India News - Hindu Religious News 6-20-25

🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES / BIG STORIES / ROWS

🔷 Laddu Attack – Priest attacked in UP temple for taking 2 extra Laddus from prayer tray! Bade Hanuman Mandir in Khaga area. Another article

🔷 Ghost Prashad – Jagannath Ratha Yatra ritual that offers prashad drink to ghosts!

During the Ratha Yatra a ritual is performed called Adhara Pana. That’s where a sweet drink is offered to Lord Jagannath and then the drink is spilled on the floor as an offering of prashad to ghosts! This is done to liberate the ghosts.

🔷 Two pilgrims dead, three critically injured in landslide on Kedarnath trek route

🔷 BJP slams Bengal government over Muslim shops making Jagannath temple prasad

🔷 Bengal CM, Mamata Banerjee calling Digha prashad, “Maha Prashad” triggers row!

The Jagannath Temple in Puri said only their prashad can be called, “Maha Prashad”

🔷 Black Mariamman temple in TN vandalized, murtis broken!

🔷 BJP shifts focus to Murugan and not Ram in Tamil Nadu

🔷 If they throw beef, throw pork in response, says Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on incidents of meat pieces being thrown in front of temples

🔷 Ascetics from across the country arrive at Kamakhya“

The annual spiritual congregation at the Kamakhya temple, set to commence on June 22, marks the menstrual cycle of Goddess Kamakhya. The festivities attract people in large numbers from various parts of the country.”

🔷 Godavari-Banakacherla project is a flood risk to Bhadrachalam temple

🔷 No helicopter service for Amarnath Yatra pilgrims: Shrine Board

🔷 The growing ‘trend’ of throwing meat pieces in front of temples, a co-ordinated campaign to desecrate sacred Hindu places?

🔷 Sambhal Violence: Charge Sheet Filed Against Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rahman And 22 Others

Backstory – Some Hindus claim that the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, UP was really built on the ruins of a Hari Hara Hindu temple. Courts ordered a survey of the mosque & riots ensued.

🔷 Speeding bike kills 2 men returning from Baba Bhootnath temple in MP

🔷 Tripura ISKCON Monk Refutes Allegations Against Baikhora Temple Head

🔷 Religion joins counterinsurgency in Chhattisgarh, as due process is set aside

“Since taking office in Chhattisgarh in December 2023, the BJP government has woven cultural symbolism into its anti-Maoist campaign. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has repeatedly invoked Maa Danteshwari, the revered deity of Naxal-infested Dantewada’s ancient temple—historically associated with tantric rituals and once a site for human sacrifices—as a rallying force.”

🔷 Odisha government forms panel to finalise RoR for Lingaraj Temple

🔷 2 new sevaks at Jagannath Puri being challenged because role is hereditary

🔷 Ahmedabad Police to deploy 40 AI-powered drones for Jagannath Rathyatra surveillance

🔷 Donation box stolen from Shri Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj Paduka temple in Pune

🔷 60 kg of tamarind stolen from kitchen of Lakshmi Narasimha temple in Hyderabad

🔷 Renigunta Airport May Soon Be Named Sri Venkateswara International Airport, TTD Sends Proposal

🔷 In civilian area, Navy can’t curb access to shrines: Vasco MLA

🔷 Royal era golden crown goes missing from Pazhayannur Bhagavathy temple in Kerala

🔷 2 minors arrested for stealing temple kalashams in Chennai

🔷 Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking E-Passes For Lord Murugan Conference At Madurai; Allows To Approach HC