The case relates to a September 2023 incident, when two Christian priests were invited to the Sree Parthasarathy Temple in Kerala's Adoor to attend a function.
Case involves alleged financial irregularities at Chennai’s Sri Prasanna Venkata Narasimma Perumal Temple, which receives public donations, & whether Tamil Nadu govt can inquire into them.
If administrators and political actors continue to rely on ritual rhetoric, temporary fixes, and reactive policing, the shrine’s vulnerabilities will deepen.
Just as India’s educated elite have benefited from missionary-run schools, temple donations could be channelled for the economic and educational upliftment of Hindus.
At Tirumala, Naidu says preserving the temple's sanctity is his priority and that Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) will spend SRIVANI Trust funds to build the temples.
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.'
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.
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.
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.
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'.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
Hindu temples should enforce a Hindu dress code, while entering temples. If they want to enter as devotees, then they must give a declaration of faith in the god, and chant mantras. If they want to enter as guest, then they should be only allowed in certain halls, not connected to worshipping areas.
Hindu temples should enforce a Hindu dress code, while entering temples. If they want to enter as devotees, then they must give a declaration of faith in the god, and chant mantras. If they want to enter as guest, then they should be only allowed in certain halls, not connected to worshipping areas.