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🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 TRANSGENDERS BANNED AT SABARIMALA ‘Why Was I Stopped?’ Kerala HC Seeks State Response on Transgender Devotee’s Sabarimala Entry Plea
A transgender woman (biological male) named Sathyashri Sharmila Rehemathali, was told by cops that transgenders are not allowed at Sabarimala. She protested that she’d be there before but they denied her.
Irony of all ironies since Ayyappa was born from Mohini. For those that don’t know, Lord Vishnu who’s male, turns into Mohini, a female. Hindu theology is full of stories of Gods who swap genders.
🔷 JOURNALIST WHO BROKE RAM THEFT STORY HARASSED SC Agrees To Hear Plea Challenging FIR Against Journalist Who Reported On Ram Temple Donation ‘Theft Another article
Abhishek Upadhyay is the journalist who broke the story of the Ram Mandir donation theft. He claims a number of false FIRs filed against him as harassment.
🔷 GANESH FALLS, 2 DEAD Ganpati idol falls during procession in Mumbai; 2 dead, 5 injured
22 foot tall Ganesh murti fell during arrival procession.
🔷 EGGS THROWN AT GANESH PROCESSION Eggs Hurled At Ganpati Procession In Mumbai’s Mazgaon
Eggs thrown from nearby building at arrival procession.
🔷 8 INJURED AT BIHAR TEMPLE FOR SOMWAR MONDAY 8 injured in rush at Madhepura temple:Woman suffers head injury after falling on barricade; devotees queue for Jalabhishek on Sawan Monday
This is the second mini stampede in Bihar in less than a week! Last week people died after a stampede at the Ashok Dham temple.
“A large crowd of devotees gathered at Singheshwar Dham in Madhepura, Bihar, to offer water to the Shivling on the final Monday of Sawan. Pushing and shoving broke out inside the temple premises, and the queue collapsed, creating a stampede-like situation. Some devotees fell down. A woman suffered a head injury, while eight people were injured.”
🔷 OFFICIALS DENY STAMPEDE ‘No stampede, some people suffered from dehydration’: Official denies reports of crowd crush at Bihar temple
Rather than take responsibility, they’re coming up with a ridiculous excuse of “dehydration” as the culprit. Dehydration didn’t kill 7 people and injure 25 – bad crowd management did.
“The rumours surrounding Singheshwar temple come even as seven women devotees were killed and 25 people were injured in a stampede near the Ashok Dham temple in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district last week.”
🔷 VITILIGO PRIEST Karnataka HC Appoints Commissioners To Check If Priest With Vitiligo Faces Obstruction At Mysuru Temple
Chamundeshwari Temple in Mysuru.
“The priest alleged that temple authorities continued to obstruct his duties despite an earlier High Court order permitting him to perform them… Some devotees later objected to his participation in rituals because he had vitiligo, commonly known as white patches.”
🔷 SUSPENDED OVER CASTE MARRIAGE Kerala: Temple worker alleges suspension after daughter marries outside caste
“A temple worker in Kannur has alleged that he was suspended from his duties after his daughter married a man from another caste. CV Rajan, a 58-year-old resident of Karivellur, who has worked as an upakarmi (temple assistant) at the Karivelloor Muchilot Bhagavathi Temple for three decades, has approached the Malabar Devaswom Board with a complaint alleging that the temple trust and executive committee discriminated against him over his daughter’s marriage.”
🔷 CONGRESS PREZ FISH ROW “Chanting ‘Ram-Ram’ inside the temple and feasting on fish the moment they step out”: CM Yogi Adityanath attacks Ajay Rai over Ayodhya fish feast
Yogi Adityanath attacks Congress Prez for eating fish after temple visit. Not all Hindu denominations are vegetarian though. Only Vaishnavas. Example – Shakta Hindus do eat meat and fish.
