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🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 RAM FLAG BAN Ram devotees banned from Ram temple flag hoisting – only politicians, celebs & businessmen allowed!
“On the day of the Ram Temple flag hoisting ceremony on November 25, only the invited guests (some celebs) will be able to have darshan of Ram Lalla. Darshan will be closed for general devotees on November 25.”
🔷 SABARIMALA ARREST Sabarimala gold theft case: SIT arrests former TDB president A. Padmakumar
🔷 MURTI NEAR MOSQUE MP – Ram murti unearthed during construction near Jama Masjid!
🔷 DARSHAN DISASTER Sabarimala Temple – Devaswom Board’s utter failure in facilitating smooth darshan for the pilgrims
🔷 GHEE SCAM Faith and Fraud: $28.25 Million Ghee Scam Rocks Tirupati Temple Trust
🔷 DHARMASTHALA Dharmasthala case: SIT files report for perjury case against complainant
🔷 SATYA SAI BABA Satya Sai Baba centennial celebration
🔷 RAVI SHANKAR Sri Ravi Shankar performs consecration rituals at newly opened Sheetla devi temple in Kangra,HP
🔷 TEMPLE ATTACK PLANS Gujarat ATS Unmasks ISKP Module With Pakistani Handlers And Temple Attack Plans
🔷 CELEBS INVITED Ambani, Amitabh invited for Ram Mandir ‘Dhwajarohan’ ceremony in Ayodhya
🔷 TTD THEFT MURDER Former TTD Officer Who Reported Temple Cash Theft Found Dead On Railway Tracks In AP
🔷 TIRUPATI CASHEW ROW After ghee row, Tirumala trust blacklists 2 cashew firms for forging documents
🔷 HUMAN SACRIFICE Mom attacks 25 yo daughter with machete after astrologer told her to do human sacrifice
Bengaluru: After mourning prayers at the HariHareshwara Temple, the mother allegedly attacked her 25 yo daughter with a machete. The mother was having marital problems, saw an astrologer who advised her to do a human sacrifice at a prescribed hour!
🔷 SABARIMALA GOLD THEFT Sabarimala Gold Theft Probe: SIT Concludes 10-Hour Forensic Inspection At Sannidhanam
“The inspection involved removing and examining the gold-plated panels of the Dwarapalaka sculptures and other sections of the Sopanam (holy steps) to collect forensic samples.”
🔷 4 TIRUPATI SCANDALS Scams shake TTD and Tirupati temple: How Andhra’s holiest shrine is battling frauds – four key cases
🔷 STOLEN TEMPLE GOLD J&K – Woman Arrested, Stolen Temple Gold Recovered Within 24 Hours in Doda
🔷 TEMPLE PRICES Devotees aghast at bid to hike ticket prices at Kondagattu temple
🔷 HINDU GIRL KIDNAPPED Hindu Minor girl Abducted in Front of Mother in Bakerganj, Bangladesh; No Rescue or Arrest After One Week Sparks Outrage
🔷 HATE WATCH Hindu Hate Watch – A weekly Tracker: Over 88 cases of assault, conversion, and desecration recorded
🔷 CBI TEMPLE HYC opposes building of ‘temple’ inside CBI premises. Meghalaya
🔷 STOLEN SHOES AT TEMPLE Techie files complaint after shoes worth Rs 16,000 go missing at Bengaluru temple
🔷 TRUSTEE FIRED HR&CE dismisses lifetime trustee of Coimbatore Dharmalingeshwarar Temple over mismanagement
🔷 CASTE SYSTEM Malayan family reinstated for ritual at Shiva temple in Kerala’s Kunnummakkara
“The administration committee of the Elambangottu Kavu Shiva temple in Kunnummakkara, Vadakara, has reversed its controversial decision to bar members of the backward Malayan community from performing a decades-old percussion ritual.”
🔷 LED LIGHTS & DEITY JEWELRY LED lights won’t affect ornaments of Arunachaleswara Temple deities during procession: HR&CE
“It comes in the wake of a section of devotees and residents in the temple town fearing that LED lighting, which goes for hours, on the idols during procession could have an adverse effect on their ornaments.”
🔷 STOLEN PILGRIM PHONES Temple Tech Theft: Uncovering the Pilgrimage Phone Heist
🔷 ENCROACHED LAND Telangana to create special task force to reclaim encroached temple lands
🔷 KASHMIR PANDITS Kashmiri Pandits’ body announces massive campaign from Jan 16 to push for demands
🔷 PRIEST RAPE After 5-year trial, temple priest gets 20-year rigorous imprisonment for raping minor
🔷 MISC Ram Mandir-Babri dispute, bulldozer justice, Delhi riots, and more:
🔷 TTD DARSHAN CONCERNS VHP raises concerns over TTD’s darshan policies
“At the heart of the debate is whether common devotees, who lack online registration, should be permitted to visit Tirumala hill for three days during Vaikuntha Ekadashi.”
