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🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 SANTOSHI MA TEMPLE ATTACK Man enters sanctum, throws sticks at Santoshi murti as devotees offer prayers Another article
Man enters sanctum, throws sticks at the murti while devotees offering prayers! Santoshi Mata Temple in Hyderabad, Telengana. The assailant was named as Mohammed Ansari.
🔷 15th CENTURY MURTI STOLEN Vijayanagara-era idol ‘worth Rs 1 crore’ seized in Madurai, three smugglers held
3 arrested for theft of the metal murti of Thirugnanasambandar, a Shaiva saint. The murti is worth 1 crore.
“The idol weighs 52.1 kg and is 3 feet tall. Those arrested are S Jeyavelan (48), M Pandiyarajan (37), and J Akbar (52) of Madurai district. They were caught with the idol from a car on the Madurai-Thirumangalam fourway junction on September 29”
In the Shaiva Siddhanta denomination, Thirugnanasambandar is 1 of the 63 Nayanars. Those are Shaivite saints.
🔷 SABARIMALA HALAL JAGGERY Sabarimala Halal jaggery row: Kerala High Court directs Devaswom Board to ensure religious customs are followed Another article
Jaggery was purchased with halal labels!
🔷 2 SADHUS KILLED UP man kills 2 seers with rod, burns bodies to take control of temple; arrested
🔷 LANDSLIDE Over 350 pilgrims stopped as landslide blocks Adi Kailash Temple route in Uttarakhand
🔷 AYODHYA STAFF POCKETLESS Ram Temple tightens donation security, staff to wear pocketless saffron uniforms
After the Ram donation theft row – staff to now wear saffron clothes with NO POCKETS! This is to ensure they don’t steal donations!
🔷 TEMPLES PRAY FOR PILOT From Somnath to Kashi, temples pray for injured flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar
🔷 PILOT RECITED HANUMAN CHALISA Indian Capt Smit Machchhar ‘chanted Hanuman Chalisa’ during Flydubai attack: ‘Was fighting for my life’
🔷 SRI RANGAM LAND FRAUD Srirangam temple land fraud: DMK secy held
“DMK Srirangam area secretary M Ramkumar was arrested by a special police team on Thursday in connection with the alleged fraudulent transfer of land belonging to Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temple.”
🔷 EIFFEL TOWER ROW
BAPS says probe found no request to exclude women during Eiffel Tower visit
🔷 COURT DISMISSES ELEPHANT CASE Madras High Court dismisses case over transfer of five juvenile elephants from Assam to Tamil Nadu temples
🔷 ILLEGAL BEEF IN ASSAM Suspected Illegal Beef Seized in Kokrajhar, Youth Detained
Youth on motorcycle detained.
🔷 TELENGANA TEMPLE THEFTS Man held for temple thefts in Amangal, property worth ₹1.65 lakh recovered
🔷 KUMBABISHEKAM DISCRIMINATION Madras HC Directs Tamil Nadu Govt To Ensure All Can Attend Kumbabishekam Without Caste, Creed Or Colour Discrimination
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 7th CENTURY TEMPLE NEGLECTED Vizhinjam’s 7th-century stone temple remains a monument to neglect
“Believed to be constructed by the Aye-Vel rulers, the Vizhinjam Stone Temple is an important reminder of the region’s ancient past, but remains largely overlooked even as the region is set to transform into a maritime and tourism hub.”
🔷 UJJAIN MAHAKALESHWAR Ujjain Mahakaleshwar Temple Starts Free Prasad & Bel Patra Distribution For Devotees
🔷 DAKSHINESWAR KALI TEMPLE Dakshineswar Kali Temple: How Rani Rashmoni Broke Barriers To Build One Of Bengal’s Most Revered Shrines
🔷 JAGANNATH DARSHAN ASSISTANCE Jagannath Temple Plans Dedicated Darshan Assistance For Elderly, Divyang Devotees
🔷 ODISHA TEMPLE REVAMP Centre Greenlights Rs 44.91 Cr Revamp for Odisha’s Historic Maa Kichakeswari Temple
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 GUGGA MARI
Subathu’s Gugga Mari fair binds communities together
🔷 FOREIGNERS PINDA DAAN Foreigners perform pind daan in Bihar’s Gaya Ji during Pitru Paksha
Pitru Paksha is a 15 day period where Hindus pray for dead ancestors. It’s believed that veil between this world Amma spirit world thins during this time. Ancestors come over. Rice balls are offered to deceased. Pinda Daan is a ritual.
