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🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 BADRINATH ARREST
Badrinath offering row: CCTV trail leads to arrest of suspended temple employee
“A special investigation team (SIT) of Chamoli Police has arrested suspended Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) employee Pramod Nautiyal over the alleged theft of cash and valuables donated by pilgrims at the Badrinath shrine, police said on Monday.”
🔷 THEFT AT VAISHNO DEVI
J&K Court Seeks Records In Rs 550 Crore “Fake Silver” Offerings At Vaishno Devi
When govt sent silver to be melted, it was found to be fake. They believe 550 Crore of real silver was switched with fake silver!
🔷 KEDARNATH VIP ROW
Uttarakhand seeks action against Kedarnath temple officials over financial lapses
“The Uttarakhand government has directed the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) to initiate action against officials found prima facie responsible for financial irregularities involving expenditure on VIP guests at Kedarnath.”
Ironic considering there was a big row on Char Dham temples not allowing in non Indian Hindus saying they don’t respect Hindu temples – when it’s Indian Hindus busy stealing donations from Ram Janmabhoomi, Badrinath, Baglamukhi, stealing gold plating from Sabarimala and now Kedarnath wasting money by picking up the tab for VIP visits – lodging, food, hospitality expenses! That money could’ve went to the deity.
🔷 BJP SCOLDS SABARIMALA PRIEST
Kerala BJP leader wants Sabarimala ‘tantri’ family to relinquish post amid gold loot case
A head priest was arrested in the Sabarimala gold theft case. BJP wants him and family to relinquish post.
🔷 200 YO KALI TEMPLE DEMOLISHED
A 200 yo Mata Kali temple in Chandauli, UP demolished for road widening! The dome of the temple collapsed, crushing the worker!
The wrath of the Goddess?
🔷 GYANVAPI DISPUTE
Gyanvapi dispute: Hindu, Muslim sides say ‘no’ to SC-initiated mediation move
Some Hindus say the Gyanvapi Mosque in UP is really a Shiva temple.
🔷 SC HALTS TN COW KILL BAN
Supreme Court stays Madras High Court order banning cow slaughter in Tamil Nadu
🔷 AUSTRALIA STOLEN MURTIS
Australia to return three antiquities stolen from Tamil Nadu temples
Australia to return 3 ancient murtis stolen from Tamil Nadu temples – Trishul, Nandi & Kartikeya.
🔷 BADRINATH AMBULANCES STOLEN!
Questions raised over missing donated ambulances, tempo traveller at Badrinath temple committee
2 donated ambulances missing from Badrinath. Also a “tempo traveler” vehicle donated by a Shankaracharya was stolen. The vehicle was meant to transport elderly & handicapped pilgrims from bus stop to temple.
This comes amidst the larger Badrinath donation money theft. Donation money also stolen from Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya and Baglamukhi Temple in MP.
🔷 BHOJSHALA CHALLENGE
SC to hear pleas challenging MP High Courts verdict declaring Bhojshala as Saraswati temple
🔷 RAM MURTIS STOLEN!
Idols worth several crores stolen from Chakoti Math in Bihar’s Samastipur, probe underway
Ram Parivar murtis stolen from 200 yo temple in Patna, Bihar. Worth crores.
“The incident took place at the historic 24 Avatar Dham Chakoti Math under Khanpur block, where thieves stole idols of Ram, Sita, and Lakshman, along with gold ornaments, silver items, and cash.
In addition, the thieves also escaped with a golden bow and arrow, a gold-plated umbrella, silver crowns, and cash from four donation boxes.”
🔷 DHRUV RATHEE ROW
Delhi High Court directs GAC to decide on removal of Dhruv Rathee video within 15 days
The Dhruv Rathee row is about Hindus and meat eating. The Delhi court directed the Grievance committee to decide on takedown of YouTuber, Dhruv Rathee’s video where he points out all the places in Hindu scripture that says Hindus can eat meat.
Whether a person can or can’t eat meat is dependant on sampradaya.
– Kashmiri Shaivites offer mutton to Bhairava
– Shaktas offer goat meat to Kali, Durga etc
– Tantrics are allowed to eat meat.
In Tantra, there are 2 paths, the left handed path and right handed path. The left handed path called “Vamacharya” allows meat. They have the 5 M’s which all practioners are allowed to partake of:
– madya: wine
– mamsa: meat
– matsya: fish
– mudra: parched grain
– maithuna: ritual union.
So this issue is sampradaya dependant. All VAISHNAVAS (Vishnu worshippers) and SMARTAS (Brahman incarnates as 5 gods) are vegetarian.