🔷 TEMPLE THEFT Rajasthan Police Bust Financial Fraud Racket In Bharatpur, Solve Temple Theft Case In Sirohi
🔷 PROTESTS OVER MUSLIM STUDENTS Sangh Parivar Protests Against Admission of Muslim Students in Institute Funded by Temple Donations
🔷 TIRUPATI ANIMAL FAT LADDU Tirupati Laddu: From animal fat, adulterated ghee to hawala links: Temple suffers losses of ₹250 crore;
🔷 TEMPLE MANHANDLES WOMEN Women allegedly pushed out of Ujjain’s Kaal Bhairav Temple:Group from Maharashtra clashes with security; incident caught on video
🔷 FAMILIES EVICTED TN – 23 families evicted from temple land in Karur amid stir
🔷 MUSLIMS WITH HINDU NAMES Muslim infiltrators hiding beneath Hindu names to escape SIR
🔷 MISS BANGLADESH ROW ‘Copying Mata Saraswati & Calling It Mughal Heritage’: Miss Bangladesh Tangia Methila Slammed For National Costume At Miss Universe 2025
🔷 BANGLADESH HINDU ATTACKS Bangladesh – How 4,901 attacks on Mandirs & Murtis reveal pattern of targeted violence
🔷 CONTRACTOR NEGLIGENCE MP News: 2 Contractors Booked For Negligence After Under-Construction Structure At Famous Peetambara Peeth Collapses
🔷 PURI STAMPEDE Puri stampede: ADM, four officials to face action
🔷 DEAD MAN BOYCOTTED West Bengal | Muslim Neighbours Perform Last Rites Of ‘Boycotted’ Deceased Hindu Man In Malda
🔷 TEMPLE SECURITY NEGLIGENCE Vijayawada: Durga temple EO orders removal of four security staff for negligence
🔷 ORACLE SAYS DEMOLISH Divine Oracle Demands Demolition of Temple Structures for Sacred Grove Revival in Puttur
🔷 MURUGAN REPLACED Lord Murugan Replaced By Thalapathy Vijay At His Own Temple – Peak Mental Illness Achieved
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 PUJAS BEFORE FLAG RAISING Ram Mandir Flag Hoisting Ceremony: First-Day Vedic Puja Begins, Rituals to Continue Till November 25
🔷 BANKE BIHARI Bankey Bihari Mandir to get live-streaming ‘darshan’ and wider pathways
🔷 KANGRA TEMPLES Master plan to develop Kangra’s prominent temples: DC Hemraj Berwa
🔷 AI SURVEILLANCE UP to roll out AI-based surveillance systems in top religious destinations
🔷 TOURISM HUB AP: Pithapuram to be developed as a major spiritual tourism hub: Pawan Kalyan
🔷 TEMPLE CLOSED Madhyamaheshwar Temple doors closed for winter
🔷 KALI TEMPLE RENOVATION Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann says state government will renovate Shri Kali Mata Temple in Patiala
🔷 REDEVELOPMENT CANCELED Rajasthan court cancels Rs 18 crore development proposal for Sanwaliya Seth Temple
🔷 TEMPLE FACELIFT 498 temples across state to get Rs 603 cr facelift
🔷 AYODHYA SEATING Ayodhya Set To Use Colour-Coded Seating To Manage Thousands At 25 November Dhwajarohan Ceremony
🔷 TRUST PROPERTIES TRANSFER U’khand HC hands over Kailashananda Trust’s properties to Shri Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee
🔷 SRI RANGAM CROWDS Stronger crowd management needed at Sri Rangam for Vaikuntha Ekadashi
🔷 LAKSHMI TEMPLE Special prayers offered in Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi temple
🔷 GURUVAYUR CROWDS HC directs readying of crowd-management plan at Guruvayur temple
🔷 PURI WANTS SILVER INGOTS Puri Jagannath Temple Admin Seeks Custody Of Rs 90-Cr Silver Ingots Found In Emar Mutt
🔷 PURI TEMPLE INVENTORYInventory, valuation of Puri Srimandir deities’ ornaments to be conducted in phases
🔷 KALYANOTSAVAMS Telangana – Bhadradri temple’s ‘prachara ratham’ to organise Kalyanotsavams in Hyderabad, Secunderabad
🔷 HARE KRISHNA Brahmotsavam celebrations at HK Golden Temple end on grand note
🔷 PADMANABHASWAMY Murajapam begins at Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple
🔷 BENGALURU GATEWAY Pilgrimage with purpose: How Bengaluru serves as a gateway to South India’s sacred circuit
🔷 GURUVAYUR GRIEVANCE ‘No devotee shall leave temple with grievance’: Kerala High Court issues guidelines for crowd control at Guruvayoor Sree Krishna Temple
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 MURJAPAM 56-day-long ‘murajapam’ festival to begin November 20
“The 56-day-long festival (at PadmanabhaSwamy Temple) involves the recital of Vedas culminating with the Lakshadeepam, lighting of one lakh lamps, on the Makar-Sankranti which falls on January 14.”
