AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has announced an inquiry by a three-member committee into the wall collapse at Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Simhachalam in Visakhapatnam, which resulted in the death of eight devotees.

VISAKHAPATNAM: At least eight devotees were killed and four others injured in a wall collapse during an annual festival at Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple at Simhachalam in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.

MUMBAI: Actress Chum Darang, alongside her “Khauf” co-star Priyanka Setia, made a spiritual stop at the iconic Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal, seeking divine blessings.

TORONTO: Following the recent vandalism of a Gurudwara in Vancouver, British Columbia, another disturbing incident has surfaced targeting the Lakshmi Narayan Temple in Surrey.

MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Preity Zinta has shared a heartfelt post on social media, reflecting on her emotional and long-awaited visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

NEW DELHI: Ram Navami is being celebrated with fervour and enthusiasm in the country on Sunday. The festival marks the birth of Lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu and is also the last day of Chaitra Navratri.

MUMBAI: Punjabi superstar Gippy Grewal, who is awaiting the release of his upcoming film ‘Akaal: The Unconquered’, recently paid a visit to the Golden temple in Amritsar.

JAMMU: A woman pilgrim was arrested after a pistol was recovered from her possession at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, said officials on Tuesday.

AMRITSAR:  Two unidentified miscreants threw a crude bomb on Thakur Dwara temple in Khandwala in Amritsar. The blast badly damaged to out wall of the temple. The incident has created panic in the area.

CALIFORNIA: A BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, one of the largest Hindu temples, located in Chino Hills, California, was vandalised with "Anti-India" messages written on it on Sunday.

SHIMLA: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Himachal Pradesh chief Rajeev Bindal has said there are about 40 big pilgrimage places and temples which have been acquired by the state governments from time to time, but the trust funds were never used for budgetary schemes as is being done by the Congress government now.

NEW DELHI: Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Richard Marles recently met Mahant Swami Maharaj at the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Cranbourne, Melbourne.

NEW DELHI: Southern superstar Chiranjeevi Konidela recently visited BAPS mandir in Abu Dhabi and was thrilled and overwhelmed to witness the grandeur and splendour of the first Hindu Temple in the Gulf nation.

NEW DELHI: Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Jairam Thakur, has strongly criticised the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government, accusing it of seeking funds from temples to finance government schemes.

MUMBAI: Bollywood actress and entrepreneur Shilpa Shetty, along with her sister Shamita, mother, and children Viaan and Samiksha, offered prayers at the Shri Durgaparameshwari Temple in Kateel, a temple town in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka.

AMRITSAR: he new in-charge of Punjab Pradesh Congress, Bhupesh Baghel, will be given a warm welcome on his arrival in Amritsar tomorrow.

MUMBAI: On the occasion of Maha Shivratri on Wednesday, actress Shehnaaz Gill seeked divine blessings at the Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple in Maharashtra.

MUMBAI: On the occasion of Mahashivratri, actress Nimrat Kaur visited the revered Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple in Nashik, Maharashtra, seeking divine blessings.

MUMBAI: Actress Parineeti Chopra along with her politician husband Raghav Chadha and family offered prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple ahead of Maha Shivratri.

AMRITSAR: Around 154 Hindu devotees leave Amritsar for Katas Raj Mahadev Temple in Pakistan to celebrate shivratri.

MUMBAI: Boney Kapoor recently shared glimpses of his spiritual journey, which took him on a divine pilgrimage from the Jagannath Temple in Odisha to the Maha Kumbh.

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister of Odisha Mohan Charan Majhi has offered prayers at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya of Uttar Pradesh.

NEW DELHI: Ayodhya's Ram Temple has witnessed a massive influx of devotees on Monday morning, severely straining the city's police and administrative arrangements.

