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🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 MAHABHARAT ACTORS Mahabharat Actors Sourabh Raaj Jain, Arpit Ranka And Pooja Sharma Visit Mahakaleshwar Temple In Ujjain
These three actors played Krishna, Duryodhana and Draupadi in the Mahabharat TV series. The three are currently in the play, Mere Krishn, that’s touring.
Actress Pooja Sharma previously played Mahakali in the ColorsTV series, Mahakaali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai. Actor, Sourabh Raaj Jain previously played Krishna in the Mahabharat and Vishnu in Devon Ke Dev Mahadev.
🔷 NO SHIRDI TEMPLES SRIVANI Trust funds meant only for Hindu shrines construction, not Shirdi Sai Baba temples: Minister
An Endowments Minister oversees religious & charitable institutions. The SRIVANI trust was created by the TTD to build Hindu temples in areas where none exist.
The AP Endowments Minister, A Ram Narayan Reddy has said that no money from the trust will be used to build temples for Shirdi Sai Baba because he’s not in the Hindu scriptures.
Some food for thought – if the SRIVANI trust is only for building HINDU God temples then
1) does that *exclude* temples built for gurus like Ramanuj, Shankar etc? If so, Shirdi Sai Baba could fall under the “guru” category.
2) Is any of the SRIVANI trust money used for building temples to Dravidian folk deities like Mariamman? She’s not technically in the Hindu scriptures, she’s a Dravidian goddess.
Shirdi supporters could say IF money is used to build temples for gurus and folk deities who are not Hindu Gods – then money could also be used to build a Shirdi Sai temple.
🔷 TVK CANCELS TEMPLE PROJECTS Why the TVK govt cancelled Rs 246 crore worth of temple-funded projects — and the larger debate over temple funds
🔷 SIT: DON’T LEAVE AYODHYA! Ram temple probe: SIT asks trust and temple functionaries not to leave Ayodhya
🔷 RAM THEFT: BIG NAMES Ram Temple donation row: Kejriwal questions lack of FIR, says big names’ involved
🔷 RAM SILVER MISSING! Ram Mandir donation row deepens as 60 kg silver bars go missing, SIT probe intensifies
🔷 RAM PADUKAS & NECKLACE MISSING AAP’s Sanjay Singh attacks BJP over alleged theft of Lord Ram’s padukas, necklace in Ayodhya temple
Padukas are a type of sandal.
🔷 RAM MANDIR EMBEZZLEMENT Donors Allege Missing Silver, Gold Donations and Pending Donation Receipts
🔷 BJP LOOTED RAM TEMPLE? “BJP looted Ram Temple like Mahmud of Ghazni”: Shiv Sena (UBT) slams Amit Shah over donation row
🔷 TEMPLE COLLAPSE Parbhani temple collapse aftermath: 10-year-old injured boy shifted to Nanded, audit ordered
5 devotees killed when an under construction Hanuman temple collapsed in Parbhani, Maharashtra
🔷 DOME COLLAPSES Temple dome collapse kills caretaker in Haryanas Kurukshetra
“…the dome at the Nageshwar Mahadev Temple collapsed around 4 am, and the caretaker of the temple was killed on the spot.”
🔷 OVERCHARGING PRASHAD – Marudhamalai temple stalls selling prasadham at double rate: Devotees
“Stalls leased out by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department at the Marudhamalai Subramaniyaswamy Temple are allegedly selling prasadham at double the price fixed by the department, drawing complaints from devotees.”
🔷 BANGLADESHI ON HINDUS Bangladeshi Gen Z woman’s ‘kick them out to India’ remark on Hindus goes viral
🔷 420 ARTIFACTS MISSING Over 420 Ancient Artefacts Stolen From ASI-Protected Sites Remain Missing
🔷 NO NEW LIQUOR LICENSES Bengal Budget: New liquor licences within 1 km of schools, temples across state, 500 m for Kolkata
🔷 MURUGAN HILL ROW Tamil Nadu: Hindu Munnani urges TVK govt to honour HC order on Tiruparankundram Deepam, passes eight resolutions
🔷 BEATEN FOR WELCOMING DALIT MINISTER Man says he was assaulted for erecting banner welcoming TVK minister to temple near Namakkal
🔷 DALIT HACKED Outfit seeks arrest of prime accused in dalit murder case
The Dalit Unity Federation protested seeking arrest of prime accused in hacking a Dalit man to death for argument that broke out during temple festival.