🔷 TN TEMPLE EXECS INTERFERENCE Executive Officers Of Temples Forbidden From Interfering In Religious Aspects: Madras High Court
🔷 KERALA DEVASWOM BOARD STOPPED
No Unfettered Power To Devaswom Board To Assume Management Of Temples: Kerala High Court Quashes Communications
🔷 JYOTIRLINGA DARSHAN ARGUMENTS Pune’s Bhimashankar Temple Faces Crowd Pressure; Devotees Demand Equal Darshan For All
🔷 DATA CENTER ON TEMPLE LAND HC tells officials to comply with statutory requirements on temple land lease for data centre
“The high court on Monday cautioned officials on the construction of a hyperscale data centre on land belonging to the Simhachalam Devasthanam, stating that it must comply with statutory requirements and environmental clearances.”
🔷 POLITICIAN’S DAUGHTER SLAPS WOMAN COP CCTV shows BJP MLA’s daughter slapping cop at Karnataka temple
“The footage shows Aishwarya, the MLA’s daughter, in a heated exchange with PSI Savitha B Patil at Aarti Ukkada temple on August 12. During the argument, Aishwarya is seen using her phone and attempting to make a call before allegedly slapping the police officer.”
🔷 RAHUL GANDHI MANU SMRITI INSULT Rahul Gandhi’s Manusmriti Remarks Spark Row, BJP Alleges Anti-Hindu Mindset And Double Standards
🔷 GURMEET RAM RAHIM Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 21-day parole again for 17th jail release
Jailed GodMan who constantly gets paroled.
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 JAGANNATH DARSHAN Queue Darshan at Puri Srimandir: Pilot Model Soon for 8-10K Devotees Per Hour
At 10,000 devotees per hour, there can be no meaningful darshan of the deity. You’ll be pushed out so fast Jagannath will look like a blur. We’ll see what happens….
🔷 BUDDHIST MAHABODHI ROW Bihar CM assures review as Buddhist forum seeks full control over Mahabodhi Temple
Mahabodhi in Bihar is where the Buddha found enlightenment. Hindus control it. Buddhists want control of it. In Hindu theology, Buddha was an incarnation of Vishnu.
🔷 MARIAMMAN CHICKENPOX HALL Tamil Nadu HR&CE Minister defends mandapam proposal at temple for devotees cured of chickenpox
TN HR&CE ministers defends having a seperate mandapam (hall) for devotees cured of chickenpox to fulfill their vows. Mariamman is a Gramma Devata, a regional entity traditionally associated with curing pox.
🔷 JEWS FINANCES SHIVA HALL 13th century inscription says Jewish merchants financed construction of hall at Lord Shiva temple near Krishnagiri
🔷 HP TEMPLE DONATIONS Himachal temple offerings cross Rs 419 crore since Jan 2023
🔷 DONATING GRASS Devotees At Bilaspur Temple Donate Grass Instead Of Cash, Grains
“The offerings made are directly fed to the injured and destitute cattle, transforming the temple into a centre of both religious faith and animal service”
🔷 416 WEDDINGS Record 416 weddings held at Guruvayur temple in seven hours
🔷 KALIGHAT SECURITY DRILL NSG starts 4-day security drill at Kalighat temple
🔷 1 CR LAND DONATED AP: 82-Year-Old Woman Donates Land Worth Over Rs 1 Crore for Temple Kalyana Mandapam
🔷 DEVUNI KADAPA TEMPLE Ashtabandhana Mahasamprokshanam Begins At Devuni Kadapa Temple
🔷 NO PHONES AT SRIRANGAM Mobile phones prohibited on Srirangam temple premises from Sept 1
All the major temples in Tamil Nadu have banned cell phones.
