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’ sentiments. The new dress code — yellow kurta and dhoti for male cops and white salwar and blue kurta for policewomen — has been implemented 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...

Issue circulars to evict commercial establishments from temples: HC | The Hindu
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department to issue consolidated instructions and circulars for the eviction of all commercial establishments More...

Puri Jagannath Temple’s Ratna Bhandar to be inspected next week | PTI
The Orissa High Court today directed that the Ratna Bhandar (storehouse of the deities’ ornaments) of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri would be inspected on March 26 and 27. Representatives of the More...

Please remove GST on langar at Golden Temple: MP urges PM | The Indian Express
MP Pratap Singh Bajwa has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding revocation of the GST on purchases made for langar/prasad at the Golden Temple, Durgiani Mandir and Ram Tirath temple in Punjab. His More...