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🔷 SITA NAVAMI Sita Navami 2026: When is Sita Navami? Check date, time and significance

Birthday of Goddess Sita, wife of Lord Ram and an incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi. Sita Navami aka Sita Jayanti is celebrated on Friday April 24th in the USA and April 25th in India.

🔷 KEDARNATH PILGRIM DEATH – city Download Kedarnath pilgrim death sparks controversy

Hemant Kumar had a heart attack and died in the valley before reaching Kedarnath. No helicopter came to take him to the hospital. The family said they had to wait hours just for people to come & bring the body down – in a palanquin!

🔷 ANOTHER NASHIK GODMAN Another ‘godman’ in Nashik faces allegations of sexual exploitation, booked

Maheshgiri alias Mahesh Dilip Kakde (31). He allegedly told a 28 yo woman she was suffering from black magic. He reportedly sent her obscene texts, took her to a lodge & sexually expired her. He took pics and threatened to use them against her if she complained!

🔷 BAGALAMUKHI JAYANTI – Tide of faith sweeps Baglamukhi shrine on jayanti as devotees throng temple
Baglamukhi is one of the ten Mahavidyas in Sri Vidya Shakta theology

🔷 TONGUE CUT – UP Woman Cuts Tongue, Makes Offering At Kali Temple For Husband’s Recovery

🔷 BHOJSHALA TEMPLE MOSQUE No proof that a temple was razed to erect a mosque at Bhojshala, Khurshid tells HC

🔷 KEDARNATH CAMERAS Uttarakhand deploys 90 cameras and control rooms to aid safe Kedarnath Yatra
These cameras will also pick up whether people bring phones to Kedarnath which are now banned.

🔷 CANADIAN HATE CRIME Elderly Punjabi man pushed in Canada in alleged hate crime:Masked Canadian youth abused him saying, ‘Go to India’; arrested by police

🔷 SABARIMALA HELICOPTER – Kerala police registers FIR after Coast Guard helicopter flies low Sabarimala temple’s Sannidhanam area

🔷 KEDARNATH CHAOS Viral Video Shows Devotees Jumping Barricades, Pushing Each Other At Kedarnath Temple

🔷 RIVER: GODDESS OR VICTIM The river as goddess, the river as victim: When devotion becomes pollution

🔷 WOMAN RENUNCIANT IN MAKE-UP! – ‘Asked 50 times before initiation’, says Sumananand Giri:Acharya Datar objects to no tonsure, makeup; Harsha says Ram chose her path

🔷 TEMPLE GUARD KILLED Security guard killed during temple robbery bid in Ranchi; BJP slams J’khand govt

The security guard was bludgeoned to death. Money stolen from donation box

🔷 TAMIL HYMNS AT CONSECRATION – List out steps taken to chant Tamil hymns at temple consecration, HR&CE dept told

Court wants to ensure that Tamil hyms are chanted along with Sanskrit at Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple consecration in Madurai, TN scheduled for September.

🔷 JAGANNATH SERVITOR ARRESTED Puri Jagannath Temple Servitor Suspended Over ‘Immoral Activities’, Cybercrime Arrest

🔷 HIDDEN NAVAGRAHA This Hidden Navgraha Temple Near Mumbai Feels Like A Riverside Slice Of Kerala Escape

🔷 BRAHMOTSAVAMS BEGIN Brahmotsavam Begins At Telangana’s Matsya Temple

“Brahmotsavam festivities commenced on Friday at Telangana’s only temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu’s Matsya (fish) incarnation”

🔷 TIRUMALA DONATION Bengaluru devotee donates jewels worth Rs 94 lakh to Tirumala temple

🔷 NARASIMHA BRAHMOTSAVAMS Penchalakona Temple Brahmotsavams amid Nature’s Splendour from April 27

🔷 KRISHNA MURTI THROWN – Idol vandalised at Panchalingeshwara temple in Beltangady

A man named Ajay went into the temple and allegedly started ringing bells, took a Gopala Krishna murti, threw it to the ground – damaging it.

🔷 TEMPLE ELEPHANTS Kerala High Court Issues Notice On PIL Against Mistreatment Of Captive Elephants During Thrissur Pooram, Other Temple Festivals

🔷 NATARAJ FESTIVAL Chidambaram Nataraja Temple Chariot Festival celebrated with grand fanfare