Fire in Tirupati temple’s laddu making unit; no one injured | Hindustan times
A fire broke out in the kitchen of the famous Lord Venkateshwara Temple at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday evening, creating panic among thousands of devotees. The mishap took place in the “boondi potu” (the kitchen where boondi, the granules of red gram, the main ingredient of the famous Tirupati laddu are made), near the main temple complex. The More...
At this Kerala temple, thousands of men dress up as women to get deity’s blessings
Cross-dressing is generally not received well, but at the Kottankulangara Devi temple at Chavara near here, it’s different — hundreds of men cutting across religions dress up like women as part of More...
Devotee donates Rs 39 lakh gold lamp to Shirdi’s Sai temple | Times of India
SHIRDI: A Mumbai-based devotee has donated a five-wick lamp made from 1,351 grams of gold worth Rs 39 lakh to the renowned Sai Baba temple here, temple authorities on Sunday said. Temple authorities identified More...
Cops on duty at Kashi Vishwanath temple’s sanctum sanctorum wear dhotis, kurtas | Hindustan Times
In a first, police personnel deployed for crowd control duty in the sanctum sanctorum of the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi have started wearing dhotis kurtas from Monday in deference to worshippers’ More...
Thousands witness divine wedding at Ramateertham temple | The Hindu
As many as 15,000 devotees had the darshan of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita at the historic Ramateertham temple as Sitarama Kalyanam was performed in a traditional manner on Monday. A festive spirit pervaded the temple More...
Puri Jagannath Temple: After row, ASI team inspects outer parts of Ratna Bhandara | The Indian Express
An Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team on Monday inspected the condition of the Ratna Bhandara at Puri’s Jagannath Temple from the outside, after their proposal to enter the sealed rooms, believed to contain More...
Does Mr. Paneerselvam know that it is illegal for the Govt. to manage Meenakshi Amman Temple?
After the fire accident in Veera Vasantharayar Mandapam in Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple, demands have arisen to hand over the Temple Administration to the Hindu community. In reply, Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. More...
A monumental tribute to Hoysala architecture, in size and time | The Hindu
An ambitious plan to build a Hoysala-style temple bigger than the Belur Chennakeshava temple has brought a fair amount of interest to Venkatapura, a small village in Kolar district. The project will take at least More...
VHP’s ‘Ram Rajya Rath Yatra’ continues journey through TN | PTI
The VHP-backed Ram Rajya Rath Yatra, seeking to mobilise support for a Ram temple in Ayodhya, today drew crowds in large numbers in this town. The yatra, which was coming from Rameswaram en route to Kanyakumari, More...
VHP may seek law to facilitate Ram temple construction in case of unfavourable SC verdict | The New Indian Express
LUCKNOW: Weighing all the possibilities and keeping options open, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), in case of an unfavourable verdict of Supreme Court on Ayodhya issue, may approach Union government seeking it to frame More...