akshaya trithiya

Despite the spiralling price of gold, jewellers will not be feeling the loss of its glitter this akshaya trithiya as there is no reduction in demand.

Suffering from jaundice, which incidentally has claimed two lives in the city in the past week, Rupali was admitted to the hospital on Thursday, a day before her wedding on the auspicious day of akshaya trithiya.

Akshaya Tritiya, also known as Akha Teej is an annual festival celebrated by Hindus and Jains. It falls on the third lunar day of bright half of Vaisakha month. Every year it falls in the month of April or May. This year, it will be celebrated on the 7th of May.

The sharp fall in gold prices last month unleashed pent-up demand in India, lifting the import bill for bullion to $7.5 billion in April, up from a relatively modest $3.5 billion in the same month a year ago.

The model code of conduct has affected sales of jewellery shops on akshaya trithiya.Jewellery shop owners said that sales has not just reduced by half but dipped to a new low in the last five years.

The Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam has chosen a young Vedic scholar from Andhra Pradesh to be its next pedathipathi. The anointment ceremony for the 71st Shankaracharya is scheduled for akshaya trithiya, April 30. Sankaracharya Vijayendra Saraswathi announced the sanyasa deeksha for the new pontiff, continuing the tradition of inducting young acharyas into the mutt.

Rajini's Linga stalled

As the city was hit by a series of chain snatching incidents in the past few days, which has created fear among women, the civil society has joined hands with the cops to prevent such incidents.

The pooja for the film was held this morning in Mysore

It was an auspicious occasion for new parents Radhika and Shravanth. The couple celebrated daughter Janhavi's ‘Annaprashana’ (rice ceremony) yesterday (May 14).

Their new film will kickstart this Friday

The couple reunite a decade after their film Ninagagi for a new one titled Nimagagi

It is a romantic comedy, with a philosophical touch, titled Srinivasa Kalyana

World Gold Council managing director Somasundaram PR said this Akshaya Tritiya looks more optimistic than last year as the market has settled down after policy changes including note-ban and GST which had hit the industry very badly.

A 30-year-old woman committed suicide in the early hours on Wednesday at village Revada in Pachpadra police station area of Barmer by jumping into a well along with her three daughters.

He was hoping for a good business on the eve of akshaya trithiya. But gold merchant Prakash Gadke, owner of Chandrasena Silvery Refinery at Makkalappa Layout in Nagarthpet near Ulsoorgate police station, had not bargained for a couple of robbers counting on the same.

Gold sales have been on the decline, especially since the new mandate of customers having to submit their PAN details for purchases over