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🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 PURI RATHA YATRA STAMPEDE!
One dead, around 100 injured in stampede at Rath Yatra in Puri
🔷 BADRINATH THEFT
Either he traveled to alot of countries to get multiple currencies, trades currencies or he stole it from Badrinath.
🔷 RAM THEFT ATONEMENT
Reciting Vishnu Sahasranama may or may not atone with Lord Ram but that doesn’t restore the trust of the public who donated that money.
🔷 CHEMICAL MURTI PRESERVATION
Stay on chemical conservation of Vitthal-Rukhmini idol lifted
Controversial. The Vitthal & Rukmini murtis at the Pandharpur temple in Maharashtra. People are allowed to touch the murtis feet – which over time could destroy the murti. The govt wants the murtis preserved with chemicals so people’s hands won’t affect it. Temple objected. A judge ordered a stay (temporary halt) to putting chemicals on murtis. Now the stay has been lifted – paving way for ASI to put chemicals.
🔷 HINDU PRAYER IN GOVT SCHOOLS
Indian court upholds Hindu prayers in state schools, calls them ‘moral instruction’
Hindu prayers now mandatory in Chhattisgarh govt schools – despite objections from Christians and Muslims. Ironically, when a Muslim teacher in Hyderabad gave kalma (Muslim prayer) recitation as homework – Hindus were outraged. Read that article here.
So it’s OK to force Christian and Muslim kids to say Hindu prayers but it’s not OK to force Hindu kids to say Muslim prayers?
🔷 PANJURLI PRIEST RAPE CASE
Priest accused of sexually assaulting woman, now allegedly pregnant, in Chikkamagaluru
Sick woman visited Panjurli temple in Karnataka. Became acquainted with odyssey who she said raped & impregnated her.
🔷 FORGING TEMPLE CHECKS
Karkala: Temple check forgery case: Data entry operator arrested
Accused of forging signatures on temple bank checks to withdraw money. Pervaje Sri Mahalingeshwara temple in Karnataka
🔷 RAM STATUE ARREST
Bangladesh arrests man who wants to build 81 foot tall Ram statue
🔷 AMARNATH & VAISHNO DEVI
After Amarnath Yatra, Vaishno Devi Yatra suspended as heavy rain lashes Jammu and Kashmir
🔷 NAKED IN TEMPLE
Ex-techie suffering from mental health issues walks naked to temple in Hyderabad, ends life Another article
🔷 DALIT PRIEST ASSAULTED TWICE
Are We Not Hindus?’: Rajasthan Dalit Priest Allegedly Assaulted Twice Within a Year, Had Sought Help From Mohan Bhagwat
“…came with weapons, iron rods, iron pipes, bamboo sticks and entered the Khakhul Dev temple illegally. They told my husband, ‘You, a low-caste man, we will make you drink filthy urine and throw you out of the temple’,”
🔷 BENGAL DALITS BANNED
Protest over ban on temple entry in West Burdwan
The Bauri community were banned from worship at a Durga temple they’d previously worshipped at after temple re-consecrated.
🔷 FAKING RAM LOVE?
Ramraksha is Uddhav’s fake love towards Lord Ram: Eknath Shinde
🔷 NIRMOHI AKHARA EXPELLED MAHANT
Ram Mandir case: Nirmohi Akhara says Mahant Dharamdas no longer a member
Nirmohi Akhara is a Ramanandi monastic order. The mahant (leader), Dharma Das was expelled.
🔷 TN TEMPLE LAND TRANSFERED TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS
Rs 100 crore Palani land sale scam: DMK leader Moorthy dares TVK minister to produce evidence Another article
🔴 RAM DONATION THEFT
🔷 2 ARRESTED
Ram temple donation theft: Police take custody of Tinnu, nephew Manish Yadav
🔷 RAM THEFT ATONEMENT
🔷 FIRST MEETING 7/22
Ram Temple Trust to meet on July 22
🔷 STATUS REPORT
Ram Temple donation theft: SIT to file status report in Supreme Court on Monday
🔷 HONORING DEVOTEES
Ayodhya Ram Mandir theft: Honour the deity and the devotee
🔷 RAM PROTECTION MOVEMENT
Ram Temple Already Built, But We Have To Start New Movement To Protect It: Uddhav
🔷 RAM THEFT IN PARLIAMENT
Opposition asks govt to discuss Ram temple donation ‘theft’, ethanol, Manipur in Parliament
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 NO MORE TURKS!
No more Turks, Sambhal to be run by Harihar temple orders: CM Yogi Adityanath
“Sambhal has been in the news for the past two years in connection with the legal dispute over the Shahi Jama Masjid, which was built in 1526 during Mughal emperor Babur’s reign. The Hindu parties have claimed that a “Shri Hari Har temple made by Lord Vishwakarma Himself” originally stood at the site and that it was demolished to build the mosque.”
