Mangaluru: Theft at temple in Attavar – Items worth Rs 2 lac stolen
Thieves broke into the Uma Maheshwara temple in Attavar near here and escaped with articlesworth more than Rs 2 lakh, police said today. The theft came to light when children arrived at the temple for early morning prayers. The stolen items include the Vigraha Kavacha of the presiding deity Shiva apart from the silver ornaments on the idols of Lord More...
Temple at Oottathur in ruins – The Hindu
Suddha Rathneswarar Temple at Oottathur near Padalur on the Tiruchi–Chennai National Highway remains in a neglected condition. Absence of ‘palli arai’ and temple kitchen speaks volume about its poor condition. The More...
Temple sealed, open and shut again after tension over folk idol – The New Indian Express
ARIYALUR:The ill-advised move to open a disputed temple for worship without efforts to broker peace has sparked caste tensions at Silambur in Ariyalur, where prohibitory orders have been clamped. In less than a More...
Illegal mining on Kannanur Mariamman Temple land alleged – The Hindu
A complaint has been lodged with Omalur police that a temple land was encroached and stone quarrying was done illegally using explosives. In his complaint, founder of Thiru Thondargal Saba A. Radhakrishnan said More...
Row between Dalits, upper caste Hindus over temple ritual; Nagapattinam festival suspended | The Indian Express
The district officials initiated talks between the two groups following reports that the Dalits in Kallimedu village had threatened to embrace Islam if they were not given the right to conduct the rituals for a More...
Protest over temple takeover tomorrow – Times of India
Shimla: Himachal Lokhit Party (HLP) has said that it is going to hold a rally in Kullu on Monday to protest against the state government’s decision to take control of the revered Raghunath Temple. The More...
Rain gauge set up at Srirangam temple – The Hindu
The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department has set up a rain gauge atop the 1,000-pillar mandapam at Srirangam Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple. “The gauge has been set up for a scientific study on the More...
Shutdown over takeover of Raghunath temple – Times of India
Manali: Kullu observed a complete shutdown on Wednesday in protest against the government’s decision to take over the Raghunath Temple, which houses a 17th century idol. The cabinet had decided that the temple More...
New baggage scanner for temple – The Hindu
The police have installed a new baggage scanner near the Srirangam Sri Ranganathaswamy temple to examine the personal belongings of devotees visiting the shrine. Manufactured by the public sector Bharat Electronics More...
Crisis over conduct of temple festival blows over – The Hindu
Tension at the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border over the rights of Kanakanatchiamman temple near Palar at Perumpallam in Chittoor district seems to have defused, with villagers from Tamil Nadu deciding to ensure More...