🔷 BHOJSHALA – FRIDAYS PRAYERS BACK
🔷 3 TEMPLE MOSQUE DISPUTES
‘No Mediation, Only Court Ruling’: Both Sides In 3 Temple-Mosque Disputes
🔷 RAJASTHAN DONATION SCAM
“The temple committee of Nagaur’s famous Sant Shri Chaturdasji Maharaj Temple (Butati Dham) has come forward over allegations of a ₹22.74 crore donation scam.”
🔷 PURI KING’S ISKCON RANT
ISKCON trying to mislead people on ‘untimely’ Rath Yatra issue: Puri’s titular king
The Puri King objects to ISKCON holding overseas Ratha Yatras on different dates
“Reacting to a press release of ISKCON, which allegedly claimed that Puri’s scholars were “defeated in a debate” with the organisation’s scholars over the issue of holding Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra, he said the statement contains ‘completely false and irrelevant information.’ “
🔷 BENGALURU ISKCON SIDES WITH PURI
Bengaluru ISKCON backs Puri temple’s stand on Rath Yatra dates, distances itself from Mayapur
Background – The ISKCON temple in Bengaluru broke away from the mainstream ISKCON org – getting control over temple they never built.
Puri King has criticized ISKCON (headquartered in Mayapur) for holding overseas Ratha Yatras on different dates from Puri temple. ISKCON Mayapur ignored Puri. ISKCON Bengaluru (now a separate org) is siding with Puri.
🔷 LION KILLS BOY, 11 AT TEMPLE
The boy, Mayur Chauhan, and his family were steps away from the main entrance of the temple when a lion came out and dragged the boy away.
🔷 AMBAJI TEMPLE THEFT
Ambaji Temple Donation Box Theft Row | Old CCTV Footage Sparks Controversy In Gujarat
🔷 TIRUPATI EMPLOYEE DRUG BUST Tirupati Temple Employee Among 3 Arrested In Drug Bust
🔷 TN ANIMAL SACRIFICE
Protect animal slaughter religious rights: DMK Ansari
🔷 TN TEMPLE LAND SCAM
BJP alleges temple land scam, rural power crisis under TVK govt in TN
Illegal transfer of temple land.
“Raising serious allegations regarding the illegal transfer of temple properties, specifically citing”
🔴 RAM DONATION THEFT
🔷 RAM CEO POSITION OPENED
Want to be Ram Mandir CEO? Send applications by Jul 18
🔷 VAISHNAVA WANTED
Practicing Hindu, Vaishnava devotee ‘desirable’. Ram mandir trust invites applications for CEO post
🔷 HINDI & ENGLISH
🔷 STAFF POCKETLESS CLOTHING
‘Pocketless clothing, frisking’: Major temples adopt new SOPs amid Ram temple theft row
🔷 FIR’s SOUGHT
Ayodhya lawyers to move court seeking FIR against Champat Rai, Anil Mishra, Gopal Rao
🔷 NO SAFEGUARDS
Ayodhya Ram temple donation row: SIT flags near-total breakdown of safeguards
🔷 AYODHYA = RSS MONEY CENTER?
🔷 CEO POWERS
Ram temple trust to decide CEO’s powers, no govt interference, says Nripendra Misra
🔷 COURT WANTS CBI REPORT
SC seeks status report from UP SIT on pleas seeking probe into Ram temple donations ‘theft’ row
🔷 HINDUTVA PITCH
Uddhav Thackeray seizes on Ram Temple donation row to revive Hindutva pitch
🔷 TREASURER WON’T QUIT
Ram Mandir trust treasurer says he won’t quit
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 INDIA RESTORES OVERSEAS TEMPLES
From Prambanan To Angkor Wat, India Keeps An Eye On Historic Heritage Sites
🔷 TEMPLE PATH CAVES IN
Temple path caves in as rain triggers landslide in Himachal village
🔷 MYSTERIOUS LOVE TEMPLE
India’s Mysterious Love Temple! Boys Pray To Marry Their Girlfriends
🔷 TIRUPATI 1st AARTI
Karnataka to issue formal protocol for ceremonial first aarti at Tirupati temple
🔷 J&K TEMPLE CORRIDOR
J&K Govt approves Rs 3.98 cr Temple Corridor linking Bawe, Har Ki Pauri and Mahamaya
🔷 KANAKA DURGA
Kanaka Durga temple introduces registration system for ‘Ashada Maasam’ festivities
🔷 TTD PILGRIM PROJECTS
TTD Board approves revised donor policy, major pilgrim projects
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 BUDHA AMARNATH YATRA
Shri Budha Amarnath Ji Yatra : DC Poonch reviews arrangements at Mandi
🔷 JAGANNATH GOOD LUCK ROPE
“They say even touching the rope of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra’s chariot brings you good luck!”
