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🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 BAGLAMUKHI DONATION THEFT Donation theft cloud on MP’s famous Maa Baglamukhi temple, probe on
“According to the complaints, the organisation got receipt books printed as donation slips and used them to collect cash, gold and silver ornaments from devotees inside the temple premises. The receipts reportedly mention the account number of a private bank along with several mobile numbers.”
🔷 RAM THEFT ON CAMERA! Ram Temple SIT report: 70 thefts caught on CCTV; probe widens to consecration ceremony spending
🔷 BADRINATH THEFT – Temple panel chief’s aide suspended, probe team formed Another article
🔷 BADRINATH THEFT Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee forms four-member probe panel amid donation row
Donations also stolen from Badrinath Temple!
🔷 BADRINATH CAMERAS REPLACED! Days before Badrinath donation theft allegation, CCTV cameras replaced at temple
🔷 DIVERSION FROM AYODHYA? Is Badrinath exposé meant to divert attention from Ayodhya donation ‘scam’?
🔷 AMARNATH LINGAM MELTS! Holy ice Shivling melts within a week; Experts cite global warming
🔷 TAJ – SHIVA TEMPLE? Was Taj Mahal a Shiva Temple? Allahabad High Court Asks Govt and ASI to Respond to ‘Tejo Mahalya’ Plea Seeking Monument’s Survey
🔷 TAJ MAHAL DEMOLISHED? Will the Taj Mahal be demolished and replaced with a temple in India?
🔷 PURI KING COMPLAINS Gajapati Maharaja Writes To President Murmu, PM Modi Over ISKCON Untimely Jagannath Yatra Abroad
How is Prez Murmu and Modi going to stop Ratha Yatras overseas? Foreign ISKCON devotees are not even allowed inside the Jagannath Temple so why would ISKCON care for anything the Puri temple has to say?
🔷 ABDUCTED FROM TEMPLE Couple booked for abducting married daughter from temple
🔷 BIHAR TEMPLE DEATH Kerala Tourist Found Dead Outside Bihar’s Pilot Baba Dham; Police Probe Suspicious Death
🔷 PRIVATE PRIEST STEALS Priest arrested for stealing gold jewellery and silver articles from house
🔴 RAM TEMPLE THEFT
🔷 RAM THEFT ON CAMERA! Ram Temple SIT report: 70 thefts caught on CCTV; probe widens to consecration ceremony spending
🔷 GOLD PLATED RAMCHARITMANASA Ram Janmabhoomi Trust Denies Theft of ₹5-Crore Gold-Plated Ramcharitmanas Gifted to Ram Temple; Ex-IAS Officer’s Account Still Raises Questions
🔷 BOUGHT IPHONE & LAVISH WEDDING! Stolen From Ram Temple, Spent On iPhone For Girlfriend: A Key Confession
🔷 SIT REPORT Staff stole cash, security protocols not enforced: Ram Temple SIT report
🔷 RAM TRUST: GOLD SAFE All valuable articles donated to Ram temple safe; over 30 kg gold-like items in possession of Trust: Treasurer
After crores of donation money went missing at the Ayodhya Ram Mandir – the Trust is saying that gold items donated are safe. Do we believe them?