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 BALAJI IN KOLKATA Kolkata To Soon Get A Grand Lord Balaji Temple & Here’s All You Need To Know!
This would be the second Shakta predominant state that new Venkateswara temples are being built in. There’s a Venkateswara temple that’s going to be built in Assam where the Kamakhya temple is located. And now one will be in Kolkata, WB where Kali temples are.
🔷 SUNKEN TEMPLE RE-EMERGES 51 years after submergence, historic Vittala temple emerges
🔷 AI AT SABARIMALA AI at Sabarimala: Kerala temple to get drones, predictive systems to manage crowd in pilgrimage season
🔷 MARIAMMAN TEMPLE TANK Tamil Nadu: Devotees call for revival of 17th-century Vandiyur Mariamman temple tank in in Madurai
🔷 TTD 1 CRORE DONATION TTD receives Rs 1 cr mega donation from Hyderabad temple founder
🔷 ISKCON KARNATAKA Deities installed at ISKCON’s new temple complex in Hubballi
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 AMBUBACHI MELA Ambubachi Mela Begins at Kamakhya Temple; Shrine to Remain Closed for Three Days
🔷 KHEER BHAWANI MELA Thousands Of Devotees Gather At Mata Kheer Bhawani Temple In Ganderbal For Annual Mela
Ragnya Devi is a guardian deity for the Kashmiri Pandit community. Kheer Bhawani Mela celebrates her.
🔷 KASHMIRI PANDITS Reunions, Remembrance And Return To Homeland Call Mark Zeashta Ashtami At Kheer Bhawani
🔷 THOUSANDS VISIT Kheer Bhawani Mela 2026: Thousands Visit Tulmulla Temple In Kashmir’s Ganderbal
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 CHENNAI LOVE STORY ‘Chennai Love Story’ cast visits Tirupati Balaji to seek blessings for film’s success
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 AP TEMPLE DEVELOPMENT TDP govt reports Rs 813 crore for development of 692 temples in last two years
🔷 STATE OWNED TEMPLES Ayodhya Shows Why Keeping Temples Outside State Control Is Not Enough
🔷 RELIGIOUS VACATIONS Devotion is the best reason to take a vacation
🔴 MISC: NON-RELIGIOUS
🔷 STREET RENAMING Gopal Patha Honoured, Suhrawardy Name Removed: Kolkata corrects a partition-era historical wrong
🔷 RG KAR RAPE ‘Washed bloodstains in hospital bathroom’: Parents of RG Kar rape-murder victim want CBI to quiz Mamata Banerjee’s nephew
🔷 RADHIKA GYMKHANA MASSACRE Gujarat Cops Arrest 1992 Radhika Gymkhana Massacre Convict After 7 Years
🔷 AFFAIR CAPITAL Not Mumbai or Bengaluru: Why this temple town is India’s ‘affair capital’ for the second year running
Temple town, Kanchipuram, TN is the illicit affair capital of India!
🔷 NAGABANDHAM MOVIE Abhishek Nama’s Nagabandham trailer promises a breath-taking tale of mystery, mythology, history and adventure!
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 BJP IN PUNJAB Yesterday’s militants in Punjab are martyrs for today. BJP’s hope in a non-Hindu majority state
🔷 BUDDHA UNEARTHED Rare Buddha Parinirvana sculpture unearthed in Adilabad village
🔷 TIBETAN BUDDHISM Preserving Tibetan Buddhism: Centuries-old architecture in China’s Xizang region serve as testament to living faith and traditional culture
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