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akhara

(əˈkɑːrɑː)
n
(in India) a gymnasium
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Summary: New Delhi [India], Aug 27 (ANI): Senior counsel appearing for Nirmohi Akhara, one of the parties in the Ayodhya title dispute case, on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that there was a temple in the inner courtyard of the disputed site.
According to reports Naeem Sultan resident of Chak 296 Jafapur was on his motorcycle suddenly a speed bus heading towards Akhara from JafaPurr crashed him to death.
In the landmark hearing, the three judges of Allahabad HC ruled that the 2.77 acres of Ayodhya land be divided into three parts, with one-third going to Ram Lalla or infant deity Ram represented by Hindu Maha Sabha for the construction of Ram temple, one-third going to Islamic Sunni Waqf Board and the remaining one-third going to a Hindu religious denomination 'Nirmohi Akhara.'
IANS New Delhi The Supreme Court on Friday reconstituted the five-judge bench to hear a batch of petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict trifurcating the disputed site into three parts and giving one each to Nirmohi Akhara, Ram Lala and the original Muslim litigant.
So we would get the sand and try to create those conditions at my Akhara (gym) in Gujranwala.
The Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (All India Akhara Council) is the apex organization of Hindu Sants (saints) and Sadhus (ascetics) in India.
The Sports Board Punjab officers briefed him that top level sports facilities such as pavilion, cricket pitches, jogging track, landscaping, floodlights and akhara are being constructed at Sraich in Model Town.
11 -- Today, the apex body of Hindu Sadhus, "Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad" released a list of 14 fake babas in our country.
The apex court said it was under the wrong impression that he was a party to it and not an intervenor and had even given him the onus of initiating talks amongst all parties -- Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and Ramjanmbhoomi Nyas -- for the settlement.
He engaged a team of wrestlers from the nearby akhara to rub him with dry mustard after every workout session.
But at our akhara you will not see photos of their glory days on the walls.
Students were personally introduced to Swami Avdheshanandji who is the spiritual head of the largest and most ancient order of saints in India, the Shri Panchdasnam Juna Akhara. They also saw the 'Ras Leela' which essays the life and times of Lord Krishna, in South Jhunsi in the Karshni Tableau.