Ratha Yatra is 7/16.
🔷 WOMEN PULL CHARIOT
Inside Baripada’s Rath Yatra, where women alone pull Goddess Subhadra’s chariot
🔷 WB RATHA YATRAS
CM announces Rs 5 lakh each for 60 Rathayatra committees
🔷 12,000 COPS
19 IPS officers, 12,000 cops: Puri Rath Yatra and the lessons from last year
🔷 BONALU
Hyderabad Gears Up for Colourful Bonalu Festivities from July 16
🔷 ASHADA FRIDAYS
Ashada Fridays: Elaborate arrangements in place atop Chamundi Hills
🔷 JAGANNATH RATHA YATRA 2026
🔴 PILGRIMAGES
🔷 AMARNATH PILGRIMS
Amarnath Yatra Creates History As Pilgrim Footfall Crosses 3 Lakh in Just Twelve Days
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 KANGANA RANAUT
Kangana Ranaut Treks to Bijli Mahadev Temple, Shares Spiritual Experience from Himachal
🔴 LISTS
🔷 8 SPIRITUAL GATEWAYS
8 Spiritual Getaways In India To Truly Unwind
🔷 INDIA’S RICHEST TEMPLES
From Tirupati to Vaishno Devi: India’s richest temples by estimated assets
🔷 6 RATHA YATRAS
6 Famous Rath Yatras Across India
🔴 OVERSEAS HINDU NEWS
🇬🇧 UK TEMPLE SOLD TO MUSLIMS
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 KYRGYZSTAN & MAHABHARAT –
Kyrgyzstan & India launch a Manas & Mahabharat study center in Kyrgyzstan.
The Manas is a Kyrgyz national epic about a hero, family dynasty etc.
Kyrgyzstan is in Central Asia. According to the Swat Valley excavation (India) in 2019, when early Vedic skeletons were studied, the DNA came back as Central Asian and Ancient Ancestral South Indian. In other words, Steppe ancestry. The Manas & Mahabharat study center is not about this issue. Mentioned as an interesting side note.
🔷 TEMPLE EROTIC SCULPTURES
Why some Indian temples have erotic sculptures: Debunking the myths, beyond the obvious explanation
🔷 KAMAKHYA & WESTERN FEMINISM
A festival in Assam that made me rethink western ideas of feminism
🔷 ISKCON SCHOOL MEALS
ISKCON to provide midday meals in schools in Kolkata from Aug 1: Suvendu
ISKCON is a Vaishnava org that will not provide any meat, fish or eggs. They’re lacto-vegetarian only.
🔷 KONARK SUN TEMPLE
How Konark Sun Temple wheels can tell time with ancient sundial science
🔷 STABILIZING WOODEN CHARIOT
IIT-Bhubaneswar suggests measures for safe movement of chariot in Kendrapara temple
🔷 KARNATAKA SAFEGUARDING DONATIONS
Karnataka Issues New Temple SOPs: CCTV, Digital Donations & New Hundi Rules Introduced
🔷 BHAJAN CLUBBING
These Gen Zers Are Into a New Kind of Clubbing and It’s More Prayer Than Party
🔷 HINDU RASHTRA
Unless India is a Hindu rashtra, the state has no business running temples
🔴 MISC: NON-RELIGIOUS
🔷 PUBLISHERS ARRESTED
3 Publishers Arrested for Publication of Book Glorifying Terrorists, Separatists
🔷 MARTYR’ S GRAVEYARD
Jammu & Kashmir administrtion seals Martyrs’ Graveyard; Omar, Mehbooba pay homage at party offices
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 WB MOSQUE TO BE RELOCATED
The Bankra Mosque is 130 years old and predates the Kolkata airport. The BJP govt wants to close down the mosque and move it away from the airport.
🔷 DARGAH BULLDOZED
Bulldozer rolls on dargah after Kurukshetra priest assault triggers encroachment drive
🔷 MUGHAL EMPIRE RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
Two visions of Sulh-i Kul: Akbar and Dara Shukoh
🔷 LILY JAY EXPOSED
Lily Jay is a blonde Australian convert to Islam. She started the Lily Jay Foundation helping Muslims overseas in war torn countries. Now, it appears that all the overseas videos were AI, there’s no foundation – so what happened to the money Muslims donated?
🔷 BUDDHIST DATING
South Korean singles look for their dream match at Buddhist temple retreat
🔷 REMOVING CHRISTIAN PRAYER HALL
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