saying he had become "impure" because he had traveled overseas.

The debate has divided Brahmins, or the priestly class, in the pilgrim town of Udipi, with those opposed to the monk seeking a local court to stall his anointment as the head of a temple dedicated to Lord Krishna.

Sugunendra Teertha, the monk, had traveled to the United States and Europe on, what he says, was a tour to propagate Hinduism.

But orthodox community leaders say he had committed "sagarollanghana", the Sanskrit term for crossing the seas, an act that they said defied a centuries-old tradition and left him impure. Read more...............Indian Hindus seek ban for monk who went abroad

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Tibetan monk Crawls to reach Bodh Gaya

In a bizarre journey, a Buddhist monk 'Gyansen Lama' from Tibet is crawling all the way to Bodh Gaya in Bihar state of India. He started his journey crawling from Tibet 18 months ago & shall offer special prayers at the 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi temple near the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya, under which Buddha attained enlightenment. He shall complete his unusual pilgrimage in the next few months.

'Gyansen Lama' covers seven kilometers daily on an average & is accompanied by two more monks, who take care of his health and daily needs during the journey. Read more...........Crawling Tibetan monk enters Bihar

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