India News - Hindu Religious News 8-20-25

🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS

The cloudburst caused 75 victims to be admitted to hospital, 61 dead, 100 injured, 50 missing. Here’s that article Read all about Machail Mata

🔷 Dharmasthala whistleblower retracts ‘mass burial’ claims

🔷 Tamil Nadu MP Sasikanth Senthil Is ‘Mastermind’ Behind The Plot To Malign Dharmasthala: Ex-BJP Minister

🔷 Dharmasthala – Karnataka mass grave case: SIT to halt probe till chemical, DNA analysis report arrive

🔷 ‘Baseless and false’: Dharmasthala’s Veerendra Heggade dismisses allegations of multiple murders in temple town

🔷 Kota Srinivas Poojary alleges foreign funding, seeks ED probe

🔷 ‘Sitting on a volcano’: Two Indian temples clash as politics and faith mix

🔷 Gujarat : 5 injured as Tower Ride Collapses at Billimora Somnath Temple Fair

🔷 Ranchi Man Detained After Attempt To Scale Jagannath Temple In Puri Another article

“Officials confirmed that Pancham Mahot had managed to climb about 5 to 7 feet on the temple’s southern side before being stopped by personnel of the Shree Jagannath Temple Police (JTP). “

🔷 Temple-Tomb Dispute Resurfaces In Fatehpur: Claims Set For August 30 Hearing

The Tomb of Nawab Abdul Samad Khan, also known locally as Maqbara Mangi, is located in Fatehpur, UP. Nawab Abdul Samad Khan was a Mughal commander who served under Emperor Aurangzeb. Hindus claim the tomb was built over a Krishna of Shiva temple. They claim this because they claim they see Hindu symbols like lotuses, trident, circumambulation path and a well beneath or in the structure.

🔷 Pakistan’s spy agency, the ISI, targeting famous Hindu temples in Bangladesh! Read another article here

“Pakistan’s ISI is fueling religious fundamentalism in Bangladesh, targeting Hindu temples through Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives, and using Bangladesh as a testing ground for extremist activities…The recent report mentions that Hindu temples, specifically the Medhas Muni Ashram in Chittagong, the Golden Temple in Bandarban district and the Adinath Temple in Maheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar.”

🔷 Thief prays then strips jewelry off Shani murti in Assam!

🔷 8 Delhi cops suspended after security lapses during Janmashtami at ISKCON temple

🔷 Astrologer drugged & raped woman, convinced her to divorce hubby

🔷 Balcony crashes at Hanuman temple, 1 killed, 2 injured

🔷 4 Punjab pilgrims returning from Chamunda Devi temple in Himachal’s Kangra die in accident, 25 injured

🔷 Habitual offender arrested for fleeing with temple’s donation box in Northwest Delhi

🔷 Yunus, Bangladesh’s top military brass greets people on Janmashtami as ISKCON priest languishes in jail

🔷 Boy, 18, found dead in Shiva temple in Tripura – drug user

🔷 “There is no god but Allah, and none is worthy of worship except Him”: Ghaziabad cop Sohail Khan’s video inside a temple sparks outrage, faces inquiry

🔷 China’s cheap actions exposed ! Ali Express grossly insulted Hindu gods, printed Lord Jagannath’s picture on doormat (article 2 weeks old)

🔷 ‘Something Bad Is Coming’: Kali Temple Priest’s Chilling Warning Before Kishtwar Cloudburst, He Too Became A Victim

🔷 How encroachers gobbled up 2.5 acres of land meant for Sri Lakshmi Venkateshwara Swamy Temple at Jagadgirigutta

🔷 BJP asks PM to protect SC/ST spiritual rights

🔷 Policeman suspended for wearing sandals at Sabarimala temple

🔷 Hindu Munnani Slams HR&CE Over VIP Darshan Chaos At Tiruchendur Temple

🔷 Controversy Surrounds Government Control of Vrindavan’s Temple

“Jagadguru Rambhadracharya criticized the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to take control of Vrindavan’s Thakur Banke Bihari shrine, asserting that temples should not be treated differently from mosques and churches.”

🔷 Bangladesh: Islamists are re-classifying Hindu pilgrimage site of Chandranath Hill as ‘tourist spot’, planning to encroach upon sacred land and build mosque

🔷 Godavari river rising at Bhadrachalam, threatening the temple town

🔷 Hyderabad is Not Epicenter of Human Hair Smuggling to Myanmar: Centre

🔷 Rajkot man who ‘attacked’ Delhi CM an auto driver who built ‘dog temple’ in his neighbourhood

🔷 Telangana High Court orders compensation to temple for land acquired five decades ago

🔷 Burglars flee with two hundis from temple in Hyderabad

🔷 Attempted theft at the Shri Dev Vetal Temple in Alorna, Goa

🔷 Indian diocese slams politician linking Christian to alleged temple

🔷 Shivachariyars and Trisundarars clash at Tiruchendur temple

“The conflict erupted over a ritualistic dispute concerning which group had the right to adorn the deity with a gold “Muthangi” (jewelry) for the morning procession.”

🔷 DMK Government Under Fire: Temple Mismanagement, Encroachments, and Anti-Hindu Remarks Spark Outrage

🔷 Caste and community creations of human beings, God is always neutral: Madras HC

🔷 Madras High Court Strikes Down DMK Govt Move To Build Wedding Halls With Temple Funds