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🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 KRISHNA NON-VEG AD – Kerala restaurant ad showd Lord Krishna with a meat dish for Vishu – row!
The restaurant, Meher Mandir & Grills posted an apology on Instagram and blamed it on the designer. They said it was “unintentional” & would never happen again.
🔷 TEMPLE PRIVATE PROPERTY? Telangana high court rejects plea claiming Hanuman temple as pvt property
🔷 SIMHACHALAM TICKET ROW Ticket Row Clouds Simhachalam Chandanotsavam Preparations
🔷 TAXPAYERS FUNDING TEMPLES? Fact Check: Are Taxpayer Funds Used for 5000 Temples in AP?
🔷 TN DEEPAM ROW Post deepam row, acid test for TN’s religious politics
🔷 ODISHA TEMPLE THEFT Cash, silver ornaments stolen from Neelakantheswar shrine
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 11,000 MANGOS ‘Maha Naivedya’ Of 11,000 Mangoes Offered To Pune Ganapati Temple On Akshaya Tritiya
🔷 1,000 COPS GUARDING 1,000 cops to guard Shree Lairai Devi Festival in Goa: CM Sawant
“At least six persons were killed in a stampede during the festival at the Shree Lairai Devi temple last year.”
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 AKSHAYA TRITIYA ORIGINS Akshaya Tritiya: History and significance
🔷 PARASHURAM JAYANTI Parashurama Jayanti 2026: Date, tithi and puja timing details
Both in India & USA, Parashuram Jayanti falls on April 19th. Parashurama was Lord Vishnu’s Brahmin/Kshatriya incarnation with an axe. He killed 21 generations of kshatriyas. It’s believed he’s still in Earth awaiting the incarnation of the Kalki avatar at the end of the world.
🔷 MATANGI JAYANTI Matangi Jayanti 2026 date, rituals, and significance of Devi Matangi worship
In Shakta theology, Goddess Matangi is one of the 10 Mahavidyas. She’s the tantric equivalent of the Vedic Saraswati. Matangi Jayanti is on Sunday 4/19 in the USA and on Monday 4/20 in India.
🔴 PILGRIMAGES
🔷 CHAR DHAM BEGINS Char Dham begins today on Akshaya Tritiya
🔷 KEDARNATH DOLI YATRA Kedarnath Doli Yatra begins, thousands join sacred journey to Himalayan shrine
A Doli is the palanquin of Lord Kedarnath.
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 TAMANNAAH BHATIA Tamannaah Bhatia offers prayers at Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Tirumala
🔷 AMIT SHAH Amit Shah to visit Chennai, offer prayers at Kapaleeshwarar Temple
🔷 SMRITI IRANI Smriti Irani offers prayers at Baba Vishwanath temple in Kashi
🔴 LISTS
🔷 5 RARE SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS From lotus feet darshan to reopening of Gangotri Temple: 5 rare spiritual journeys to experience this Akshaya Tritiya
🔴 OVERSEAS HINDU NEWS
🇺🇸 HINDU ADVOCACY DAY (USA) Hindu Advocacy Day in Minnesota
🇺🇸 HINDU NATIONALIST BILL USA – Community Backlash Forces Minnesota Senators to Reconsider Hindu Nationalist Bill
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 RARE MANUSCRIPTS FOUND 18 rare manuscripts found in Bihar temple digitised under Gyan Bharatam mission
🔷 KERALA TEMPLE ART Tholpavakoothu: Kerala’s ancient temple art comes out of shadows
🔴 MISC: NON-RELIGIOUS
UP cop seen assauting transgender woman at train station
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
Canadian PM Mark Carney Visits Gurdwara On Sikh Heritage Month
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