Places of worship cannot encroach on public land and hinder development activities for the larger segment of the public, the Delhi High Court has said while permitting the demolition of portions of a temple and a mosque...
Raising the issue in Parliament, MP Chandra Arya said that Hindu Canadians are deeply pained by the rising Hinduphobia in Canada. Calling it an 'alarming trend,' he called upon Canada to stop rising hate-crimes against...
The high court had said appointing an executive officer for the temple, which is a part of the Mutt, is violative of Article 26(d) of the Constitution as it affects the right of administration of Jeeyars'/Mathadipathis.
According to the ruling CPI(M), those involved in active politics are ineligible to oversee temple affairs.
The lack of diversity reflected by the tableaux displays raised questions over the debate on religion-based patriotism in a democracy. The tribal and non-Hindu factions ask if the Republic of India was succumbing to the...
The DMK government is not against any religion as was being falsely portrayed, but wanted to ensure the temples shine as egalitarian spots sans inequalities, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said
Additional district judge Prafulla Kamal ordered the case file to the civil judge (senior division) south for adjudicating the issues regarding possession of the temple in accordance with law.
A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly making a hoax call to the Uttar Pradesh Police about a bomb in Gorakhnath temple
With no major pandemic-related curbs except advisories to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a large number of people gathered at popular public places...
Tamilisai Soundararajan and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao also extended New Year greetings to the people.
The state education department has also asked school authorities concerned to ask parents to wake their wards up at 4.30 am to utilize early morning time for...
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said temples and churches in the state will not be covered under the law prohibiting loud music after 10 pm.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unfurled the traditional flag on the famous Mahakali temple in Gujarat's Panchmahal district, months after a dargah which stood...
Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala does not allow women in their menstrual age group as he is an "eternal celibate" and this practice should not be altered or...
As the Mandalam-Makaravilakku festival is just days away, the Kerala government declared Sabarimala's Lord Ayyappa Temple a "liquor and drug-free zone."
Shiv Sena leaders were staging a sit-in protest against the temple authorities after some broken idols were found in the trash outside the temple premises.
Was Rajaraja, the imperial Chola king, now better known as Ponniyin Selvan, thanks to Mani Ratnam’s grand film, a Hindu?
Abhik Bhattacharya hits the road to the Rs 856-crore Mahakaleshwar Temple corridor development project in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, lined by larger-than-life...
More than 70,000 women are leading their lives as Devadasis in Karnataka alone. A commission constituted under the chairmanship of Justice Raghunath Rao had...
The 1990s decade was dominated by the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid row. Now, the Gyanvapi mosque row has added another chapter to the country’s history of...
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The idol, which portrays UP CM Yogi Adityanath as the reincarnation of Lord Ram, shows him carrying a bow and an arrow.
If Hindus and Muslims accept the historical facts of Gyanvapi with an open mind, this issue can be resolved amicably, and serve as a model for other disputed...
As the campaign to remove the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi gains momentum, another Ayodhya looms large over India.
A maze of ‘shell’ trusts and other bodies—some registered, some not—have been legally contesting the claims on the land on which Mathura’s Shahi...
