🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES / BIG STORIES / ROWS
🔷 Menstrual Festival – Ambubachi Mela at Kamakhya Temple from 6/22-26
During Ambubachi Mela the Kamakhya temple is closed for 3 days to observe the Goddess’ menstrual period. Celebrations outside. Ascetics & tantrics gather.
🔷 Grand Sita Temple to be built in Bihar on her birth spot!
This is controversial because Goddess Sita is traditionally thought of as being born in Nepal. There’s already a Janaki Temple in Nepal.
🔷 Pride Month 2025: Unearthing India’s Hidden Queer Legacy
🔷 Uttarakhand: 2 pilgrims dead in landslide on trek route to Yamunotri, 1 rescued
🔷 Staff arrested for stealing 25 liters of milk at PadmanabhaSwamy Temple!
This is one of the richest temples in India located in Kerala.
🔷 Ujjain shut down 9 fake websites duping Mahakaleshwar devotees
🔷 Bangladesh – Durga & Goddess Manasa temple vandalized, Idols smashed, Manasa head severed!
🔷 Tantra in Maharashtra politics
“The speculation turned abuzz when several of its leaders recently visited the famed Kamakhya temple in Assam, a known seat of Tantric power.”
🔷 Major Breakthrough! Men Who Gave Shelter To Pahalgam Terrorists Arrested
🔷 Murtis beaten! Woman beats temple murtis with her slippers – arrested in Ludhiana
🔷 Canadian rapper, Tommy Genesis, dresses as Hindu Goddess & licks Christian cross
🔷 BJP’s Murugan Devotee Conference in Madurai, TN calls for Hindu unity
The event “emphasised monthly chanting of Kandha Shasti Kavasam, rejecting political parties that belittle Hinduism, efforts to reconvert those who left the religion, safeguarding Hindu traditions, demanding temple administration be handed over to the Hindu community, and backing Hindu-friendly parties in elections.”
🔷 Hindutva groups rally around Murugan hill dispute in TN
The Thirupparankundram hill is one of the 6 abodes of Murugan. There’s a Murugan temple there as well as a Sufi shrine and a mosque on the hill. A few months ago, Muslims were doing animal sacrifices on the sacred hill – to the objection of Murugan devotees. It created communal tension. Hindutvas want Muslims and their mosque off the hill. They’re calling this the, ‘Ayodhya struggle of the South’.
“In place of the Jai Sri Ram slogan, which came to symbolise the Ayodhya movement, ‘Muruganuku Aro Hara’ and ‘Vetrivel Veeravel’ have become the battle cry of the Hindutva mobilisation around the Thiruparakundram agitation. Aro Hara, an invocation to lord Muruga, is another version of Ara Hara Hara chanted by Shiva devotees in the North.”
🔷 Only 24 penalised for tobacco use in Kedarnath this yatra season: RTI
🔷 BJD, Odisha Cong attack BJP over untimely Rath Yatra attended by Delhi CM
🔷 Bangladesh: Islamists grabbed lands of Hindu temple in Coomilla, built shops
🔷 West Bengal Govt Distributes Jagannath Prasad, BJP Questions HIDCO’s Role Over Fund Allocation
“The BJP leadership has alleged that public funds were routed through the West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (HIDCO) for this initiative.”
🔷 Murudeshwar temple in Karnataka enforces dress code. More articles: Article 2, Article 3
Men can dress Western but women can’t: “men are required to wear either a traditional dhoti (panche) or full-length formal trousers, while women are permitted only in sarees or salwar kameez.”
🔷 Bombs, bullets found near Srisailam temple
🔷 HR&CE refutes woman’s claim of unpaid temple salary; says she worked voluntarily outside premises
🔷 Rickshaw driver drowns in Pattichirakkavu Temple pond while swimming. Kerala.
🔷 BJP ally asks Hindus to unite ahead of state polls
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS / NON CRIMES
🔷 Priests being hired for new Ram Mandir complex in Ayodhya
🔷 Khan Market, a hub for Delhi’s elite, also hosts pilgrimage sites for five religions
🔷 VIPs Can Have Sai Baba Darshan Only Three Times A Day Under New Guidelines
“The decision comes in the wake of increasing public inconvenience caused by unscheduled VIP visits to the temple.”
🔷 Temple tourism to get sanctity SOPs
🔷 Tiruvannamalai Corporation to build multi-level car parks for pilgrims near Arunachaleshwara temple
🔷 Height of Madhya Kailas temple being increased
🔷 Odisha govt to prepare fresh DPR for development of Tara Tarini temple
🔷 Entry Gate Of Mahima Gadi Sunya Mandir Damaged Due To Lightning Strike
🔷 Organic Rice to be Used in Mahaprasad at Puri Srimandir
🔷 Temple run: A family weekend drive to Trimbakeshwar in my XUV700
🔷 Master plan in works for development of Durga temple in AP
🔷 Attari border, Golden Temple added in Raj govt’s pilgrimage scheme for senior citizens
🔷 Russian soldier’s Hindu funeral held at Karnataka temple via video call
🔷 Kerala: Kottiyoor to host Alingana Pushpanjali after three years
🔷 Kerala bikers retrace Shankaracharya’s trail to Kashmir from Kalady
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 11th International Yoga Day: From New Delhi to New York, mats rolled out in unity; see pics
🔷 Ambubachi Mela: A celebration of divine femininity and cultural unity. Read another article Here
🔷 4-day Ambubachi Mahayog begins amid safety measures, lower footfall
🔷 CM urges devotees to avoid Nilachal Hill at night amid landslide risk
🔷 ‘Ghana Lagi’ Ritual Of Holy Trinity In Puri Srimandir Today
“The Puri Jagannath Temple is set to perform the Ghana Lagi ritual today, a significant ceremony aimed at rejuvenating the deities after their Snana Purnima bath. This ritual involves applying medicinal oil called ‘Ghana’ to the deities’ bodies to aid in their recovery.”
🔷 Jagannath Rath Yatra 2025 Set To Begin June 27
🔴 PILGRIMAGES
🔷 Chamoli Police urges devotees to avoid Alaknanda River as water levels rise
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 Mount Everest climber Santosh Yadav offers prayers at Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain
🔷 Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh & Uttarakhand pray in Varanasi
🔷 Union Home Minster, Amit Shah at Kal Bhairav Temple
🔷 Priests Invite Revanth Reddy For Bonalu Celebrations At Ujjaini Mahankali Temple
🔴 LISTS
🔷 India’s top 5 richest temples to visit in 2025
🔷, 6 Indian forts that are must-visit UNESCO World Heritage sites
🔷, 7 haunted palaces and forts in India that you shouldn’t visit alone
🔷 Beautiful Monuments On Indian Currency Notes You Can Visit
🔴 MISC: NON RELIGIOUS
🔷 What A 19th-Century Colonial Calcutta Murder Tells Us About Intimate Partner Violence
🔷 B’deshi students join VB march against Rabindranath Tagore Bangla property vandalism
🔷 Vinay Kumar’s Cheriyal Scrolls Weave Telangana’s Living Tales Into Clay And Colour
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 Punjab terror case: NIA chargesheets key aide of Khalistani terrorists
🔷 Muslim trader being prevented from opening his shop in Hindu majority area in Vadodara, Gujarat
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