Temples
- Kashmir
Gulzar Hussain’s quiet devotion keeps Dia-Nag Shiv temple alive in Kashmir
In the heart of Kashmir’s Budgam district, Gulzar Hussain, a Muslim resident, has devoted decades of his life to maintaining the historic Dia-Nag Shiv Temple, standing as a living symbol of Kashmir’s…
- News
Dalit young man stopped from entering temple in Karnataka
Tension broke out in Karnataka’s Kavanadala village of Madhugiri taluk on Saturday, May 10, after a Dalit young man was allegedly stopped from entering a local temple by members of the temple…
- Andhra Pradesh
Pawan Kalyan begins temple tour to Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Jana Sena Party President Pawan Kalyan on Wednesday began a three-day pilgrimage to Kerala and Tamil Nadu, seen as part of his ‘Sanatan Dharma Parirakshana’…
- Hyderabad
Video: Tension in Hyderabad’s Tappachabutra after meat found inside temple
Hyderabad: Tension prevailed at Tappachabutra after local people found pieces of meat inside a Hanuman temple on Wednesday. The temple priest discovered the pieces of meat and alerted the committee members. As…
- India
PETA, renowned sitarist to gift mechanical elephant to Kerala temple
Thrissur: The non profit organisation PETA India along with renowned sitarist and 2025 Grammy nominee Anoushka Shankar will gift a life-size mechanical elephant to the Kombara Sreekrishna Swami Temple here, the NGO…
- News
UP: Mathura ISKCON employee absconds with donation money & receipt book
Mathura: An ISKCON temple employee tasked with collecting money donated by devotees has fled with lakhs of rupees along with a receipt book, officials said on Saturday. “An FIR was filed by…
- India
Temple-mosque disputes mushroomed in UP after Ayodhya Ram temple consecration
Lucknow: After the consecration (‘Pran Pratishtha’) of the Ram temple at Ayodhya on January 24, numerous temple-mosque disputes mushroomed in Uttar Pradesh (UP) in 2024. They culminated in Sambhal where four lives…
- India
Abanadoned temple reopened in Aligarh, purification ceremony held
Aligarh: Right-wing organisations and some local BJP leaders held a ‘shuddhikaran‘ (purification) ceremony and chanted Hanuman chalisa at a long-abandoned Shiva temple in a Muslim-majority locality here after it was “reopened” by…
- India
Amid communal tensions, Sambhal authorities reopen 46-year-old Shiva temple
In a major move amid communal tensions in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal region, a Shiva temple that reportedly remained shut for the last 46 years was discovered and reopened on Saturday, December 14…
- India
Temples in India not safe under BJP: Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday sought to corner the BJP over Hindutva and said the party-led central government should inform Parliament what steps it is taking to protect…
- India
SC refuses to examine plea for regulations on quality of temple ‘prasad’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to examine a plea seeking regulations over the quality of “prasad” or food offerings being distributed at temples, observing its prayers were within the…
- Hyderabad
Temples in Hyderabad to boost security, cleanliness: Police
Hyderabad: Temples across Hyderabad were recommended to increase security by installing CCTV cameras with backup footage of 30 to 45 days said the North Zone deputy commissioner of police (DCP) on Saturday,…
- India
Petition filed claiming Sambhal’s Jama masjid built on temple, survey ordered
The Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district is making headlines with a Supreme Court lawyer arguing the mosque is built on the remains of a temple. A petition was filed by…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Tension in Shamshabad after idols damaged at temple
Hyderabad: Tension erupted in Shamshabad on the outskirts of the city on Saturday night after miscreants damaged deity idols at a temple. According to the police, a group of miscreants allegedly entered…
- India
QR code-based security system to prevent smuggling of TN temple idols
Chennai: A QR code-based security system is being put in place to prevent the smuggling of idols from the temples across Tamil Nadu, state Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department Minister P…