🔷 GLASS PUJA ITEMS BANNED
Glass puja items banned as Pahari Mandir gears up for Shravan rush
🔷 SRISAILAM COMMONER DARSHAN
Andhra Pradesh: Srisailam Temple Tweaks Darshan for Common Devotees
🔷 NO VIP DARSHAN
No VIP darshan during Pandharpur Wari, warkaris are the real VIPs: Eknath Shinde
🔷 BHADRACHALAM RENOVATION
Minister Orders Speedy Renovation of Bhadrachalam Temple
🔷 KARNATAKA TEMPLE DONATIONS
Karnataka Deputy CM confirms temple donations will fund only temple development
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 NEW DELHI RATHA YATRA
New Delhi’s Hauz Khas Temple Celebrates 48th Rathayatra
🔷 CHILDREN’S RATHA YATRA
Mayapur witnesses magical Ratha Yatra led by children
🔷 BENGALI SHRAVAN
🔷 PURI YATRA, DAY 4
Odisha: Devotees throng Puri’s Gundicha Temple on fourth day of Rath Yatra Another article
🔷 BONALU CELEBRATIONS BEGIN
Bonalu celebrations begin at Golconda Fort with vibrant processions, rituals and heavy footfall
Observed in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, Bonalu celebrates Goddess Kali for protection against epidemics and fulfillment of vows.
🔷 SARI FESTIVAL AT DURGA TEMPLE
Ashada Sare Festival Draws Huge Crowds to Kanaka Durga Temple
For the entire month, saris are offered to Goddess Durga. They also celebrates Gupta Navratri during that time.
🔴 PILGRIMAGES
🔷 AMARNATH SUSPENDED
🔷 VAISHNO DEVI SUSPENDED
Vaishno Devi Yatra Temporarily Suspended Due to Bad Weather
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 SAI PALLAVI – RAMAYANA ACTRESS
Ramayana’s Sai Pallavi Looks Divine In Kanjivaram Saree And Temple Jewellery At Delhi Event
🔷 BHUMI PEDNEKKAR
On Her Birthday, Bhumi Pednekkar Visited This 400-Year-Old Temple In Goa
🔷 DELHI CM
Delhi CM visits Maa Vindhyavasini Temple
🔷 YOGI ADITYANATH
UP: CM Yogi visits Kashi Vishwanath Temple, prays for welfare of people
🔷 TPCC PREZ
Mahesh Kumar Goud Offers Prayers in Nizamabad
🔴 OVERSEAS HINDU NEWS
🇺🇲 CHICAGO HINDUS SUE
Hindu group sues Chicago suburb to build temple, citing 1967 legal barrier
“Umiya Mataji Sanstha, a Hindu community in Chicago’s western suburbs, hopes to build a temple and homes for community members. But a 1960s-era consent decree stands in their way. Will a religious freedom law help their case?”
🇺🇲 CT TEMPLE WANTS ESCAPE ROAD
Wilton Hindu Temple seeks emergency escape road amid hate crime concerns
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 NON-VEG PRASHAD
5 temples in India where non-veg prasad is served as a sacred offering
🔷 CLIMATE CHANGE & FAITH
Melting ground: How climate change reshapes faith, culture and tourism in the Himalayas
🔷 TEMPLE MANAGEMENT DISPUTES
Ayodhya row revives temple management disputes across India
🔷 WHO GETS TEMPLE MONEY
🔷 KERALA TEMPLE INSTRUMENT
Chenda Melam: Kerala’s Traditional Temple Percussion Instrument
🔷 FLOOD DESTROYS MURTIS BEFORE CHATURTHI
India’s Ganesh idol makers count the cost of devastating floods
🔴 MISC: NON-RELIGIOUS
🔷 NEWBORN STRANGLED
🔷 INDIA’S FORGOTTEN HERITAGE
The history we walk by: Unearthing India’s forgotten heritage, one discovery at a time
🔷 GOSHALA HORSE DIES
Horse Donated to TTD Goshala Dies of Chronic Illness
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 HOW GUJARAT SPOTS RADICALISATION For Gujarat Police, Beard, Niqab Make ‘Radicalisation’ Checklist, Cow Vigilantism Doesn’t
🔷 BHOJSHALA MUSLIMS SPURN SITE
Bhojshala: Muslims Spurn Alternative Namaz Site Offered By Local Administration, Plan To Move SC
Bhojshala complex previously used by both Hindus and Muslims MP til court rules it was ancient Saraswati temple. Muslims banned from offering Friday prayers there, offered new site.
🔷 SIKH BANNED FILM
How the banned film Satluj has reopened the darkest wound in Punjab’s history
🔷 MARY BASILICA
In East India, a Marian shrine draws in Christian, Hindu and Muslim pilgrims
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