Temple
- Kerala
Temple priest caught roaming in burqa in Kerala
Kozhikode: A temple priest, moving around suspiciously in Koyilandy near here, wearing a burqa was caught by the public and handed over to the police. Jishnu Namboothiri (28) was caught by auto…
- Telangana
Telangana: Hanamkonda Bhadrakali temple gets Rs 20 crore grant from state govt
Hyderabad: Telangana government on Tuesday announced a grant of Rs 20 crore for the old Bhadrakali temple in Hanamkonda district for constructing its ‘Maadaveedhulu’ or the temple streets where the holy chariot…
- Middle East
Dubai’s new Hindu temple all set to open ahead of Dussehra
Dubai: A new Hindu temple constructed in Jebel Ali in Dubai is set to open on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Dussehra festival. Khaleej Times reported that the temple is an…
- India
TN Waqf Board claims 1500-year-old temple land is theirs
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Waqf Board has claimed ownership of the 1500-year-old Manendiyavalli Chandrashekhara Swami temple land. The temple has 369 acres of property in and around Tiruchenthurai village in Tiruchi district of…
- Telangana
Telangana: Jharasangam Temple EO takes bribe from widow of watchman; suspended
Hyderabad: A Kethaki Sangameshwara Swamy Temple Jaharasangam Executive Officer was suspended by the Endowment Department for taking a bribe of Rupees one lakh from the widow of a former temple employee. According…
- World
Toronto’s Swaminarayan temple vandalised with pro-Khalistan graffiti
Toronto: As the so-called Khalistan referendum by the banned outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) on September 18 nears, Toronto’s most prominent BAPS Swaminarayan Temple was vandalised with pro-Khalistan graffiti on Wednesday. The…
- India
RSS chief offers prayers at Raipur temple; hope he felt peaceful, says CM Baghel
Raipur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday offered prayers at the famous Mata Kaushalya temple at Chandkhuri village in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur district, prompting Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to say…
- Pakistan
Pakistan: Hindu temple becomes refuge for flood-hit Muslim families
Quetta: Tucked in the Kachhi district of Balochistan, the tiny village of Jalal Khan is still reeling from the flooding that destroyed houses and left mass destruction in its wake, Dawn reported.…
- Bangalore
Protests erupt at Bangalore University against temple construction
Bengaluru: The students of Bangalore University (BU) have alleged that the ruling BJP government was trying to saffronise the university campus by allowing the construction of a Ganesha temple inside the campus.…
- India
Bajrang Dal workers stop Ranbir-Alia from offering prayers at Mahakal temple in MP
Ujjain (MP): Bollywood actor couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were prevented from entering the famous Mahakal temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain on Tuesday night by Bajrang Dal activists for their alleged…
- Telangana
Telangana HC asks state govt to respond on chief minister’s temple donations
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday gave the state government six weeks to respond to PILs filed in 2017 and 2018 challenging the state exchequer’s offerings to deities in Tirumala, Vijayawada,…
- India
Plea claims Badaun’s mosque is site of temple, seeks permission for Hindus to offer prayers
Budaun (UP): A plea has been in a court here claiming that Jama Masjid Shamsi in Badaun city is a temple of Lord Shiva and seeking permission for followers of the Sanatan…
- India
Villagers setting examples of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood in Bihar
Patna: After losing power in Bihar, BJP leaders are using every single opportunity to corner the leaders of the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance), including the Vishnupad temple controversy in Gaya where Chief Minister…
- India
Nitish frowns upon controversy around Muslim minister’s temple entry
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday expressed dismay over the controversy around Israil Ahmed Mansuri, his cabinet colleague, visiting a temple in Gaya. Kumar blamed the controversy on “divisive” politics…
- India
Bihar: Political storm after Muslim minister enters temple with Nitish
Patna: The entry of Mohammad Israil Mansoori in a Vishnupad temple of Gaya has created a political storm in Bihar after several BJP leaders targeted Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The chief minister…
