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MP High Court dismisses plea seeking removal of a temple in Indore, highlights vested interest of litigant, imposes Rs 25k fine

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2025

The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a petition demanding the removal of a temple at Yashwant Niwas Road, Indore

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Karnataka: Temple bull of Srikanteshwara temple in Mysuru mutilated by unknown attackers, locals demand Goshala

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2025

There is at tradition of donating bovines to Srikanteshwara temple. However, in the absence of a Gaushala in the temple, these bovines become vulnerable to attacks and smuggling.

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No Bhog, no Puja offered at Lingaraj Temple in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar for 3 days: Know what is the issue and why Makar Sankranti rituals...

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2025

Following a scuffle between two groups of servitors, Bhog has not been offered to the deity in the Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar, Odisha since Monday.

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Aligarh: Civil Court to hear petition claiming that Uparkot Jama Masjid is built over an ancient temple site

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2025

Aligarh civil judge’s court is set to hear a petition filed on Monday claiming the presence of archaeological evidence relating to a Buddhist Stupa, a Jain temple and a Shiv temple inside Uparkot Jama Masjid in Aligarh.

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‘Not wearing a shirt while visiting temples is Brahminical mindset’: ‘Reformer Mutt’ and Left government in Kerala join hands to attack Hindu faith

श्रवण शुक्ल - 8 January, 2025

Sachchidananda Swami of Shivgiri Mutt says that tradition of visiting temples without shirt should be abolished, calling it a kind of casteism, Kerala govt agrees

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Kannauj: FIR on Qamil Hasan and three others after Dalit man was beaten, police denies ‘mazar’ angle, says this is land dispute

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2025

Clashes broke out between Muslims and Hindus in Umran village in Kannauj after a Mazar was found erected on the land belonging to the village temple

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UP: ‘786’ and ‘Allah’ scribbled on Hindu temple wall in Bareilly, probe on

OpIndia Staff - 2 January, 2025

In Islam 786 is said to be the numeric representation of the Arabic phrase ‘Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim’ which Muslims recite on various occasions.

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Maharashtra: Two Hindu temples vandalized in Ahilya Nagar; Hindus protest in response, block roads demanding arrest of miscreants

OpIndia Staff - 23 December, 2024

A massive police force has been deployed in Ahilya Nagar to maintain law and order as Hindus continue to protest against the two incidents of temple vandalism.

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