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🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 CHAR DHAM DANCING Indian tourists danced to Chhaiya Chhaiya during Char Dham yatra
Chhaiya Chhaiya is a Bollywood song. Hindus need to do better. You would never see Muslims singing and dancing at Hajj or Christians singing & dancing in the Vatican but Hindus are making fools of themselves. They go to the holy places for camera clicks.
🔷 TRASH AT CHAR DHAM Trash heaps and lack of civic sense at sacred Char Dham yatra raises concern
🔷 ADULTERATED GHEE TTD ghee adulteration case: ED raids 15 locations across 6 states, seizes Rs 60 lakh
Companies were selling Tirupati Venkateswara Temple adulterated ghee made from palm oil instead of pure cow’s milk.
🔷 MOSQUE & TEMPLE DEMOLISHED 200-year old mosque, Hanuman temple demolished in Varanasi in ‘anti-encroachment’ drive
“According to reports, the Ajgaib Shaeed Mosque, a ‘kabristan’ (graveyard) and a ‘mazar’ (tomb) along with other structures were demolished with the help of bulldozers for redevelopment of Kashi Railway station...Reports said that a Hanuman Temple, which was also built on the railway land, was removed.”
🔷 VARUN DHAWAN Varun Dhawan Faces Backlash For Wearing Shorts And Vest To Mumbai Temple: ‘Fake Devotion’
Varun Dhawan is an actor.
🔷 MAHAKAL DARSHAN SCAM Mumbai devotee cheated in Mahakal Bhasma Aarti scam:Former temple security guard swindles money and disappears
🔷 387 ACRES LOST West Godavari temples lose 387 acres to encroachment, audit flags delays in recovery
🔷 PRAYERS AFTER THEFT Temple thief walks back into shrine for prayers in TN’s Ariyalur, lands in police custodyKaruppanaswamy temple in Ariyalu, TN
🔷 RS 60,000 STOLEN Rs 60,000 stolen from Kandivali temple donation box; Mumbai cops nab accused
🔷 TEMPLE LAND RIGHTS BILL VHP Demands Withdrawal Of Maharashtra Temple Inam Land Rights Abolition Bill, Cites Threat To Temple Autonomy
🔷 FACT CHECK Footage of brawl at Indian temple falsely linked to clashes over Eid celebrations
🔷 NON-VEG AT BADRINATH ‘Operation Prahar’: Police action against four Nepalese carrying prohibited items in Badrinath shrine area
4 Nepalese laborers stopped in taxi for carrying chicken, fish & liquor in taxi in Badrinath Dham area.
🔷 KA ANTI-CONVERSION LAW 25 cases in 3 years: The anti-conversion law problem Congress refuses to fix in Karnataka
🔷 TRIBAL TEMPLES HC Says Non-Tribals Not Barred From Temple Management Bodies
“The petitioner contended that as the temple is located in a Scheduled Area, only members of Scheduled Tribes should be eligible for appointment to the committee.”
🔷 PADMANABHASWAMY TREASURE Supreme Court’s silence on Padmanabha Swamy temple treasure is quite baffling
🔷 MURUGAN HILL ROW Tamil Nadu: SC rejects Hindu group’s plea to light lamp atop Thiruparankundram hill
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 MANSA DEVI FACELIFT Panchkula: Mansa Devi temple to get ₹60L facelift ahead of Kartik navratras
🔷 GOPURAM WALLS REMOVED ASI removes additional walls inside Hampi’s Virupaksha Temple gopuram
🔷 TEMPLES BEYOND RELIGION Religious institutions expandrole beyond faith across state
🔷 JHARKHAND JYOTIRLINGA This is the only Jyotirlinga temple in Jharkhand and why it draws millions of pilgrims every year
🔷 E-HUNDI Odisha govt mulls e-Hundi at Srimandir
🔷 GOLD FOR GANESH Maharashtra: Devotees Gift Gold Adornment To Nagpur’s Tekdi Ganesh Temple
🔷 BUDDHA, GANDHI & AMBEDKAR Inside hidden Worli Japanese monastery where Buddha, Gandhi and Ambedkar share a wall
🔷 $12 MILLION IN LADOOS – Tirupati laddu sales set May 2026 record as TTD reports over 12 million sold Another article
🔷 WOMEN LED AARTI Women lead Maha Aarti at historic Raghunath Temple
🔷 BANASHANKARI PARKING Banashankari temple to build multi-level parking complex for devotees
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 SHRAVANI MELA 2026 Shravani Mela 2026: Everything To Know About The Fair Held At Baidyanath Temple In Shravan
Aka Kanwar Yatra. This is where devotees carry Ganges water in pots attacked to a stick, on foot, to Shiva temples. Controversial in the past because they started making food vendors on the Kanwar Yatra route display the name of the shop’s owner to ensure they are buying from Hindus.
