India News - Hindu Religious News 8-4-25

🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS

🔷 Amarnath Yatra Ends Prematurely Due To Hostile Weather

🔷 Monkeys spark deadly stampede after snapping electric cable triggering panic in packed Indian temple. Another article

“The group of monkeys jumped onto an electric wire outside the Ausaneshwar Mahadev Temple in the Barabanki region of UP, causing it to snap and fall on a shed, triggering panic among worshippers who tried to flee the area.”

🔷 A Week After Stampede In Haridwar Mansa Devi Temple : There Is No Dip In Faith Of Devotees, Say Pilgrims

🔷 Priest lured boy, 14, into forest, raped him then took him to Shiva temple to tie him up – 20 years jail. UP

🔷 Judge who put gag order on Dharmasthala case went to school run by Dharmasthala temple!

This is a major conflict of interest – Judge Vijaya Kumar Rai B of the 10th Additional City and Civil Sessions Court in Bengaluru

“The judge has asked the case to be moved to another court after it was pointed out that the judge had not only studied at educational institutions run by the Dharmasthala temple but had also worked as a junior lawyer in a firm which represented D Veerendra Heggade.”

Recap – A Dalit sanitation worker who worked for the Manjunatha Temple in Dharmasthala, Karnataka said over a period of 20 years, he was forced by temple authorities to bury or burn hundreds of dead bodies. Many of them women who were raped.

🔷 Dharmasthala ‘mass burials’: Karnataka HC sets aside trial court’s gag order on media reports

🔷 Dharmasthala Mass Burial Case: Skeletal Remains Found on Third Day of Exhumation

🔷 Man caught using AI-powered smart glasses inside Jagannath Temple, arrested

🔷 Ancient Hindu Idols Recovered During Excavation In Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag District

🔷 Gang Runs Fake Tirumala Temple, Resort Booking Websites, Loots Visitors

🔷 Why Arya Samaj marriages are under the scanner of courts

🔷 Punjab News: 6 Dead, 5 Missing As Mini-Truck Carrying Pilgrims From Naina Devi Temple Plunges Into Canal Near Ludhiana

🔷 Municipal corporation issues demolition notice for decades-old temple in Hisar

🔷 Sadhvi Ritambhara apologises after viral remarks on Hindu women’s attire & dance

🔷 2 Killed, 38 Injured In Electrocution & Stampede During Sawan Rituals At Avsaneshwar Temple In UP’s Barabanki

🔷 Find out how many temples have governments taken over: SC to petitioner

🔷 Pakistani Instagram user threatens attack on Ayodhya Ram temple, case filed

🔷 Bangladesh: Islamists attacked a Hindu temple in Tangail, the Murti broken

🔷 Bangladesh – 5 arrested over attack on Rangpur Hindu homes: Police

🔷 Odisha m an attempts to kill son-in-law over inter-caste marriage in Nayagarh, held

🔷 Tuljapur Temple Row: Sword Missing from Weapon Worship at Shri Tuljabhavani Temple, Sparks Controversy

🔷 BJP slams Mamata Banerjee over Rs 1.1 lakh grant to community Durga Pujas

🔷 TTD’s Plan For AI-Assisted Quick Darshan Triggers Debate

🔷 Elderly priest found dead along ghat

🔷 Kerala – caste discrimination again at Kerala temple

A member of the OBC applied for a job assisting with temple rituals (preparing flower garlands etc). He came in 2nd. A member of a higher caste who came in 5th place got the job instead! Koodalmanikyam Temple.

🔷 Gods on road may block Erumeli skywalk project

🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES

🔷 Ram Temple foundation’s 5th anniv highlights Gorakhnath Mutt’s role

🔷 Assam govt to allocate 5 acres to TTD for Lord Balaji temple in Guwahati

🔷 RBI to help count Puri temple treasure as Ratna Bhandar reopens after 46 years

🔷 Record-Breaking Donations At Shri Sanwaliya Seth Temple In Chittorgarh; Crores In Cash, Kilos of Gold Collected in Offerings

🔷 Gwalior’s Mint Stone Idols Ready To Enhance Temple’s Glory In Punjab

🔷 Viral video shows snake coiling around Shivling at Chhattisgarh temple

🔷 Ambaji set to become model temple town

🔷 Gold conch worth ₹2.5 crore, house in Hyderabad donated by devotees to Tirupati Temple

🔷 Devotees seek better transport and crowd management at Marudhamalai Temple in Coimbatore

🔷 Beyond Cholapuram: Forgotten Chola temples of Tamil Nadu echo a glorious past

🔷 Ancient Temple Stunned by Japanese Hindu Devotees

🔷 Tirupati temple board warns devotees against filming indecent videos in premises

🔷 Guruvayur temple gets dedicated EV charging stations for pilgrims

🔴 FESTIVALS

🔷 Month long Jathara festival at Lakshmi Narasimha temple in Telangana

“At noon each day, it is believed that Lord Narasimha Swamy bathes in a nearby pond and performs a sun salutation. Devotees can see his footprints at the spot and even hear the sound of his bathing”

The festival is held during Shravan month. Note – South India starts Shravan 2 weeks later than North India.

🔷 Faith surges at Jamuala Naag temple on Naag Panchami

🔷 Devotees throng Perur Padithurai in Coimbatore for Aadi Perukku

This is a thanksgiving festival that honors life sustaining water

🔷 Janmashtami 2025: Here’s how South India celebrates Lord Krishna’s arrival