In the Rajasthani town of Tonk, a procession of devotees headed for the holy Kanwar Yatra was attacked by a murderous mob. Armed with sticks, stones and sharp weapons, they created ...
The Kanwar Yatra is an important Hindu tradition. It is an annual pilgrimage of Shiv devotees, known as Kanwariyas or ‘Bhole’, to sacred pilgrimage places of Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri in ...
In not so distant past, the Apex Court of India had rejected a second plea to reopen 215 cases of genocide of thousands of Kashmiri Pandits during the 1990s. The reason ...
Noted Bengali author and Oscar award winner filmmaker Satyajit Ray once wrote- to order his orderlies to shut the door, a British officer used to say, “There was a brown crow” ...
In a historic decision, it seems that the controversy surrounding the management of the Jagannath temple in Puri has finally been put to rest. On June 8, 2018 the Supreme Court had ...
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh has slammed the Andhra Pradesh government for giving away temple land to third parties without seeking permission from the Court. On Tuesday, the High Court directed ...
A grand temple dedicated to Shri Ram in Ayodhya is what drove the BJP to power for the first time in any state in 1991. More than two and a half ...
Lord Jagannath Temple in Puri in Odisha holds a special place in the hearts of the millions of Hindu devotees. Puri temple is one of the four Dhamas which a Hindu ...
The term 'langar' is used in Sikhism for the community kitchens run by the Gurdwaras, they provide free vegetarian food to all the visitors without any distinction of caste, religion, economic ...
The former head priest of Tirupati Balaji temple, Ramana Deekshitulu exposed Telugu Desam Party and Chandrababu Naidu after some jewels from the Tirupati temple were auctioned at Sotheby’s. The ex-priest blamed ...
After India’s Independence from the Britishers, famous temples of the Hindus in India are controlled by the government. These temples are under the direct control of the state government favorites. With ...
Since independence, Hindu religious institutions are gradually being taken over by the state government to control their resources. The management boards which control temples are mostly headed by some 'esteemed academician' ...
