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Health dept sets up five camps to screen Warkaris free of cost

June 29, 2023 2:13 pm

The health department is aiming to screen 15 lakh devotees at the health camps.

Maharashtra govt plans insurance coverage for Warkaris

June 21, 2023 9:13 pm

A scheme called “Vitthal Rukmini Warkari Bima Chhatra Yojana'”, will provide an insurance cover for the Warkaris participating in Pandharpur’s Ashadhi Wari.

Scuffle at Maharashtra's Alandi temple: Opp claims lathicharge, govt denies

June 12, 2023 10:02 am

The incident took place around 4 pm outside the Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj temple in Alandi when the Palkhi or procession of the palanquins carrying the ‘paduka’ (the revered symbolic footwear) of Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj, was about to embark on its journey to Pandharpur.

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After two years, Warkaris set to mass for Pandharpur pilgrimage

June 20, 2022 12:00 am

The Palkhis or the procession of the palanquins carrying the Paduka or revered symbolic footwear of Sant Tukaram Maharaj and Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj, will start their three-week-long journeys on June 20 and June 21 from the temple towns of Dehu and Alandi

Pune News Highlights: Pune Covid positivity rate drops to 3.3%, no patient on ventilator support

March 14, 2022 10:34 pm

Pune, Maharashtra Today Latest Updates, Pune Omicron Variant Covid-19 News, Pune Today Updates, Pune Weather Updates, Latest Pune Metro News, 14 March: Only one patient is on oxygen support in hospital, health officials said.

Supreme Court dismisses plea to allow Warkaris for Pandharpur pilgrimage

July 20, 2021 8:36 am

The petition said the Maharashtra government had arbitrarily denied the permission of conducting an age-old practice of wari and that the denial of permission to millions of warkaris and 250-plus registered palkhis violated the fundamental rights of the warkaris.

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Warkaris in city, Puneites out to lend a hand

July 11, 2015 3:05 am

As devotees swarm the city, residents welcome them with food, water and first aid kits.

Walking with Warkaris

December 09, 2014 1:52 am

A multidisciplinary project by filmmaker Rajula Shah looks at the act of walking through the pilgrimage of the Vaishnavite community

Warkaris brave ailments, surgeries to walk for faith

June 21, 2014 3:07 am

Warkaris commence their annual pilgrimage on foot to Pandharpur from Dehu and Alandi and are scheduled to arrive in the city on Saturday

Anti-superstition Bill: Warkaris to flex their political muscle

December 05, 2013 3:58 am

To hold a major dharna in Nagpur on December 9,rally on the day Assembly begins.

In run for Vice-President, Radhakrishnan in pole position as numbers tilt in NDA favour

Political Pulse54 min ago

While the numbers seem to be stacked in favour of the ruling BJP-led NDA in the Vice-Presidential election scheduled for Tuesday, in which the NDA’s candidate C P Radhakrishnan is pitted against the Opposition INDIA alliance’s nominee Justice (retired) P Sudershan Reddy, the decision of the BJD and the BRS to abstain from voting may further boost Radhakrishnan’s prospects.

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