🔷 MEENAKSHI SAND CEREMONY Hundreds witness ‘pittukku mann sumantha Thiruvilaiyadal’ at Arappalayam Puttuthoppu
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 LAST SHRAVAN MONDAY Devotees throng Shiva temples across city on last ‘Somwari’ Another article
🔷 UP SAWAN MONDAY Heavy rush at Shiva temples across Uttar Pradesh on last Sawan Monday
🔷 DWARKA JANMASHTAMI 7L pilgrims set to visit Dwarka as temple town gears up for Janmashtami
Janmashtami is Lord Krishna’s birthday
🔷 BONALU Bonalu: Where Telangana comes alive for the mother goddess
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 PREITY ZINTA Preity Zinta visits Kanapathy temple in Paris on last Monday of Sawan
🔷 J&K CHIEF JUDGE
Chief Justice Sanjiv Kumar visits Sharda Temple at Teetwal
🔷 ARVIND KEJRIWAL – Arvind Kejriwal Seeks Blessings at Shri Damodar Temple in Vasco During Shri Damodar Bhajani Saptah
🔷 GOVINDA’S WIFE Govinda’s wife Ssunita Ahuja prays at Khatu Shyam temple amid divorce buzz
🔴 LISTS
🔷 8 JANMASHTAMI TRIPS Janmashtami 2026: 8 Trips In India For An Unforgettable Midnight Celebration Of Lord Krishna’s Birth
🔴 OVERSEAS HINDU NEWS
🇬🇧 GANGA AARTI COMES TO LONDON Ganga Aarti comes to London: Varanasi’s iconic river ritual comes to the Thames this September; what travellers need to know
🇺🇲 GUJARAT CM Gujarat CM Visits Akshardham Temple In New Jersey
🇺🇲 RSS CHIEF PROTEST New Yorkers Unite Against RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s Madison Square Garden Appearance
🇺🇲 RSS CHIEF REACHES NY, DIVIDING HINDUS RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat arrives in New York on global outreach tour
🇫🇷 BAPS IN FRANCE First Grand Hindu Temple Of Paris Set To Open With 13-Day Cultural Festival This September
🇮🇩 SWISS TOURIST JAILED Swiss tourist jailed in Bali for insulting Hindu holiday
🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA HINDU EXHIBIT Exhibition on Vishnu’s avatars continues in Sydney
“The Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney is hosting the exhibition Avatar: Forms of Vishnu, dedicated to Vishnu, the Hindu deity of order and cosmic balance.”
🇲🇾 MALAYSIAN TEMPLE DEMOLISHED Temple on govt land demolished after multiple engagements, says Perlis exco
Malaysia is a predominantly Muslim country. With the amount of mosques India has been demolish – this is not surprising. Just for the Somnath Corridor Project, 11 Muslim buildings including mosques and dargahs demolished.
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 SHIVA’S WEDDING FIRE The fire that witnessed Shiva and Parvati’s wedding still burns in Uttarakhand: Couples are now choosing this sacred temple for getting married in place of fancy hotels
🔷 ODISHA HINDU LAW Odisha to Amend Hindu Religious Endowments Act for Better Temple Management
🔴 MISC: NON-RELIGIOUS
🔷 RACIST COMMENT DIVIDES WEB Watch | ‘You don’t smell like curry’: Woman’s ‘compliment’ for Indian man triggers social media row
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 HIJAB NOT ESSENTIAL? ‘No proof it is must for Muslims’: Allahabad High Court denies student’s hijab plea
Hindu judges deny minor girl’s request to wear hijab at private school saying hijab not essential practice for female Muslims.
🔷 2 STABBED AT CANADA SIKH TEMPLE Two injured in stabbing attack at Canada Sikh temple
🔷 UNIFORM CIVIL CODE Should every Indian follow the same rules?
“The ruling party’s apparently liberal argument for making everyone marry, divorce and inherit like Hindus”
🔷 US AMBASSADOR AT MONASTERY US Ambassador Sergio Gor visits Thiksey Monastery, explores Ladakh’s Buddhist heritage
🔷 CHRISTIANS SLAM VHP LEADER Indian Hindu leader’s remarks on Christian ‘threat’ draw criticism
Milind Parande, organizing secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), or World Council of Hindus said Christian forces conspiring to reduce Hindu population. He said Hindus should have 2-3 kids & that Hinduism will only survive if Hindus are majority in India.
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