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Topic: Hindu temples

‘Hate has no place in our communities’—Indian-American Congressman on attacks on Hindu temples in US

Speaking at the US Congress in Capitol Hill, Suhas Subramanyam strongly condemned the recent series of attacks & acts of vandalism targeting Hindu temples across US.

Aurangzeb’s redemption is built on a scholarly empire of shaky citations

The considerable weight of claims about Aurangzeb’s religious tolerance rest heavily on one obscure scholar's writings. We know him merely as 'Jnan Chandra, Bombay.'

What connects Raja Raja Chola, Ramana Maharshi, and Hindu temples of North America

For someone who once wanted nothing to do with his hoary lineage, architect V Ganapati Sthapati brought about a veritable renaissance in temple architecture before his death in 2011.

2 women arrested for stealing idols from temple in Hyderabad

The sisters, main suspect Swarna Latha and Pavani, consulted a ‘baba’ due to a string of deaths in their family and were advised to install and worship idols.

Varanasi’s Great Temple Hunt—Hindu groups are combing gullies, mosques, Muslim homes

Freelance Hindu groups are on a mission to ‘find’ temples in Varanasi. Mosques, Muslim homes, or often tense Hindu-Muslim neighbourhoods are their hunting grounds.

Think tank of retd judges, sants will suggest ways to free temples from govt control & run them, says VHP

Before handing over temples to the Hindu society, VHP functionary Milind Parande calls for removal of 'all non-Hindus employed in temples and endowment departments'.

In Mathura, lawyers & teachers run temples—with stickers on cars. ‘Receivers’ now under scrutiny

Mathura district judge is set to submit report in SC today on temples under receivership model, wherein lawyers, teachers & journalists step in to run temples in cases of dispute.

Fact Check: No idols were found at Sambhal mosque survey. Social media posts are fake

Three idols in the viral social media image were found in Karnataka in February 2024, months before the Sambhal mosque survey was conducted.

Concealment can’t bring closure. Muslims must admit destruction of Hindu temples was wrong

If Muslims considered the destruction of temples bad, there should have been an elaborate and pervasive condemnation of it in their literary and oral traditions.

‘Upsetting for Indians,’ says Australia on Hindu temple vandalism in Canberra

At a press briefing Tuesday, jointly addressed by foreign ministers Jaishankar and Penny Wong, the Indian minister called Sunday’s incident in Brampton ‘deeply concerning’.

On Camera

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.