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🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 47 Shirdi Sai Baba Temple staff arrested for stealing electrical materials worth 77.13 lakh!
🔷 Gold, silver & ivory missing from Guruvayur temple after audit!
🔷 ‘Insult to Hindu faith’: BJP after Kali idol ‘desecrated’, taken away in prison van in West Bengal
🔷 28 yo Bengal man arrested for beheading Kali murti – said he was drunk
🔷 Shaivism – 483 copper plates bearing Thevaram hymns found during renovation of temple
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
🔷 Tantric rituals conducted for Bihar elections at Ujjain cremation grounds
“Candidates seek assistance from Bhairava, Baglamukhi & corpse meditation”
🔷 Kerala High Court: To Insist That A Person Must Belong To Particular Caste Or Lineage For Appointment As Priest Not Essential Religious Practice Another article
🔷 AI meets the divine: Hindus use tech to talk to Gods
AI powered chatbots talking as though they were Lord Krishna. GitaGPT.
🔷 Gauhati HC quashes case against TV anchor for statement on Kamakhya temple
“The Gauhati High Court recently quashed a criminal case filed against Akansha Swarup, a news anchor at CNN-News18, for her statement about the alleged practice of human sacrifice at the Maa Kamakhya temple.”
🔷 People are using AI to talk to God
🔷 ISKCON tells SJTMC ‘not possible’ to hold Jagannath Rath Yatra on one date across world
The Puri Jagannath Temple demands ISKCON hold all Ratha Yatras outside India on the same date that the Puri temple holds the Ratha Yatra. Ironically, many foreign ISKCON devotees who worship Krishna are not allowed into the Puri temple because they’re not Indian.
🔷 Sabarimala Gold Theft: Accused Tells SIT He Sold Gold Sheets To Merchant in Bellari
“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.”
🔷 Sabarimala gold scam case: Ex-official Murari Babu detained by SIT
🔷 ‘Aid and abuse’: The forgotten girls of Pakistan
Kidnapping of young Hindu girls in Pakistan and forcibly converting them.
🔷 65 yo Dalit who accidentally urinated near UP temple – thrashed & forced to lick urine!
🔷 Darshan resumes at Vemulawada temple after devotees’ protest
🔷 Donation box broken and 25,000 rupees stolen from Shiva temple in Panchkula
🔷 Bajali police act swiftly after ‘The Sentinel’ expose on festival gambling
🔷 Dwarka temple administration refutes viral video claiming railing collapse at Jagat Mandir
🔷 Elderly man duped of ₹4.5 lakh by fake Naga Sadhu in Sola, Ahmedabad
🔷 No authorization given for compromise in Parakamani theft case: TTD EO
🔷 Babri built on temple pillars, says Muslim archaeologist
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 PM Narendra Modi To Install Flag Atop Ram Temple in Ayodhya On November 25
🔷Darshan Timing Changed At Ayodhya Ram Mandir For Winter
🔷 Organic Rice to Be Offered As Kotha Bhoga to Lord Jagannath from 2026 Ratha Yatra
🔷 1,200-yr-old Jagannath temple cries for revival
🔷 Can’t use temple funds to build commercial complexes: Madras HC
🔷 Pawan Kalyan sanctions ₹6 crore for road connectivity to Vadapalli Venkateswara Temple
🔷 Vishnu Sahasranama Kodi Archana at Uttara Guruvayurappan Temple in Delhi
🔷 Study of Thevaram-inscribed copper plates unearthed from Sirkazhi temple begins
🔴 DIWALI 2025
🔷 Grand Diwali In Shirdi: Sai Baba Adorned With Rs 5 Crore Worth Gold And Diamond Ornaments
🔷 Dyuta Krida: A Traditional Celebration of the Hindu New Year with Family and Dice
🔷 Vishwakarma Day celebrated with religious devotion, traditional rituals
Vishwakarma is the architect of the Gods.
🔷 Bhai Dooj 2025 date: When is the last day of the 5-day Diwali festival?
🔷 Braj celebrates Yam Dwitiya, sisters pray to Yamraj for their brothers’ well-being
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 City readies its makeshift ponds, ghats & markets for 4-day Chhath festivities
“Bhopal: Readying its makeshift ponds and ghats for rites to the sun god, the city on Friday was busy with preparations for the four-day Chhath puja which is slated to commence today.”
🔷 Gajula Alankaram celebrated at Vijayawada’s Kanaka Durga temple
Gajula Alankaram is a bangle festival held on the second day of Kartik month.
🔷 Kartika Purnima 2025: Date, Significance, Rituals and Celebrations in India
🔷 Margao’s Iconic Dindi Festival to Be Declared a State Festival: Goa CM
🔷 Devotees throng Padmanabha Swamy Temple for Alpashi festival begins
🔴 PILGRIMAGES
🔷 Portals of Kedarnath shrine close for winter
🔷 Kedarnath, Yamunotri shrines closed for winter season
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 Sara Ali Khan Visits Kedarnath Temple, Pens Heartfelt Thoughts in a Post
🔷 Femina Miss India World 2024 Nikita Porwal offers prayers at Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar temple
🔷 Karnataka: Deputy Commissioner takes part in fire-walking ritual at Hasanamba temple; wins hearts
🔷 Rajnath Singh offers prayers at historic Tanot Mata Shrine near India-Pakistan border
🔷 President Droupadi Murmu Visits Somnath Mahadev Temple in Gujarat
🔷 Ajith Kumar Visits Palakkad Temple In Kerala With Wife Shalini And Son Aadvik
🔴 LISTS
🔴 OVERSEAS HINDU NEWS
🔷 Inside the Battle To Win New York City’s Growing Hindu Bloc
New York City Hindu support and/or detractors of Mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani
🔷 Trinidad and Tobago embraces plan for Ram Mandir as Hindu heritage gains momentum
🔷 Diwali called “demon worship” by Christian Nationalists in America!
Georgia is a state within the United States
🔷 Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu Overwhelmed by Visit to BAPS Hindu Temple in Abu Dhabi
🔷 Mauritian citizen traces Odia roots in Jajpur, plans Jagannath temple in Mauritius
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 200-year-old twin Shivalinga temple in UP draws devotees seeking blessings for children
🔷 Celebrating 250 years of Lucknow’s legacy: Bada mangal, soaked in city’s ethos
🔷 IRCTC Announces 13-Day South India Religious Tour from Saharsa via Bharat Gaurav Train
🔷 Rare Gajalakshmi sculpture discovered in Goa’s Valvanti river
🔴 MISC: NON-RELIGIOUS
🔷 Zubeen Garg’s ashes to be distributed via online portal, memorials in Assam
🔷 Mystery Deepens in Zubeen Garg’s Singapore Tragedy
🔷 Zubeen Garg death: Assam SIT expects probe material from Singapore in 10 days
🔷 Hazy morning in Delhi as city battles very poor air quality
🔷 ‘Political Islam’ undermined Hindu faith, overlooked in history: Yogi
🔷 Four Dead in Karnataka Bull-Chasing Events: Organisers, Owners Booked
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 ‘In GAZA, every day is DIWALI’: Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘inhumane’ remark on Gaza
🔷 It Took 2,500 Artisans And 65 Years To Build Perfection, The Untold Saga Of Ranakpur Jain Temple