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🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 BAPS EIFFEL TOWER ROW Eiffel Tower closes amid row over women staff sidelined during Hindu group’s visit Another article
During Swaminarayan priests visit to Eiffel Tower, female staff told to get out of view – since BAPS Swamis not allowed to look at women. Staff protested causing Eiffel Tower to close on Monday!
A new Swaminarayan Temple was just inaugurated in France.
🔷 FRANCE INVESTIGATING BAPS France opens investigation after female Eiffel Tower staff removed for Hindu group’s visit
🔷 BAPA CONTROVERSIES Eiffel Tower row: Know about BAPS, its global network, past controversies
Main controversy is the New Jersey temple in the USA allegedly mistreating Dalit workers from India. The workers initiated a lawsuit.
🔷 ASTROLOGER BLACKMAIL Astrologer blackmails Canadian woman with ‘nude ritual’ video, held
TN astrologer talks Canadian woman into appearing without clothes for video puja – then blackmailed her with the video!
🔷 NAVRATRI BAN West Bengal bans liquor sales on Maha Ashtami & DJ music during Durga Puja
🔷 175 YO SHIVA TEMPLE SINKS Indian temple collapses into Ganges as riverbank erodes Another article
🔷 HANUMAN MURTI WON’T MOVE Municipality tried to move Ujjain’s 170-year-old Khade Hanuman Idol for a road-widening project: What followed was 4 failed attempts and a troop of 50 monkeys
🔷 KALIGHAT VAULT KEY MISSING ‘Missing’ vault key puts Kalighat temple assets under scrutiny as family seeks police case
“The Sabarna Roychowdhury Family, erstwhile zamindars of the city, has approached the South 24 Parganas district judge, praying for registration of an FIR into the alleged disappearance of the key to a vault in which valuable assets of the Kalighat’s Kali Temple have been stored.”
🔷 TEMPLE THIEVES Four held after 25 thefts across Nirmal, 12 kg silver recovered
“Among the recoveries were the main deity’s crown, a processional deity’s silver crown and a Vinayaka crown from an Ayyappa temple….At the Shastrinagar Anjaneyaswamy temple, we recovered a silver crown, a Vinayaka crown, the deity’s trunk and ears and a silver necklace. A 1 kg crown was recovered from a Venkateswara Swamy temple in Mamada”
🔷 TEMPLE VS NURSERY SCHOOL Unsanctioned Temple On Nazul Land Earmarked For Nursery School Is Illegal: Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Regularisation
The Delhi High Court ruled that a temple built without authorization on government land reserved for a nursery school cannot be legalized simply because it has existed for decades, and ordered its murtis respectfully relocated within four weeks.
Around 1991–92, Sanmati Sabha constructed a temple and Satsang Bhawan there without title to the land. Now they must relocate the deities within weeks.
🔷 MOBILE BAN HYPOCRISY – Mobiles Banned, But Not for CPM? TVK Ally MP Su Venkatesan & Comrades Seen with Phones Inside Madurai Meenakshi Temple
Mobile phones now banned in all major Tamil Nadu temples. Devotees cry inconvenience – but politician CPM MP Su. Venkatesan & entourage spotted with phones at Madurai Meenakshi temple!
🔷 TIRUPATI PILGRIMS KILLED Four Tirupati pilgrims killed among seven in two Karnataka road accidents
🔷 MUSLIMS EVICTED FROM TEMPLE LAND Supreme Court upholds eviction of Muslim families from Tamil Nadu temple land
🔷 MATHURA DRAGGED INTO POLITICS Keeping up with UP: Will Mathura be the next in Uttar Pradesh’s temple politics
Speculation Krishna Janmabhoomi court case will keep BJP in power. Background – the Shahi Idgah Mosque stands on the exact spot Lord Krishna was born. Hindus in court to reclaim the land.
🔷 RAM TRUST CEO ALCOHOL CELEBRATION? Unrelated Video Falsely Peddled As Ram Temple CEO Celebrating With Alcohol
🔷 BENGALIS & NON-VEG ‘Bengalis will eat what they traditionally eat’: Samik Bhattacharya rejects calls to avoid non-veg
🔷 13 ARRESTED Police arrest 13 for multiple thefts across temples in Markapuram district
🔷 TEMPLE EMPLOYEE THEFT Person handling receipts & working in temple must be of strong moral fibre: HC
The employee created duplicate receipts
🔷 TEMPLE FIREWORKS KILL 107 Kerala HC stays trial in Puttingal temple fireworks blast case
In 2016, fireworks at the 2016 Puttingal Devi Temple killed 107 people. 10 years later the case is still in court. Prosecutors have just been changed
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 20% DECLINE AFTER PHONE BAN Youth staying away from temples in Tamil Nadu:Devotee footfall declines by upto 20%; mobile banned in 52 temples starting 1st Sept
🔷 FOOD RULES FOR MEENAKSHI EVENT Guidelines issued on food distribution for Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple consecration
Food can’t have artificial colors, chemicals, no plastic bags.