NEW DELHI: Spiritual leaders expressed deep sorrow on Wednesday over the demise of Acharya Satyendra Das, the longest-serving chief priest of Lord Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Jana Sena Party President Pawan Kalyan on Wednesday began a three-day pilgrimage to Kerala and Tamil Nadu, seen as part of his 'Sanatan Dharma Parirakshana' (protection of ancient dharma) mission.

MUMBAI: Soha Ali Khan recently shared heartwarming photos from her visit to the iconic Kiyomizu-dera temple in Japan, alongside her husband, actor Kunal Kemmu, and their daughter, Inaaya Naumi Kemmu.

MUMBAI: Actress Raveena Tandon reached Dwarka as she paid a visit to the Rukmini Temple. Earlier, the actress visited the Nageshwar Mahadev Temple. The actress also visited Thakurji at Dwarka Jagat Mandir.

MUMBAI: Actress Sharvari started her day on a positive note by seeking blessings at a temple and asserted that prayers are always answered and urged her fans to have faith.

MUMBAI: Indian actress Priyanka Chopra, who is currently in the country, shared a glimpse of her seeking divine blessings at a temple in Hyderabad early morning.

MUMBAI: Actress Raveena Tandon, who was last seen in ‘Ghudchadi’, recently paid a visit to Sai Baba temple in Shirdi on Wednesday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala police on Thursday exhumed the body of a temple priest, Gopan Swami, whose mysterious death and burial in a concrete chamber at Aralumoodu, Neyyatinkara, stirred controversy and public curiosity.

NEW DELHI: Before filing his nomination for the Assembly polls, former Delhi BJP MP Parvesh Verma prayed at the Gauri Shankar temple in the national capital and held a roadshow, which was attended by a large crowd.

CHANDIGARH: Braving cold, tens of thousands of devotees converged at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and other gurudwaras across Punjab to pay obeisance and for a holy dip in the 'sarovar' to mark Maghi or Makar Sankranti on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Laurene Powell Jobs, the wife of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, is in India to attend Maha Kumbh 2025, slated to begin on January 13.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Police will deploy 5,000 personnel for the Makaravilakku festival at the Sabarimala hill shrine, scheduled for January 14.

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Police and its agencies will undertake a security audit of all important temples and shrines in the state, following the attack on the Gorakhnath temple earlier this month.

NEW DELHI: A Kashmiri Pandit organisation has sought an SIT probe into the sale and leasing of land of defunct temple trusts and demanded that those involved in the "illegal" work be brought to book.

AMRITSAR: A case has come to light of disappearance of some of the precious stones in the carvings inside the Golden Temple. Continued efforts are being made to suppress this issue. Inside the Golden Temple, craftsmen called from Chiniot started carving, embroidering and enamel work in 1880 which continued till 1910.

NEW DELHI: A three-member team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to question Ahmed Murtaza Abbasi, the main accused in the Gorakhnath temple attack case.

AMRITSAR: While most Bollywood actresses are considered having westernized thoughts, ways, and lifestyles, there are some new-age celebrities who are still very much in touch with their Indian roots and traditions as they are ardent believers and often turn to God's solace for seeking darshan and blessings. In all of it is our talented actress Jyoti Saxena, who is very connected to the spiritual side even in the upscale Bollywood industry.

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav has questioned the handling of the Ahmed Murtaza Abbasi case, related to the attack on Gorakhnath temple.

AMETHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has sent 'puja samagri' (worship material) for the Devi temples in Amethi on the occasion of Navratri.

PANAJI: The Goa government has begun the process of restoring temples which were destroyed during the Portuguese colonial era, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday.

AMRITSAR: Harpreet Singh Soodan, a 2013 batch IAS officer today assumed charge as the 175th Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar. He was earlier posted as Deputy Commissioner at Sri Muktsar Sahib.

SHIMLA: With the easing of Covid-related restrictions in Himachal Pradesh, thousands of devotees on Saturday thronged temples to mark the start of the nine-day Chaitra Navratri festival.

