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33 feet tall, 1008 Lingams: World’s largest Sahasralingam to be consecrated in Bihar

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A single piece of black granite was used to craft the magnificent Shiva Lingam in Mahabalipuram of Tamil Nadu.
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Supreme Court says temple money belongs to deity and can’t be used to save falling banks, rejects plea challenging Kerala HC order to repay...

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In a significant comment, the Supreme Court of India on Friday said that that funds deposited by temples belong exclusively to the presiding deity...
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Delhi: Site of car explosion just a few meters away from Gauri Shankar Temple with 800 year old Shivling and a Jain temple, police...

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In a chilling turn of events that has shaken the national capital, a powerful car explosion near Gate No. 1 of Delhi’s Red Fort Metro...
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Andhra Temple Stampede: FIR filed against 80-year-old owner of the private temple who built it after he was unable to have darshan at Tirumala

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In the wake of the stampede at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Kasibugga of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh, police have registered a...
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Andhra Pradesh: At least nine people killed in stampede at Venkateswara Temple in Kashibugga during Ekadashi rush, several others injured

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Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that he directed the officials to help the injured get treatment and oversee the rescue operations.
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PM Modi to inaugurate redeveloped Mata Tripura Sundari Temple in Tripura, a sacred Shakti Peetha and rare confluence of Shakta–Vaishnava traditions

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Mata Tripura Sundari Temple, a 500-year-old Shakti Peetha built by Maharaja Dhanya Manikya, stands as a rare confluence of Shakta and Vaishnava traditions, now revived through a grand redevelopment.
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Rajasthan High Court upholds order cancelling the license of meat shops near Hindu temple, dismisses claim that the place of worship was ‘private’

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"This Court finds no substance in the arguments of the counsel for the petitioner that the temple situated within a 50-meter radius of the petitioners’ meat shops is not a public temple," the Judge noted in its order dated September 1, 2025.
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‘Lord Krishna was the first mediator’: Supreme Court in Shri Banke Bihari Temple redevelopment case

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SC suggested forming a committee led by a retired HC judge to supervise the temple's administration.
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Uttar Pradesh: Imamuddin pretends to be Hindu, acts as temple priest, police arrest him and recover three Aadhar cards

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The accused even took land from the village head and funds from the locals to build a temple. He then started living inside it.
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‘Sanatan Dharma respects women’: Shifa in MP undertakes ‘ghar wapsi’ to become Shanvi, marries Rahul in a Shiva temple

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Shanvi did "rudrabhishek" of Lord Shiva in the temple after she left Islam and married Rahul according to Hindu rituals.
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