Attempt to illegally transfer Meenakshi temple land – The Hindu
In a shocking revelation, an alleged attempt to illegally transfer nearly 1.8 acres of land belonging to Meenakshi Amman Temple in a prime location here to a few people with the collusion of some revenue officials has come to light. Sources at the temple said that the land, located near a private school on Hakim Ajmal Khan Road in Bibikulam area was More...
Blame game on over temple demolition – The Hindu
Tension is brewing between heritage activists and the State government over the demolition of an 800-year-old Siva temple, built by the Kongu Cholas at Tholur village in Namakkal district. The temple is under the More...
Gold chains worth Rs 2.5 lakh stolen from deity of Bhadrachalam temple – The New Indian Express
KHAMMAM: Two gold chains worth `2.5 lakh, donated by a devotee to Goddess Sita of the famous Sri Sitaramachandra Swamy temple in Bhadrachalam, have gone ‘missing’. The missing chains came to the notice of the More...
Temple: Royal family terms former CAG Vinod Rai’s report as ‘unbelievable’ – The Economic Times
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Travancore royal family today came out against an audit report by former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai over alleged theft of gold valuables from the Sree Padmanabha Swamy shrine More...
Tamil Nadu: Ban on 800-year-old temple festival
Nagapattinam: S. Palanisamy, district collector of Nagapattinam, has banned the annual festival at the 800-year-old Pazhankallimedu Bhadrakaliamman temple, 40 km from here, which falls in the Tamil month of Aadi, More...
Burglars strike in temple; loot gold, silver and cash – The Hindu
Thieves broke into a temple on the Girivalam path and allegedly decamped with the deity’s gold crown, silver articles and cash from the hundiyal (collection box). According to Tiruvannamalai Taluk police, burglars More...
Immersion of Ganesh idols banned at RK Beach – Times of India
Visakhapatnam: The district administration has prohibited immersion of Ganesh idols at the RK beach stretch from Coastal Battery to Park Hotel Junction in view of the BRICS Summit that is slated to be held in More...
Bangladesh: Hindus denied cremation rights, protest erupts
Bangladesh again saw massive Hindu protest when radicals tried to stop Hindu community to cremate a Hindu man named Binoy Kumar Roy (75) who was the Founder and the President of Hotel Sramik Union at Mudipara, More...
Traffic curbs hit pilgrim rush at Durga temple – The Hindu
Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam’s expectations that the pilgrim rush would swell its coffers to the brim during the river Krishna pushkarams have gone haywire, thanks to traffic restrictions. The More...
Kerala government to stop VIP darshan in Sabarimala temple : India Today
VIPs may lose their privileges in Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple in Kerala as the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government is now planning to bring laws against temple authorities giving special treatment to VIPs More...