🔷 RATHA YATRA PREP Preparations Underway for Rath Yatra in Puri
🔷 LOKNATH TIRODHAN DAY Devotees flock to Agartala Ashram for 136th Loknath Tirodhan Day Observance
🔴 PILGRIMAGES
🔷 AMARNATH COPS J&K Police welcomes CAPF companies deployed for Shri Amarnath Yatra 2026
🔷 BOMB SQUAD Bomb disposal squad inspects Kedarnath Dham during Char Dham Yatra
🔷 SUBWAY FOR KUMBH Subway to be constructed near Grishneshwar temple
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 SHORT PANTS AT TEMPLE – Varun Dhawan visits temple in shorts and vest:Fans question his attire, says, ‘Proper clothes should be worn at God’s house’
Varuna Dhawan is a Bollywood actor.
🔷 RANVEER ALLAHBADIA – Ranveer Allahbadia celebrates his birthday with girlfriend Juhi Bhatt at Mahakaleshwar temple Ujjain
🔷 KRITI SANON Kriti Sanon seeks blessings at Tirumala Temple with her family ahead of ‘Cocktail 2’ release
🔷 KAJAL CHAUDHARY Haryana singer carries 90-year-old mother-in-law on head during 260-km Brij Parikrama
🔷 JAYA KISHORI Jaya Kishori Performs at Radha Govind Dev Ji Temple
🔷 JANHVI KAPOOR – Peddi release: Janhvi Kapoor offers prayers at Tirumala Temple in purple silk saree, climbs 3,550 Alipiri steps
🔴 LISTS
🔷 5 RICHEST TEMPLES 5 Richest temples in India that are also incredible travel destinations
🔴 OVERSEAS HINDU NEWS
🇩🇪 GERMAN TEMPLE Germany’s largest Hindu temple set to open in Berlin
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 PILGRIMAGE LUXURY HOTELS Summit Hotels’ new Mandir Collection to debut near Salasar Balaji Temple
🔷 USED FLOWERS TO INCENSE Jamshedpur Women Turn Discarded Temple Flowers Into Business Opportunity
🔷 CHRISTIANS CONVERTING TRIBALS ‘Sanatan safeguarded tribal identity, missionaries are wiping it out’: Ex-Jharkhand CM links conversions to demographic shift, asks, ‘If tribals worship nature, why are there 5,000 churches?’
🔷 RAM’S KODANDA Rama’s 286-kg bow ‘Kodand’, crafted by women artisans, rests in Ayodhya
🔴 MISC: NON-RELIGIOUS
🔷 NEPAL 3rd GENDER Celebrating Pride Month: A Glimpse into Nepal’s Third-Gender Community
🔷 TRANSGENDER COUSIN MARRIAGE Jamui BPSC teacher marries cousin after gender transition surgery
🔷 “HINDUTVA FOR GEN Z” BOOK Australia to UK—there’s a global campaign to cancel Hindu identity. It’s not Hinduphobia
🔷 AP: HAVE MORE KIDS Andhra Pradesh says have more children: ‘Why not ask women what they want?’
🔷 LGBTQ INDIAN ART Pride Month 2026: How ancient Indian art celebrated queer identities 3,000 years before modern times
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 “MASJID SWAHA” – “Masjid swaha” slogans raised as Hindu activists hold havan after Thano mosque sealing
Jama Masjid in Thano, Uttarakhand sealed because one room was illegally added in 2023. Hindu activists held a havan chanting, “masjid swaha”.
🔷 CHRISTIAN ATTACK MP Christian convention attacked
🔷 JAIN TEMPLE THEFTS Three more held in Jain temple theft case, stolen idols recovered
🔷 OPERATION BLUESTAR Operation Bluestar anniversary: 11 Central Paramilitary Companies, 4,000 Punjab cops deployed across Amritsar security grid
Operation Bluestar is when Indian PM, Indira Gandhi ordered the army to invade the Sikh Golden Temple to capture a Sikh separatist.
🔷 DALAI LAMA Dalai Lama, 90, to seek knee treatment in New Delhi
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