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🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 MUSLIM TEMPLE CONTRACTOR Banke Bihari contract awarded to Muslim contractor – row!
Dispute erupts over Muslim contractor for temple work in India
🔷 LESBIAN TEMPLE MARRIAGE Lesbians married in temple seek police protection! UP
🔷 VHP WANTS BAN Ban entry of non-Hindus at UP temples, says VHP
“VHP demanded Monday a ban on entry of non-Hindus at major temples in UP, including Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya, Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi and Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura, widening a simmering national debate over religious sanctity and public access.”
🔷 YAMUNOTRI BAN Yamunotri temple bans non Hindu entry, joins other Char Dham panels
🔷 THAIPUSAM HORROR Man, 70, crushed under chariot wheel for ThaiPusam festival in TN
🔷 PRIEST RAPE Kerala priest raped & burned two boys, ages 6 and 12, allegedly!
🔷 PRIEST APPOINTMENT ROW Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against Appointment Of Temple Priests From State-Recognised Thanthra Vidyalayas In Kerala
🔷 SHANKARACHARYA VS BJP Who is Swami Avimukteshwaranad Saraswati, the ‘Shankaracharya’ taking on BJP?
🔷 MUSEUM’S STOLEN MURTIS Smithsonian Returns Stolen Indian Bronzes, But Questions Linger Over Nataraja Loan
🔷 DRAUPADI NECKLACE STOLEN Draupadi gold necklace stolen by officials says Temple Prez! DharmaRaya Swamy Temple, Bengaluru.
Gold Theft, Commission Racket Suspected In Bengaluru’s Dharmaraya Swamy Temple, Six Under Scanner
🔷 TEMPLE TRUST AN INDUSTRY? Temple Trust Not An ‘Industry’ As Per Industrial Disputes Act : Supreme Court
🔷 5 MURTIS VANDALIZED 5 murtis vandalized at Kali Temple in Faridpur, Bangladesh
🔷 16 HINDU HOMES ABLAZE Bangladesh – 16 minority Hindu houses including 7 in last one week set ablaze while 17 Hindus were murdered from 1 December 2025
🔷 LOW CASTE STUDENT BEATEN Lower caste student beaten at school in India
🔷 TEMPLE TO GAMBLING DEN Assam: ‘Miya’ Imdadul Hussain turns century-old Hindu temple into gambling centre
🔷 SAI BABA TEMPLE THEFT FIR Registered After Rs 50,000 Stolen From Sai Baba Temple in Curchorem
🔷 PROTESTS OVER SABARIMALA Protests disrupt Kerala Assembly over Sabarimala temple Gold case
🔷 MEAT SALE BAN Telangana HC asks State to frame policy on meat sale near temples, hospitals
🔷 HUNDI MONEY THEFT Woman arrested for stealing hundi money at Sri Ramanathaswamy Temple
🔷 TTD INACTION TTD knew of ghee adulteration in 2022 but took no action, SIT finds
🔷 MURUGAN HILL ROW Thirupparankundram deepam row: Madurai Collector tenders apology, HC seeks fresh affidavit
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 NEW RAJAGOPURAM Divya Lingeshwara Temple to get Rajagopuram as rebuilding begins
🔷 KAMAKHYA ROPEWAY Kamakhya ropeway project will boost religious tourism: Assam CM
🔷 RAVIDAS TEMPLE India’s biggest Ravidas temple seen in drone video:Stunning craftsmanship by Rajasthan artisans
🔷 200 COUPLES WED Odisha CM Launches Mukhyamantri Kanya Bibaha Yojana; 200 Couples Wed At Taratarini Temple
🔷 THEOLOGICAL TEMPLE GUIDE Maharashtra Govt Approves First-Ever Theological Guide Post For Western Maharashtra Temples
🔷 FUNDS STUCK Funds Stuck: Lal Darwaza Temple Expansion in Limbo
🔷 NEW LEASE ON LIFE Ancient temple in Nellore to get new lease of life
🔷 SCHOOL RUN FROM TEMPLE No building, no benches: Gaya primary school runs from temple for 28 years
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 YASHODA JAYANTI – Yashoda Jayanti is on Feb 7th. Yashoda was Krishna’s foster mother.
🔷 SHABARI JAYANTI – Shabari Jayanti is on Feb 8th. She was the Shudra woman who fed berries to Ram.
🔷 JANAKI JAYANTI – Janaki Jayanti (Sita) is on Feb 9th for the Pushtimarg sampradaya. The rest of India will celebrate it April 25th.
🔷 6 MAJOR FESTIVALS Six major festivals India will celebrate in February this year
🔷 RAVIDAS JAYANTI Guru Ravidas Jayanti 2026
🔷 LALITA JAYANTI Lalita Jayanti 2026
🔷 THAIPUSAM IN MALAYSIA Sea Of Colour As Malaysia’s Hindus Mark Thaipusam With Piercings And Prayer
🔷 MANDI LEGACY Heritage walk to showcase Mandi’s social, religious legacy during Mahashivratri fair
🔷 SRISAILAM SHIVRATRI PLANS Focus on smooth conduct of Shivaratri at Srisailam
🔷 PONGAL FESTIVAL PREP Min reviews Pongala festival preparations
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 PREZ MURMU Odisha: President Murmu performs ‘pinda daan’ ritual at Jajpur temple
🔷 KAHODA THIMMAPPA Congress veteran Kagodu Thimmappa collapses in temple in Sagar
🔷 ANANYA PANDAY “My first Jyotirlinga”: Ananya Panday visits Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga Temple
🔴 LISTS
🔷 10 RICHEST TEMPLES Top 10 richest temples in India and their staggering net worth
🔴 OVERSEAS HINDU NEWS
🔷 USA Protests erupt across US criticising the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 BUDDHA RELICS SENT Lord Buddha’s relics sent from Gujarat to Sri Lanka for week-long public display
🔷 Lord Buddhas relics to be taken to Sri Lanka for an international exposition
🔷 JYOTIRLINGA EXPERIENCE ‘The moment I stepped inside, the energy changed.’ Seeing the only Jyotirlinga with 3 faces was an experience I can never forget
🔴 MISC: NON-RELIGIOUS
🔷 ANTI ISRAEL TOURISTS EXPELLED ‘Leave India’: Rajasthan Police ask British tourists to exit over ‘Free Palestine, Boycott Israel’ campaign in Pushkar
🔷 INDIANS LAZY? US tourist in Jaipur calls Indians ‘lazy’ and ‘out of shape’, sparks debate: ‘Don’t generalise’
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 MUSLIM SHOPKEEPER HARASSED Bajrang Dal harassed elderly Muslim store owner over word, “Baba” in store name – Cops file FIR on Hindu who defended Muslim shopkeeper
Video of Bajrang Dal confronting Muslim store owner
🔷 MUSLIM HOMES ABLAZE Mob sets fire to half a dozen Muslim homes in Chhattisgarh
Arif Khan allegedly vandalized a Shiva temple in Gariaband. Sent to juvenile detention. He just returned to the village with accomplices. They reportedly assaulted 4 men including an eyewitness to the temple desecration. A mob later showed up, setting Muslim homes on fire.
🔷 JAIN TEMPLE CELEBRATION 4th Foundation Day of Shri 1008 Vasupujya jain temple celebrated
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