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🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 KAMAKHYA TOILET ROW! – Civic Arrangements Draw Criticism at Kamakhya Temple During Ambubachi Mela
Ambubachi Mela festival going on at Kamakhya Temple in Assam. Broken & unusable toilets in and around the area. There’s rough roads leading up to the temple that’s making it difficult for pilgrims to walk barefoot.
🔷 COURT: NO MURTI CHEMICALS Court prevents temple from appyling chemical coating on idol
Lord Vittal murti in Dolapur, Maharashtra. Unlike other temples, the public is allowed to touch the murti. The temple has wanted to apply chemicals to help preserve the murti. The court said no.
🔷 KHALISTAN BOMB THREAT Uttarakhand on high alert following bomb threats to civic bodies, shrines and police stations
The Char Dham temples are all in Uttarakhand.
🔷 RAM DONATION THEFT SIT recommends appointing CEO & weekly audits
Crores of donation money, gold, silver, padukas (sandals) and Ram’s jewelery all missing!
🔷 FORCED THREAD REMOVAL Assam police officers tender public apology at temple over sacred thread row at NEET centre
A Brahmin student was forced to remove his sacred thread at a NEET re-testing facility. Cops apologize.
🔷 SACRED WHISKEY? Hindus decry Bengaluru whisky named after sacred nectar, calling it deeply inappropriate
Amrita is the nectar of the Gods in Hindu theology. This liquor company is naming their whiskey after Amrita.
🔷 SARASWATI CROWN STOLEN Theft at Telangana’s famous Basar temple Another article
🔷 MEHBOOBA MUFTI Kashmiri Pandits should move on: Mehbooba
🔷 INDIA ASKS BANGLADESH India asks Bangladesh to rein in extremists after desecration row sparks protests by Hindus
🔷 FAKE NAGA SADHUS Posing as Naga sadhus, duo steals rings from man in Bengaluru
Fake sadhus and priests scamming pilgrims are all to common in the news.
🔷 PURI SERVITORS Puri servitors honour Odisha CM for removal of ‘Dham’ from Digha temple name
This is in reference to the West Bengal Digha Jagannath Temple removing the word” Dham”from the temple name. Puri temple had previously asked the Bengal temple to remove the word, “Dham” but previous WB govt refused. The Puri temple is also now asking WB Jagannath Temple to remove the stone murtis and replace them with wooden murtis!
🔷 TEMPLE PUBLIC TRUSTAfter 47 Years, Gujarat High Court Holds Baroda’s Narsinhji Temple As Public Trust; Rejects Claim By Late Priest’s Son Over Temple Properties
🔷 71 ENCROACHMENTS HC directs Kolhapur collector to submit timeline of action to be taken against 71 encroachments surrounding Kopeshwar temple
🔷 TEMPLE COURT RULING Kanyaka Parmeshwari Devasthana a religious institution, says Telangana high court
“Telangana high court has ruled that Sri Kanyaka Parmeshwari Devasthana Sangam in Secunderabad is a religious institution and must strictly adhere to the rules and procedures outlined in the Endowments Act.”
🔷 MURUGAN HILL ROW Tamil Nadu moves Supreme Court against HC allowing lighting of lamp atop Thiruparankundram hill
This is about lighting the diya at a Murugan temple in Tamil Nadu for Karthigai Deepam festival. There’s a dargah also on that hill.
🔷 DALIT HOME BULLDOZED Dalit family’s home demolished without notice in India
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 GURUVAYUR HUNDI Guruvayur temple hundi collection reaches Rs 8.5 crore
🔷 TN TEMPLE FUNDS Temple funds only for temple property; TVK govt concedes before Madras High Court
🔷 GHAT RESTORATION 10-crore Kumartuli ghat restoration project set to be over by Durga Puja
🔷 JAGANNATH DIGITAL VERIFICATION Digital verification gizmo at Puri temple soon for easy access of locals: Min
🔷 BRAHMOTSAVAMS Appalayagunta Temple Cleansed Ahead of Annual Brahmotsavams
🔷 SRISAILAM CLEANLINESS Srisailam temple staff told to maintain cleanliness, hygiene at Kalyanakatta
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 CIVILIANS, SADHUS & AGHORIS Lakhs throng Kamakhya temple hill as Ambubachi Mela begins; police regulate crowd in batches
🔷 KASHMIRI PANDITS RETURN Displaced Hindus return to celebrate festival in India’s Kashmir
🔴 PILGRIMAGES
🔷 AMARNATH SECURITY ‘Tamper-proof’ IDs, real-time traffic monitoring: Security for this year’s Amarnath Yatra goes high-tech
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 TELENGANA GOVERNOR Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla prays at Tirumala Tirupati temple
🔴 OVERSEAS HINDU NEWS
🇺🇲 TULSI GABBARD HINDU ROW Leak ties Gabbard to cult leader control over U.S. intelligence chief role
Tulsi Gabbard was Donald Trump’s Director Of National Intelligence. She comes from a Hindu convert family. She belongs to the Science Of Identity Foundation in Hawaii. It’s a Vaishnava org thin by a White Hindu named, Chris Butler aka Siddhaswarupa Paramahamsa.
🇺🇲 CALIFORNIA TEMPLE THEFT Suspects tied to San Bernardino County Hindu temple heist arrested
🇺🇲 REALTOR: NO MURTI Indian American homeowner removes Ganesha idol before showing house, reflecting fears of anti-Indian bias
In Texas, anti Indian, anti Hindu prejudice is running rampant.
🇨🇦 CANADIAN VISARJAN ROW! Idols of Ganesh in Canadian lakes are causing local environmental concerns
🇬🇧 UK 18 YEAR TEMPLE WAIT Oxford officially welcomes its first Hindu temple after 18-year campaign
🇬🇧 CUT OFF FROM HINDUISM – We risk becoming a lost generation, say young Hindus
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 BUDDHA, VISHNU, SHIVA Where Buddha, Shiva and Vishnu share a 1,000-year-old pillar in Telangana
🔷 SHANI TEMPLE ROBOT ELEPHANT Actor Richa Chadha, PETA India and CUPA Gift Life-Size Mechanical Elephant to Shri Chayadevi Shri Shanaishwara Swamy Kshetra
Shani Dev is getting a robot elephant!
🔷 SHANKARACHARYA DWARKA Free temples from govt control, ensure audited trusts: Shankaracharya
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 NO MUGHAL STREETS! No street in Kolkata to have names of Mughals, Pathans or oppressive British rulers: West Bengal CM
🔷 LOVE JIHAD BOOK A Critical Analysis Of ‘Love Jihad: A Feminist Retelling’
🔷 SHIA SELF FLAGELLATE Shi’ite Muslims flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession ahead of Ashura in Ahmedabad
🔷 NIHANGS Who are Nihangs? Sikh saint-warriors associated with weapons, horses, and controversies
🔷 UTTARAKHAND NIHANGS Nihang Sikhs vacate Uttarakhand gurdwara after talks, standoff ends peacefully
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