🔷 VALUABLES DISPLAYED Ram temple trust displays valuables amid donation controversy
🔷 SIT REPORT What the SIT report on Ram temple donation theft does and does not say
🔷 TEMPLE BOARD OVERHAUL Ram temple board overhaul is window dressing at best. Administration must be regulated
🔷 POLITICIZING LORD RAM ‘Real Devotees Don’t Politicise Lord Ram’: CM Sukhu
🔷 RAM THEFT & POLITICS Ram Mandir theft, Hindu nationalism, and politics
🔷 CHAMPAT RAI RESIGNATION Embezzlement row: Ram Temple Trust accepts Champat Rai’s resignation
🔷 INTERIM. GENERAL SECRETARY Ram Mandir donation scam: Who is Krishna Mohan, appointed as interim general secretary
🔷 RAM TEMPLE THEFT Ram temple donation probe finds accused built houses, bought SUVs on modest salaries
🔷 RAM THEFT: ACCUSED PAST Ram mandir fund theft: Teacher, car mechanic, retired bank employee among 8 arrested
🔷 RAM THEFT – CASH NOW After Theft, This Is How Donated Cash Is Counted At Ram Temple
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 ASI ON AP/TELANGANA TEMPLES ASI declares Telangana’s Palampet Shiva Temple, Andhra Pradesh’s Gottiprolu site monuments of national importance Another article
🔷 PALAMPET SHIVA TEMPLE Palampet Shiva Temple Gets National Monument Status, ASI to Begin Restoration
🔷 GANESH TEMPLE FOR IT WORKERS Bengaluru’s ‘Techie Ganesha’ Temple Draws IT Workers Hoping For Career Growth: ‘Belief Is Only God’ Other articles: Article 1
🔷 INDONESIAN SHIVA TEMPLE How a 1,170-year-old Shiva temple holds a hidden secret in Indonesia and what’s its connection to India
🔷 CHOLA TEMPLES Walking The Living Legacy Of The Chola Temples In Tamil Nadu
🔷 PALANI MURUGAN TEMPLE Palani Murugan temple tops Rs 103 crore annual revenue for first time
🔷 TIRUCHENDUR FEE INCREASE Tiruchendur temple darshan fee plan: Madras High Court directs HR&CE to give public more time
🔷 REPLICATING TIRUMALA Work On To Replicate Tirumala Temple In Amaravati, Andhra Govt Sets December 2027 Deadline For Completion
🔷 TEMPLE HELPLINE Govt to launch unified helpline for 22 major temples across AP
🔷 WITHDRAWL TEMPLE RENOVATION GTDC Withdraws Temple Renovation Work Order After Controversy
🔷 PANCHALOHA MURTINPanchaloha Idol of Sri Raghavendra Swamy Installed at Srinivasa Temple
🔷 684 ANCIENT TEMPLES Andhra Pradesh restoring 684 ancient temples at a cost of ₹808 crore, says Endowments Minister
🔷 GURUVAYUR BRAHMOTSAVAM 6-Day Brahmotsavams Begin at Guruvayur Temple
Brahmotsavams are where the temple deities are taken in grand processions outside.
🔷 MURUGAN KUMBH ABHISHEKAM Thousands witness ‘kumbabishekam’ at Pazhamudircholai Murugan Temple, Alagarkoil hills in Madurai
Kumbha Abhishekam is usually done every 12 years. It recharges the spiritual energy of a temple.
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 BARIPADA RATHA YATRA At Odisha’s Baripada Ratha Yatra, Women Have Led Subhadra’s Chariot Since 1975
🔴 PILGRIMAGES
🔷 AMARNATH YATRA Largest batch of over 8,800 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath Yatra
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 BABU MOHAN Actor Babu Mohan offers prayers at Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirumala
🔴 OVERSEAS HINDU NEWS
🇺🇲 NY GANESH TEMPLE Flushing Ganesh Temple celebrates its anniversary on July 4th
🇺🇲 CHURCH SOLD TO HINDUS Kalamazoo church with Frank Lloyd Wright ties sells for $1.3M, to become Hindu temple
The Michigan church sold for $1.3 million to the BAPS Swaminarayan org.
🇺🇲 GURUS USA IMPACT Indian-origin spiritual leaders, thinkers’ left lasting impact in US, says diaspora body
🇬🇧 TEMPLE TO MOSQUE Locals fight to stop city’s only Hindu temple from being turned into mosque
“Bharat Hindu Samaj, the only Hindu temple serving a vast area of eastern England, is embroiled in a High Court battle after a Labour-led council sold the building to an Islamic organisation.”
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 GURUJI BIRTHDAY ‘Guruji’ birthday celebration in Delhi today: Check full list of traffic restrictions around ‘Bade Mandir’
🔷 116 YO CLIMBS TIRUMALA 116-year-old woman climbs 7 hills on foot to take darshan at Tirumala temple
🔴 MISC: NON-RELIGIOUS
🔷 JAMMU KASHMIR STATEHOOD Civil Society Backs NC’s Demand For Jammu Kashmir Statehood; Adopts Resolution
🔷 HARYANA STUDENT DROWNS Haryana student drowns during boating trip in Canada
🔷13th CENTURY INSCRIPTION – ‘13th century’ inscription with lion emblem found in Sivaganga
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 DALAI LAMA 91st BIRTHDAY Dalai Lama’s 91st Birthday Celebrated with Devotion and Prayers in Bodh Gaya
🔷 BISHNOI GANG U.S. court documents link Bishnoi gang to the death of B.C. Sikh temple president
🔷 INTERFAITH MUSLIM MARRIAGE ‘Interfaith Marriages Cause Social Disputes, Law And Order Problem’: Chhattisgarh Waqf Board Chairman On Changes In ‘Nikah’ Process
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