India News - Hindu Religious News 10-25-25

This is a huge story for Shaivites (Shiva worshippers). Shaiva Siddhanta is a Shaivite denomination from South India. The main scripture is the Tirumurai which is 12 books written by saints called Nayanars. The “Thevaram” are books 1-7.

The 483 copper plates containing hymns of the Nayanars (saints) were unearthed from the Thoniappar Temple in Sirkazhi, TN in April 2023 during renovation of the temple. The Tamil Nadu State Dept Of Archeology has now begun studying and compiling them.

Finding these copper plates are the equivalent of finding a new book in the Christian Bible – like when the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

The Thevaram books 1-7 of which the 483 copper plates are now a part of, are basically hymns praising Shiva. Actual philosophy is found in the 10th book of the Tirumurai called Tirumantiram

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“Unnikrishnan Potti had previously worked as an assistant priest at Sabarimala, which gave him the inside know-how. In 2019, he applied to sponsor the re-plating of the temple’s gold-plated idols and door frames, and that’s how he ended up with access. He basically used his familiarity with the temple’s processes to remove the gold under the guise of maintenance and re-plating. In reality, he misappropriated most of the gold and only a tiny amount was actually used for the re-plating.”

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🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES

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🔴 DIWALI 2025

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🔴 FESTIVALS

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