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Photo: TGCWhere Five Centuries Live On
Discovering the Timeless Soul of Majuli On the world’s largest inhabited river island, history isn’t preserved behind museum walls, it is woven into everyday life. Imagine waking to the sound of temple bells instead of traffic, watching monks rehearse dance dramas first performed over 500 years ago, or meeting artisans who still craft bamboo…
Photo: Xinhua/Jia Haocheng/IANS81 Years After Hiroshima: Japan Remembers Atomic Bombing Amid Rising Nuclear Fears
Tokyo: Japan’s Hiroshima on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the city amid growing concerns over nuclear risks and rising global tensions. During an annual memorial ceremony held at the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japanese city, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui delivered the Peace Declaration, highlighting the catastrophic consequences…
Photo: TGCRanchi municipality to establish scientific waste processing: Sushant Gaurav
TGC INTERVIEW The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) is focussing on developing scientific waste management and modern processing facilities. Talking to TGC, Municipal Commissioner Sushant Gaurav highlighted that future waste management plans include three new scientific waste management and recycling processing facilities for plastic, C&D, and RDF. Q. Is the city moving towards scientific…
Photo: TGCImportance of the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra and ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ Mantra During the Month of Shravan
What Is the Importance of Chanting the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra and ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ During Shravan? Know When and Why Both Mantras Are Chanted As soon as the month of Shravan begins, the chanting of “Om Namah Shivaya” and the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra can be heard in Shiva temples across the country. Many people chant both mantras,…
Photo: TGCWhere faith meets the river: The enduring mystery of Rajrappa’s Chhinnamasta Temple
Barely 80 kilometres from Ranchi, where the Damodar and Bhairavi rivers converge amid rocky cliffs, stands one of eastern India’s most enigmatic places of worship. The Chhinnamasta Temple at Rajrappa is not simply a pilgrimage destination; it is a remarkable confluence of mythology, Tantra, landscape and living tradition. For centuries, devotees, scholars and travellers alike…
Photo: TGCShravan Shiva Puja Vidhi : How to Worship Lord Shiva the Right Way
How to Worship Lord Shiva During Shravan Month? Know the Correct Worship Method, Important Rules, and Its Religious Significance The month of Shravan is considered the most sacred time for the worship of Lord Shiva. Throughout this month, Shiva temples across the country witness huge crowds of devotees. Some perform Jalabhishek, some perform Rudrabhishek, while…
Photo: TGCRanchi Club: A colonial landmark that became a city institution
Few buildings in Ranchi reflect the city’s colonial past as vividly as the Ranchi Club. Established in 1886, the institution has stood at the heart of the city for nearly a century and a half, witnessing Ranchi’s transformation from a quiet hill station of the Chotanagpur Plateau into the capital of Jharkhand. More than a…
Photo: TGCHoly twin shrines gear up for devotion as Shravani Mela begins today
The State Shravani Mela came alive with vibrant inaugural ceremonies at Dumma on the Jharkhand-Bihar border in Deoghar and at Basukinath Dham in Dumka, marking the start of a month-long pilgrimage that will see the twin shrines of Baba Baidyanath and Baba Basukinath transformed into a sea of saffron-clad devotion. The administration has prioritised technology-driven…
Photo: TGCBefore the malls, Ranchi had its own shopping icons
Long before glass-fronted malls and air-conditioned retail chains altered the way Ranchi shopped, the city had already developed its own commercial landmarks. Along Main Road, around the historic GEL Church Complex and later at Firayalal Chowk, shopping was not merely a transaction. It was part of the city’s social life. The GEL Church, whose construction…
Photo: TGCHEC Ranchi: From Soviet-Era Industrial Ambition to a New Test of Self-Reliance
There was a time when the future of Indian industry was being built in Ranchi. When the Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) was established in 1958, India was still a young republic attempting to build an industrial base capable of supporting its own economic ambitions. HEC was conceived as part of that larger project: to manufacture…
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