🔷 RAULANE FESTIVAL From fairies to masked men: Inside Himachal’s Raulane festival that has social media spellbound
🔷 GRAMOTSAVAM Devotion marks ‘Vimana Shikhara Gramotsavam’
🔷 SRISAILAM ‘Koti deepotsavam’ celebrated with grandeur at Srisailam temple
🔷 PADMANABHASWAMY Karthika Deepotsavam at Padmanabham temple on Nov 19
🔷 DEV DEEPAWALI Puri’s Grand Road to Glow with One Lakh Lamps on Dev Deepawali
🔷 PASHUPATINATH Thousands of Hindu devotees gather at Nepal’s Pashupatinath Temple, light lamps for Bala Chaturdashi
🔷 SIDDHESHWAR DEVLANG Centuries-old Siddheshwar Devlang fair concludes
🔷 GODDESS PADMAVATI Devotees pray to Goddess Padmavati seated under ‘wish-fulfilling tree’
🔷 RAULANE FESTIVAL STORY The story behind Himachal Pradesh’s traditional Raulane Festival, currently gaining traction on social media
🔴 PILGRIMAGES
🔷 SABARIMALA BOOKINGS Sabarimala Pilgrimage: Kerala HC Caps Spot Bookings To 5,000 Amid Surge
🔷 KEDARNATH GARBAGE Kedarnath’s record rush leaves behind 2,324 tonnes of waste, raising concerns over Himalayan ecology
🔷 BADRINATH Badrinath’s 4-Day Closure Rituals To Begin From Tomorrow
🔷 MURTI WINTER HOME Uttarakhand: Lord Madmaheshwar’s idol installed at winter seat in Omkareshwar Temple
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 AISHWARYA RAI Aishwarya Rai & Narendra Modi attend Satya Sai Baba Centenary celebration
🔷 DONALD TRUMP JR Donald Trump Jr bows before Ganesh idol while visiting Jamnagar with Anant Ambani
Trump Jr offers prayers at Ganesha temple, performs Dandiya during Gujarat visit
🔷 MODI PM Modi offers prayers to tribal community deity in Gujarat’s Devmogra
Gujarat: PM Modi holds roadshow in Narmada, offer prayers at Devmogra Temple
🔷 MOHAN BHAGWAT RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat visits Govind Dev Ji temple during Jaipur tour
🔷 KANGANA RANAUT Kangana Ranaut Gets Spiritual: Shares Emotional Post After Temple Visit
🔷 NITA AMBANI Nita Ambani dons Tarun Tahiliani’s Jamevaar saree and rare Golconda diamonds at Gir’s Shiva temple inauguration
🔷 TRUMP JR Donald Trump Jr Visits Jamnagar: Vantara Wildlife, Temples & Dandiya With Ambani Family
🔷 MODI FAMILY PM’s sister, brothers-in-law return after pilgrimage to Rishikesh-Haridwar
🔷 JUBIN NAUTIYAL Singer, Jubin Nautiyal offers prayers at Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar Temple, sings soulful bhajan
🔷 DALE STEYN Dale Steyn seeks blessings at Kolkata’s Dakshineswar Kali Temple
🔴 LISTS
🔷 WINTER FESTIVALS From Rann Utsav To Hornbill: 12 Winter Festivals In India You Must Experience At Least Once
🔷 KAAL SARP India’s 5 most revered temples for Kaal Sarp Nirvan rituals
🔷 SHIVA TEMPLES 8 Fascinating Shiva Temples in India You Must Visit
🔷 HANUMAN TEMPLES 8 iconic Hanuman temples to visit as per different life problems you are facing
🔷 SHANI TEMPLES 5 powerful Shani temples to visit during Sade Sati phase
🔷 GODDESS DWELLINGS 6 Places in India Where the Goddess Is Said to Walk Even Today
🔴 OVERSEAS HINDU NEWS
🔷 NETHERLANDS Boita Bandan and Chadakhai festivals are celebrated in the Netherlands
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 JAPANESE SWAMI Japanese man who gave up business to become seer anointed as Mahamandaleshwar of Niranjani Akhara
🔷 DELHI NIX MIXED FESTIVALS Phool Walon ki Sair: Another curb, same message
“Syncretic festivals that have always embodied Delhi’s mixed culture are now running into bureaucratic walls that look less like accidents”