MUMBAI; Actor Tahir Raj Bhasin visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar to seek blessings for his journey forward as an artiste.

AMRITSAR: After winning the Punjab Assembly elections, Bhagwant Mann and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with 92 MLAs paid obeisance at the Golden Temple on Sunday.

CHENNAI: The Hindu Munnani, a right-wing organisation, of Tamil Nadu has condemned and slammed the state forest department for "collecting an entry fee of Rs 100" from the devotees who visit the Velliangiri Andavar temple in Velliangiri mountains near Coimbatore.

PRAYAGRAJ: (Uttar Pradesh): The Allahabad High Court dismissed a contempt petition regarding the usage of loudspeakers in temples as well as in mosques, observing that the time of filing of the petition indicates that it was a sponsored litigation so as to affect the communal harmony of Uttar Pradesh during the state elections.

VARANASI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Wednesday, reached the Ravidas temple at Seer Govardhan where they offered prayers.

VARANASI: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday, offered prayers at the Ravidas Temple in Varanasi on the occasion of Ravidas Jayanti.

AMRITSAR: Amit Shah Senior leader of Bhartiya Janata Party and Union Home Minister offered prayers at Golden Temple here on Sunday. He also held a closed door meeting with Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh.

CHENNAI:The police in Myladuthurai in Tamil Nadu arrested two priests for stealing the silver cover of a palanquin of the temple. The palanquin carries the deity and the incident occurred at the Parimalanathar temple at Thiruindalur in Myladuthurai district.

BHUBANESWAR: The Lord Jagannath temple in Odisha's Puri has been reopened for devotees with strict adherence to Covid-19 norms, officials said here on Tuesday.

AMRITSAR: Congress leader Mr Rahul Gandhi today paid obeisance at Golden Temple. and Prayed with Congress candidates for the future of Punjab at Harmandir Sahib.

AMRITSAR: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Chief Ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann on Saturday paid obeisance at the Holy Harmandir Sahib, Durgiana Temple and Sri Ram Tirath Temple here and prayed for prosperity, progress and peace in Punjab. Bhagwant Mann also visited Jallianwala Bagh, the place of martyrdom and paid homage to the martyrs.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday said that the state government is ready to bear the entire expenditure to be incurred on land allotment by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for construction of Sri Guru Ravidass ji Temple at Tughlakabad in New Delhi.

Visakhapatnam:Police in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district on Thursday booked a case against former union minister P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju in connection with an incident at Ramateertham temple.

CHANDIGARH:BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh today questioned the silence of Punjab PCC president Navjot Sidhu over the repeated incidents of desecration of Hindu temples in Pakistan which have spread terror and panic among the Hindus.

NEW DELHI: BJP Lok Sabha MP Hema Malini wants a grand temple of Lord Krishna to be built in Mathura on the lines of Ayodhya and Kashi Vishwanath. She said a grand temple should be constructed at the janmabhoomi (birth place) of Lord Krishna.

NEW DELHI: Condemning the incident of sacrilege at Golden Temple, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Sunday said that it is a conspiracy to create unrest in society and asked for unmasking of conspirators behind the incident.

AMRITSAR: The Deputy Chief Minister Mr. O.P. Soni while expressing deep sorrow over the recent incidents of indecency in Punjab said that these mischievous elements were trying to disturb the peace of Punjab which the people of Punjab will not tolerate.

TARN TARAN: The Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Sunday strongly condemned the incidents of sacrilege at Golden Temple Amritsar and Kapurthala and said that the Punjab government would ensure that the perpetrators of such heinous crimes are not only identified but also face the law of land. He said that no one would be allowed to disturb the hard earned peace and communal harmony of the state.

AMRITSAR: Former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal today described the heinous attempt to commit sacrilege at Sachkhand Shri Harmandar Sahib as "deeply shocking and exceedingly painful".

