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Canadian PM Mark Carney appreciates Telangana Yadagirigutta Temple services

September 01, 2025 12:07 pm

Telangana Endowments Minister Konda Surekha expressed happiness over the international honour received by the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Yadagirigutta.

During Shravan rush, a new layer of crowd management support brought in at Pune’s Bhimashankar Temple

August 15, 2025 12:36 pm

Local youth from nearby villages have been trained in crowd management, first aid, communication, and emergency response at Pune’s Bhimashankar Temple.

Uproar in UP Assembly | BJP govt trying to disturb communal peace: Opp on mausoleum vandalism

August 13, 2025 5:07 am

While the Opposition accused local BJP leaders of inciting the crowd in Fatehpur, the government said that action will be taken as per the investigation.

Plastic banned in Kashi Vishwanath Temple

August 12, 2025 3:53 pm

Many devotees were stopped on Monday, the first day of the ban, at the gates for carrying plastic bottles and bags, and allowed in only after leaving them in safe custody

After Supreme Court censure, UP Govt says, Banke Bihari Temple Ordinance for 'better facilities, administration'

August 05, 2025 5:06 pm

The Supreme Court has questioned the UP Government over the “tearing hurry” to bring the Ordinance, and the process which led to the May 15 order in the Banke Bihari Temple case.

Interim govt’s responsibility to protect Hindus: India on Dhaka temple destruction

June 27, 2025 8:25 am

In May this year, India decided to put restrictions on Bangladesh products to be exported to north-east India and overseas.

US-based right-wing body to release documentary to debunk 'myth of caste discrimination'

April 26, 2025 11:34 am

Titled The Caste Rush, the documentary claims to fight the “false narrative” on the issue in India as well as the US, through testimonies of temple priests across the country.

Temple cat in China turns internet sensation for ‘blessing’ visitors with high-fives

March 04, 2025 6:25 pm

The cat at Xiyuan Temple in Suzhou is drawing crowds eager to experience its supposed good fortune.

Wedding at 200-year-old Indore temple inconveniences devotees; probe ordered

January 13, 2025 1:39 pm

Photographs from the event have surfaced on social media, with people raising questions about how permission was granted for a wedding at the temple, which was part of the city's heritage.

Old temple structure found in UP's Khurja; right-wing outfits demand renovation

December 22, 2024 9:42 pm

Meanwhile, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Jatav Vikas Manch have urged authorities to renovate the temple to allow for religious activities to resume.

Hartal in Kerala, widepspread Violence Across State

June 22, 2020 6:06 pm

A day after two women entered Sabarimala, several pro-Hindutva outfits have called for a statewide shutdown. The outfit backed by RSS opposes the Supreme Court verdict that lifted the ban on women of all ages in the temple.

Is VHP’s Ayodhya mobilisation bringing back fears of the 1992 Babri demolition?

June 22, 2020 6:09 pm

Is the Ayodhya mobilisation now as powerful and potent as it was in 1992? Are there law and order concerns for the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government, both now ruled by the BJP? And most importantly, is it fair to compare 2018 to 1992?

Women know where to go and how to behave, Uma Bharti on Sabarimala

June 22, 2020 6:12 pm

On the Sabarimala verdict, union minister Uma Bharti said the court cannot be blamed for its intervention. This comes just days after BJP President Amit Shah said that meddling with the affairs of the temple was a conspiracy by Communists in Kerala.

Video Of Temple Fire In Kollam, Kerala

April 11, 2016 12:46 pm

Shah offers prayers at Banke Bihari Temple

February 08, 2016 2:32 pm

Vrindavan (UP), Feb 08 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Monday offered prayers at Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan. Shah paid visit to the city to inaugurate a temple in the holy city of Vrindavan. After the inauguration, he will interact with the BJP party workers.

Women must not be barred from entering temple: Mahant Narendra Giri

January 27, 2016 4:30 am

Allahabad, Jan 27 (ANI): Speaking on the Shani Shignapur temple issue, Akhara Parishad President Mahant Narendra Giri on Wednesday said that women must not be barred from entering the temple asserting that preventing them from doing so, was not right in any manner. He added that people must be allowed to visit temple and offer prayers irrespective of caste, creed or gender since it is their right to do so.

Shani Shignapur Temple row: 'Bolt' on democracy, say women commission members

January 26, 2016 5:48 pm

New Delhi, Jan 26 (ANI): Former member of National Commission for Women (NCW) Shamina Shafiq on Tuesday voiced her concerns regarding the age-old practice of discriminating women and barring them from entering the Shani Shignapur temple. She said it was a blot on the democracy. She added that patriarchy was another main reason because of which such practices still existed. Echoing similar sentiments, Delhi Commission for Women's former chief Barkha Shukla said there was absolutely no reason for barring women from the temple. Such practices are man-made and it should be changed over the period of time.

'Black day' for women after barred from entering Shani Shingnapur shrine

January 26, 2016 5:37 pm

Ahmednagar, Jan 26 (ANI): Scores of women attempting to enter the premises of Shani Shingnapur temple on Tuesday were barred by the police from entering the temple's sanctum. Women have been demanding eradication of an age-old tradition that bars women's entry inside the temple. In November 2015, a woman had offered prayers at the popular shrine in 'breach' of the age-old practice of prohibiting entry of women, after which the temple committee had to suspend seven security men and the villagers to perform purification rituals.