🔴 RELIGIOUS CRIMES, BIG STORIES, ROWS
🔷 Ganesh Visarjan – 9 drown, 12 missing in Maharashtra!
🔷 27 RSS workers arrested for making an “Operation Sindoor” Kerala temple
“A ‘pookalam’ or floral carpet laid out at a temple in Kerala’s Kollam district to “honour Operation Sindoor” on the occasion of Onam has sparked a controversy. The incident occurred at the Parthasarathy temple in Muthupilakk in Kollam district.”
🔷 6 killed as cable car snapped at ShaktiPeeth site in Gujarat Another article
“The passenger ropeway, which ferries pilgrims to the Kalika Mata Temple, had been shut due to bad weather but the goods ropeway remained in use for ongoing construction activities.”
🔷 Amritsar temple grenade attack: NIA arrests key accused from Bihar; arms, funds supplied from abroad
🔷 BJP Goa Prez has birthday cake cutting ceremony in temple – row!
🔷 Ajmer court adjourns hearing in Dargah– Shiva Temple claim
🔷 Puri Jagannath Temple administration issues ultimatum to Iskcon over ritual violations
ISKCON performs it’s Jagannath Ratha Yatra on different dates around the world from the Puri temple. Now Puri is threatening ISKCON with legal action!
Alot of ISKCON devotees who are practicing Vaishnavas aren’t allowed in Jagannath Puri temple on the basis of RACE because they’re not born Indian Hindus – but Sikhs, Buddhists & Jains are allowed inside the Hindu temple!
🔷 Ajmer court refuses to dismiss suit claiming temple beneath dargah
🔷 Faith over politics: Sikh Volunteers rebuild Nangal temple wall
🔷 Begusarai village to name new temple complex after PM Narendra Modi’s mother
🔷 Patna AN College Clerk’s 17-Year-Old Son Missing after Visit to Temple
🔷 Bihar – Two Sisters Drown in Ganga While Trying to Save Each Other in Bhagalpur
🔷 RSS Expressed Concern Over Religious Conversion & Infiltration From Bangladesh
🔷 Man lured woman, 20, with promise of being on puja committee, then allegedly rapes her!
🔷 Odisha: 26-year-old woman found hanging in temple room, family alleges murder
“The deceased was identified as Sushree Sangita of Barikpur village. She was found hanging in a room on the premises of Laxminarayan temple near NH-16.”
🔷 Dharmasthala murders: ‘Mask Man’ Chinnaiah remanded to judicial custody for 14 days
🔷 Won’t participate in Global Ayyappa Sangamam: Suresh Gopi
🔷 300 persons booked over bursting crackers during Ganeshotsav procession in Kerala
🔷 Scuffle between temple superintendent and police at Tiruchendur temple
“An argument allegedly broke out between a temple superintendent and a police officer over the use of the senior citizen queue in Subramanya Swamy Temple in Tiruchendur on Sunday, escalating into a physical clash.”
🔴 TEMPLE NEWS, NON-CRIMES
🔷 J-K: Vaishno Devi Yatra remains suspended for 13th consecutive day over rain
🔷 Now, Devotees Can Order Prasad Of Badrinath-Kedarnath Online
🔷 Royal Bhutan Buddhist Temple Inaugurated in Rajgir, Bihar
🔷 Bengaluru devotee donates over ₹1 crore to Tirumala temple for medical aid
🔷 After Kashi and Ayodhya, Vindhyachal to be UP’s next big tourism landmark
🔷 Kashi Vishwanath Priests Get Govt Staff Status, Salary Triples Under New Rules
🔷 Madhya Pradesh: Baijnath Temple In Badnawar Finally Gets Survey Attention
“After decades of neglect, archaeology department team studies condition of 1,000-year-old red stone shrine”
🔷 Why Konark Sun Temple in Orissa continues to mesmerise the world
🔷 13.79-km Shimla ropeway approved: Himachal Deputy CM
“Other ropeways under construction in the state, he said, were the Rs 65-crore Baba Balaknath temple ropeway, the Rs 278.62-crore Bijli Mahadev ropeway, and the Rs 76.50-crore Mata Chintpurni Temple ropeway.”
🔷 Mahanadi Floodwater Enters Maa Bhattarika Temple In Baramba
🔷 Supreme Court PIL seeks national panel to oversee temple governance across India
🔴 LUNAR ECLIPSE IN INDIA
🔷 Why this Delhi temple stays open during Chandra Grahan when others shut their doors
“Most temples across India shut their doors during solar and lunar eclipses, as tradition considers these periods inauspicious for rituals and prayers…famous Kalkaji Mandir defies this centuries-old practice. Known as one of the city’s most powerful Shakti Peethas, this temple stays open”
🔷 Badrinath temple doors closed ahead of lunar eclipse: Know the Hindu ritual
🔷 Tirumala temple to remain closed due to lunar eclipse on September 7
🔷 Siddhivinayak, Tirumala Srivari, and other temples close doors as per traditions
🔷 Temples Across Telangana Temporarily Closed For Lunar Eclipse Rituals And Purification
🔷 All major temples in Andhra, Telangana shut for lunar eclipse
🔷 Temples across Karnataka to alter timings on Sept 7 due to lunar eclipse
🔴 FESTIVALS
🔷 Pitru Paksha Mela 2025 Begins in Bihar with Special Arrangements for Pilgrims
🔷 Pitru Paksha 2025: Tent City, Food and Bhajan Arrangements Mark Mahasangam in Gayaji
🔷 Pitripaksh: Gaya brims with pilgrims, over 50k perform pind daan on Day 1
🔷 Amid Chants Of ‘Ganpati Bappa Morya’, Srinagar’s Lal Chowk Unites For Ganesh Visarjan
🔷 Visarjan procession for Nagpur Cha Raja immersion begins in Nagpur
🔷 Bhadradri comes alive with Ganesh shobha yatra
🔷 Over 1,100 Ganesh idols immersed in Belagavi after 30-hour-long procession
🔷 Pre-preparatory meeting on Durga Puja held in Jamalpur
🔴 CELEBS & POLITICIANS AT TEMPLES
🔷 PM Modi likely to inaugurate redeveloped 524-year-old Tripura Sundari temple on Sep 22
🔷 Rohit Sharma stops fans from chanting ‘Mumbai cha Raja’ during temple visit
🔴 LISTS
🔷 10 Durga Temples To Visit In India
🔴 MISC: RELIGIOUS
🔷 What is the problem with ‘Hindu Rashtra’? Real problem or a narrative to defame Hindus!
“Karaga is held in honour of Draupadi, who is usually not given the status of a goddess, as Sita is. Observed by the Tamil-speaking community of the Thigalars…It includes a male priest who dresses up as a woman to pay homage to the goddess at the Dharmaraya Swamy Temple (near Lalbagh), and a procession that terminates at—surprise, surprise!—the dargah of an 18th-century Muslim saint.”
🔴 MISC: NON-RELIGIOUS
🔷 Kolkata’s signboard politics: Bengali language mandate fuels TMC-BJP tussle
🔴 OTHER RELIGIONS
🔷 J&K CM objects to govt putting Ashoka plaque on Hazratbal Shrine
He said, “government emblems are not used in religious institutions.”
🔷 Over 25 detained after Ashoka emblem vandalised at Hazratbal shrine
🔷 Buddhists celebrate Madhu Purnima
“Madhu Purnima, one of the sacred festivals, is celebrated on the day of the full moon in the Bangla month Bhadra, in commemoration of the service and support rendered by the animals of the Parilyeyo forest, India to Buddha.”
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