🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES / BIG STORIES
🔷 Booked for Jaipur Jama Masjid poster row, BJP MLA no stranger to controversy: Who is Balmukundacharya
Balmukundacharya is the head priest of a temple. He was arrested for putting up offensive posters on the premises of the Jama Masjid while his supporters raised slogans.
🔷 Peace rally held in Gangtok urging repeal of Bodhgaya Temple Management Act of 1949
“Spearheaded by the Sikkim Chapter of the All India Buddhist Forum, the rally called for the complete transfer of the management of the Mahabodhi Buddha Vihara in Bodhgaya, Bihar, to the Buddhist community in India.”
🔷Pollution board issues notice to Kedarnath temple over sewage violations
🔷 Rituals for consecration ceremony begin at Digha’s Jagannath Temple: CM
🔷 Heavy police deployment for inauguration of Jagannath temple in Bengal’s Digha
🔷 Puri Jagannath Temple threatens cooks to not cook at Digha Bengal temple!
🔷 Encroachments around Arunachaleshwara temple in Tiruvannamalai demolished to facilitate drain work
The encroachments were houses and shops.
🔷 Ropeway breaks heading to temple, Injures BJP leaders
Maa Bamleshwari temple in Chhattisgarh
🔷 18% Hindus in US don’t want to be identified with Hinduism!
🔷 BJP MLA demands renaming of places to ‘erase traces of Mughal era’
“BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar said he will soon write to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to request that the name of Khanapur town be changed to Bhavanipur.”
🔴 PAHALGAM
🔷 J&K Police Arrest Pony Ride Operator After Tourist Complains About Him Asking About Religion
Local horse handler, Ayaz Ahmad, arrested. Tourist, Ekta Tiwari of UP says he allowed about their religion, size of group and she heard him talking about weapons over the phone. He questioned why her brother was wearing rudraksha beads.
🔷 Pahalgam attack: Sacred thread on wrist revealed slain IB officer’s ‘Hindu identity’
🔷 History of tourism in Kashmir
🔷 3rd Flight Carrying 232 Tourists Lands in Maharashtra, 800 Tourists Returned Safely So Far
🔷 AAP Punjab holds statewide candle marches for Pahalgam victims
🔷 ‘We have nowhere to go’; Pakistani Hindu refugees anxious over visa status
🔷 Buddhist monks pay tribute to victims in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya
🔷 Rajasthan teacher, Jaswant Dabhi, arrested for offensive WhatsApp post on Pahalgam
🔷 A 37-year-old friendship, forged by kalari, ended by bullets of terrorists
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS / NON CRIMES
🔷 Prayers and Pooja Offered at Naikwada Temple for Peace of Souls Lost in Pahalgam Attack
🔷 Ropeway to Neelkanth: A New Chapter in Uttarakhand’s Transit
🔷 Mata Tripura Sundari Temple mops up 11.16L donation in a day
🔷 Repair Work At Puri Jagannath Temple Ratna Bhandar To Be Suspended Till Rath Yatra
🔷 Asthika Samaj to hold temple ritual from May 7
🔷Who is Ganesha Sharma Dravid? New pontiff of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham to be anointed next week
🔷 Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam to induct 71st acharya on Akyasha Trithiya
🔷 Students pin their hopes on temple hundi
🔷 Koppal: Students write to Goddess Huligemma for exact marks, gov’t job
🔷 TTD’s innovative solution to unclaimed footwear in Tirumala
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 From Holi to Diwali: 17 incredible festivals in India
🔷 Huge Devotee Turnout at Chithirai Car Festival in Srirangam. TN
Festival at RanganathaSwamy Temple in Tamil Nadu. It represents union of union of Lord Sunderswarar (Lord Shiva) and Goddess Meenakshi, considered to be Lord Vishnu’s sister. They pull a chariot through the streets. Namperumal, the deity, is on our. Vaishnava festival.
🔷 Udaipur Gears Up for Grand Shri Shyam Mahotsav 2025
🔴 PILGRIMAGES
🔷 Uttarakhand Chief Secretary visit Kedarnath Dham, reviews Chardham Yatra preparations
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 Drashti Dhami and her baby girl perform kirtan in the Iskon Mumbai temple
🔷 VK Singh to take oath as Mizoram governor tomorrow, seeks blessings from Maa Kamakhya
🔷 Shilpa Shirodkar relives some cherished childhood memories as she offers prayers in Shirdi
🔴 LISTS
🔷 5 Shakti Peeth Every Woman Must Visit To Awaken Her Inner Goddess
🔴 OVERSEAS HINDU NEWS
🔷 Attackers who vandalized Canadian Hindu temple & Gurdwara caugt on cameras!
They spraypainted pro-Khalistani slogans
🔴 MISC
🔷 The religious significance of the Indus River
🔷 “The Secular Hypocrisy and Exploitation of Hindu Temples: A systemic trend”
🔷 Worship through the Mind – The Path of ‘Manasic’ Puja
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 Tension prevails in Jaipur after ruckus outside Jama Masjid, MLA booked
🔷 Muslim restaurant owner shot dead by men on motorcycles as revenge for Pahalgam. Agra, UP
“A 25-year-old Muslim youth in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra, Mohammad Ghulfam, owner of a biryani restaurant, was shot dead on Wednesday night, less than 24 hours after the Pahalgam militant attack.”
🔷 From Babri Masjid to Waqf Act: Indian Judiciary and Muslim Issues
🔷 Jain temple in Mumbai burglarized – 7.15 lakh stolen!
Shri Sewri Jain Sangh temple located in Sewri, Mumbai.