🔷 ASSAM DURGA PUJA Dashavatar theme to add traditional touch to Panbazar Durga Puja in Guwahati
🔷 TOP BENGALI PANDALS Top pujas to visit in an around Salt Lake in Kolkata on the festive days
🔷 KANAKA DURGA DASARA SCHEDULE Vijayawada’s Kanaka Durga temple announces schedule for Dasara celebrations
🔴 PILGRIMAGES
🔷 VAISHNO DEVI J&K Approves ₹15 Crore Restoration of Traditional Vaishno Devi Route
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 VARUN TEJ Varun Tej visits Tirumala temple with family; son Vaayuv undergoes tonsuring ceremony
🔴 LISTS
🔷 10 GOOD LUCK LANDMARKS These 10 Famous Landmarks Are Said to Bring Good Fortune and Luck
🔴 OVERSEAS HINDU NEWS
🇧🇩 BANGLADESH DURGA PUJA Bangladesh announces five-day holiday for Durga Puja celebrations
🇺🇲 TEXAS ANTI HINDU – As anti-Hindu rhetoric grows, Texas Hindus rethink public celebrations
🇺🇲 OHIO SWAMINARAYAN TEMPLE ATTACK Swaminarayan Temple in Ohio attacked with bricks – devotees inside!
🇺🇲 MAKING HINDU RITUALS GAY FRIENDLY In a new book, a Hindu priestess writes about her attempts to make rituals more queer-friendly
Hindu priestess, Pratima Doobay, makes Hindu rituals more gay friendly in USA.
🇲🇹 NO CREMATION IN MALTA HINDU LAST RITES IN MALTA STUCK IN BUREAUCRACY
No crematorium till 2029.
“Malta, not having a mechanism for the cremation of deceased Hindus, was forcing the community to bury their loved ones in contradiction of their long-held beliefs that burial hindered soul’s journey”
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 HOUSEHOLD WASTE GIVEN TO GODDESS Swachh ritual: Villagers sweep homes clean, offer waste to deity in Uttara Kannada
“…villagers clear out their homes in a bid to keep them free of diseases and epidemics. Unused and discarded household stuff is bundled up as the villagers wait for Vadagalajji, the mobile goddess who goes to every village along the coast, accepting them.”
🔷 TESTING METAL DONATIONS
Temple trust in Mathura to use computerised machine to test purity of metal donations
🔷 GANDHI & UNTOUCHABILITY One Road, two temples and Gandhi’s fight against untouchability
🔷 HANUMAN ANSH CITATION ‘Shirdi Sai Baba’ Maker Aushim Khetrapal Felicitates ‘Hanuman Ansh’ Team with ‘Citation of Honour’
🔷 GURU, KALKI BHAGAVAN DIES Spiritual guru Kalki Bhagavan laid to rest in Andhra Pradesh
He was laid to rest at Ekam – The Oneness Temple in Tirupati
🔷 TEMPLE FLOWER WASTE Temple Flower Waste Yields a Smart Coating That Heals Itself and Kills Bacteria
🔷 RAMAN MAHARISHI Ramana Maharshi’s Women Devotees
🔷 ANTHROPIC & HINDUISM Why Anthropic flew a Hindu monk to San Francisco to teach Claude right from wrong
🔴 MISC: NON-RELIGIOUS
🔷 GANDHI JAYANTI London marks Gandhi Jayanti with floral tributes and favourite bhajans
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 SIKH SOLDIER REBELLION Thousands of Sikh soldiers rebelled after Operation Blue Star:47 killed; four months later, Indira Gandhi assassinated
🔷 JAIN TEMPLE UPGRADE Firozabad Jain Temple Upgrade Reaches 80%, Opens by October
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