🔷 GANGA WATER REACHES MEENAKSHI Ganga water reaches Meenakshi temple as consecration rituals begin
🔷 ARDHANARISHVARA FLOODED Patna’s Famous Ardhanarishwar Temple Surrounded By Floodwaters, All Doors Closed; Havan Kunds Also Submerged
🔷 JAGANNATH LAND RULES Odisha clears Jagannath Temple land management rules
🔷 GARBAGE DUMP NEAR TEMPLE Allahabad HC pulls up civic body over garbage dumping near Kabir temple
🔷 TIRUMALA KRISHNA DAMAGED TTD rules out negligence in damage to Krishna idol at Tirumala gopuram
🔷 TAMIL NADU HR&CE Vijay govt carves out separate department for managing Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu
In TN the HR&CE manages all temples. The govt just made the HR&CE a seperate govt department instead of being under another Dept.
🔷 UNTOUCHABILITY WALL 18 years after ‘untouchability wall’ infamy, Uthapuram temple now under HR&CE control
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 JANMASHTAMI IN PAKISTAN Decorated temples, bhajans: How Pakistan celebrated Janmashtami
🔷 KAILASH KUND YATRA
Thousands Join Annual Kailash Kund Yatra Amid Tight Security In J&Ks Doda
🔷 GANESH CHATURTHI RITUALS Ganesh Chaturthi 2026: Know Ganpati Sthapana Muhurat, Rituals And Celebration Of The Festival Dedicated To Vighnaharta
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 MODI ON FRANCE BAPS PM Modi hails Paris BAPS Temple as symbol of India-France cultural ties
🔷 YOGI ADITYANATH Yogi Adityanath Offers Prayers at Tirumala Temple
🔷 SPECIAL INVITEE Chiranjeevi’s daughter Sushmitha Konidela appointed as Special Invitee to Vijayawada temple trust board
🔴 LISTS
🔷 5 ICONIC GANESH TEMPLES Ganesh Chaturthi 2026: 5 Iconic Ganesh Temples Across India Every Devotee Should Visit
🔷 WORLDWIDE GANESH TEMPLE Celebrate Vinayagar Chaturthi Beyond Borders: Ganesha Temples Around the World Worth Visiting
🔴 OVERSEAS HINDU NEWS
🇫🇷 COCONUT BREAKING ROW Coconut-breaking ritual at Paris Ganesh procession goes viral, sparks debate
🇫🇷 BAPS TEMPLE INAUGURATION – BAPS Paris temple dedication marks 56 years of hope for Hindu community in France
Stone collected & carved in India, 13 day festival, 10 acre Swaminarayan village.
“The celebrations began on Wednesday (2) with a Vedic Mahayagna, a sacred fire ceremony, and a Palkhi Yatra. On Wednesday, more than 5,500 participants took part in a Jal Yatra, a holy water procession along the River Seine, in which 11 decorated boats, adorned with Indian décor, flowers, and Indian and French flags, stretched almost a kilometre through the city, passing landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Musée d’Orsay, Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Louvre Museum.”
🇧🇩 JAILED ISKCON MONK Bangladesh: Chinmoy Krishna Das granted bail, but release remains blocked
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 ANCIENT TEMPLES & THEIR IMPRINTS The ancient temples’ imprint on our culture
“You may be wondering how did this glorious tradition vanish? We get away by offering lazy arguments that put the entire blame on foreign conquerors…”
🔷 TEMPLE ELEPHANTS Forest dept cannot prevent donation of elephants to temples: Madras high court
🔷 TARAPITH HOTELS Rampurhat pauses closure of 15 Tarapith hotels ahead of Koushiki Amavasya
🔷 58,000 GANESHAS Over 58,000 forms of Ganesha: Man from Hyderabad builds world record Ganesh sanctuary
🔷 GANESH ON VOLCANO A Ganesha idol atop an active volcano in Indonesia pulls hikers even today
🔴 MISC: NON-RELIGIOUS
🔷 FEMALE EGYPT DEATH SENTENCE Egyptian TV presenter sentenced to death on drug charges
“Egyptian TV presenter Sarah Khalifa was among 12 people sentenced to death for their alleged role in a drug trafficking network on Saturday, according to a state-owned Egyptian outlet.”
🔷 RAM THEFT JOURNALIST FIR What kind of info needed from X in road-rage case against journalist, SC asks Ghaziabad Police
Abhishek Upadhyay is the journalist who broke the Ram donation theft story. He claims he’s being harassed.
🔷 INDIAN MUSEUMS Centre to modernise museums across India
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 MOSQUE DEMOLISHED Madhya Pradesh: Partial demolition of historic mosques in Ujjain for road widening
The Medina Masjid was demolished to widen the road leading to the Mahakal Temple.
🔷 CHRISTIAN BURNED ALIVE Indian court to decide if man who led mob to burn Australians alive should be freed
In 1999 Australian Christian missionary, Graham Staine was sleeping in a car with his 2 young sons in Odisha. Dara Singh set the the car on fire killing him – for converting Hindus. Singh was convicted. Dara Singh is now petitioning courts for early release saying he’s spent 25 years in prison.
🔷 ILLEGAL STALLS AROUND PARSI TEMPLE Clear Illegal Stalls Around Parsi Fire Temple: Cal HC tells KMC, KP
🔷 OPERATION BLUESTAR 42 years later, High Court gives major relief to 133 Operation Blue Star-affected families
🔷 CANADIAN NAGAR KIRTAN PARADE Winnipeg Sikh celebration draws thousands downtown, days after targeted vandalism
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