🔷 MUSLIM BUILT TEMPLE A Muslim who built a temple in Unnao
🔷 SHIRDI DOCUMENTARY Shreyas Talpade Lends His Voice to Devotional Documentary ‘24 Hours Inside the Temple – Shirdi’
🔷 JAPANESE SAINT Japanese Saint Bala Kumbh Puri Maharaj To Propagate Sanatan Dharma
🔷 J&K SITES RESTORED 62 important religious and historical sites restored in J-K in last 4 years Manoj Sinha
🔷 KAILASHANANDA GIRI Message of Swami Kailashanand Giri Ji Maharaj: Global Expansion of Sanatan Dharma, Honour and Blessings for Dr. Abhishek Verma
🔷 SPIRITUAL ECONOMIC ZONES Uttarakhand CM orders fast-track plan for spiritual economic zones in Garhwal, Kumaon
🔷 DELHI MAHA YAGYA Delhi Maha Yagya canceled after temple Prez backs out
It was for the welfare of animals.
🔷 MANIPUR HINDUS Who will protect Manipur, the Last Hindu Bastion of the Eastern Frontier
🔴 MISC: NON-RELIGIOUS
🔷 TURKEY DENIES TERRORIST LINK Delhi Blast: Turkey Calls Reports Claiming Its Radicalisation Role ‘Malicious Disinformation Campaign’
🔷 ZUBEEN GARG Zubeen Garg death case: Several depose before SIT, judicial commission
🔷 COW DUNG FESTIVAL This village in South India celebrates a unique ‘cow poop festival’ every year
This cow dung festival is a local Karnataka tradition. It’s not in the Hindu scriptures nor is it celebrated across India.
🔷 WORLD RECORDS Top 5 mind-blowing world records India secretly holds
🔷 ART OF LIVING COLLEGE Art of Living keen to set up osteopathy college in Himachal: Ravi Shankar
🔷 INDIRA GANDHI Lok Sabha Speaker, Congress leaders pay floral tributes to former PM Indira Gandhi on her 108th birth anniversary
🔷 KASHMIR TIMES RAIDED Kashmir Times’ Jammu office raided; editors call it gag attempt
🔷 INDIAN WEDDING IDEA Crazy Indian Wedding Idea Goes Viral: ‘IV Drips For Hangovers?’
There’s not suppose to be alcohol in a traditional Hindu wedding. Besides, what ever happened to the guests just throwing rice? Now they’re doing IV drips to get rid of hangovers!
🔷 FAMILY MURDER SUICIDE Man jumps into well with 2 kids, father over ‘mounting debts’ in Karnataka’s Dharwad
In Hindu theology, people who commit suicide become ghosts. They’re forced to stay in a ghost body for as many years as they had left on Earth.
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 SHRINE DEMOLISHED Illegal extension of Nau Gaza Peer shrine demolished in Haryana
🔷 CALF HEAD CHAOS Uttarakhand: Hindutva Mob Vandalises Muslim Shops After Dog Brings Calf’s Head Near Temple
🔷 “CCTV footage, found that a dog had brought the remains from the forest.”
🔷 MUSLIMS WHEN HINDU NAMES Muslim infiltrators hiding beneath Hindu names to escape SIR
🔷 AKBAR TITLE REMOVED NCERT removes ‘Great’ from Akbar, Tipu Sultan in history books: RSS
🔷 AMRITSAR CHANNEL SUSPENSION YouTube suspends ‘SGPC Sri Amritsar’ channel for a week
“YouTube has suspended the SGPC’s channel for a week due to a video glorifying Indira Gandhi’s assassins, prompting SGPC to address the issue with the platform.”
🔷 SIKH ASSASSINATION PLOT The Sikh-Separatist Assassination Plot
🔷 GOLDEN TEMPLE Head granthi of Golden Temple goes on extended leave, raises eyebrows
🔷 SIKH ACTIVISTS Hindutva’s external reach: A closer look at pressure on Sikh activists
🔷 BUDDHIST PAINTING Joseon-era Buddhist painting returns to South Korea after 70 years in US
🔷 CHINESE TEMPLE FIRE Tourist’s Candle Sparks Devastating Fire at Chinese Mountain Temple
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