AMRITSAR: Former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal today described the heinous attempt to commit sacrilege at Sachkhand Shri Harmandar Sahib as "deeply shocking and exceedingly painful".

AMRITSAR: The ink has not yet dried on the news of indecent exposure at Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib about two days ago by throwing Gutka Sahib in the sarovar, an unidentified person tried to desecrate the holy Guru Granth Sahib in sanctum spectrum of Shri Darbar Sahib(Golden Temple).

BHUBANESWAR: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its latest report on general and social sector for the year ended March 2020, said that over 4,500 acres of landed properties of six temples in Odisha are under encroachment.

JAWALAMUKHI: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjeet singh Channi on Sunday, Visited famous shrine of Jwalamukhi in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh during his Devi Darshan Yatra of the State to pay obeisance. Mr.Channi along with his Family members reached the shrine this morning from Baglamukhi.

BHUBANESWAR: The Shilanyas or the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the ambitious Srimandir Parikrama Prakalp was performed in Odisha's Puri in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: The Hindu community in Pakistan has decided to pay the fines imposed on 11 religious leaders involved in the Karak temple attack in December 2020 from the All Pakistan Hindu Councils fund, Express Tribune reported.

AMRITSAR: Hockey Olympian Rajinder Singh today arrived to pay obeisance at Golden Temple here. Bibi Jagir Kaur president Shiormani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee honoured with a saropa ( robe of honour) at information office.

NEW DELHI: After the controversy erupted on the issue of land purchase by Shri Ram Mandir trust, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said that it has hurt the people's faith and demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi give the details of the money spent as the trust was formed by him.

PRATAPGARH(UP): A ‘Corona Mata temple that had come up in Juhi Shukulapur village under the limits of Sangipur police station in Pratapgarh district has been demolished by the district administration.

AMRITSAR: Giani Maan Singh, a Senior Granthi(priest) of Sri Darbar Sahib has resigned from his post, according to SGPC sources.

AMRITSAR: Ghallughara Day was observed today to mark 37th annovesary of Operation Blue Star, army action launched in the Golden Temple on June 2, 1984. It led to death of hundereds of devotees and Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawala on June 6.

PHAGWARA: A Mandir Priest Manjit kumar(48) who was missing since May 19 was reportedly found murdered near a drain in Village Behram on Phagwara— Banga Road this morning.

BAREILLY: A minor priest, aged about 15 years, has been found hanging inside a temple here. Police suspect it to be a case of suicide but the 'guru' of the deceased has alleged that he was murdered.

AMRITSAR: Bollywood actress Kangna Ranaut Monday Visited Golden Temple to pay obeisance. 

AMRITSAR: A row has begun over Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak committe (SGPC) decision of stopping of giving 'parsad' of Patasa and Siropa as Guru's blessings to the devotees visitng Sri Harmandir Sahib here. The Sikh bodies have targeted SGPC president Bibi Jagor Kaur for discontinuing the age old tradition.

AMRITSAR: The low fall out of devotees in the Golden Temple Amritsar has led to low consumption of 'langar' (Community food) during last one month.

SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh government on Monday decided to restrict wedding gatherings to 50 people, shut all temples, impose a five-day workweek for all offices and suspension of services of several long-distance buses of the state roadways to check the spread of coronavirus.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur Big temple, Brihadeeswarar temple and Kailasanathar temple, along with other living monuments, will remain shut till May 15 amid surge in Covid-19 cases, sources in the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said.

SHIMLA: Amid the rising coronavirus cases and restrictions, devotees on Tuesday thronged temples in Himachal Pradesh on the first day of the nine-day long Chaitra Navratri festival.

MATHURA: A sculpture of Lord Krishna (Laddoo Gopal) has gone "missing" from the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan.
The Delhi-based business family that had taken the deity for 'darshan' to the temple, have announced a cash reward of Rs 11,000 to the person who finds it for them.

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has expressed displeasure over a resolution passed by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee(SGPC) against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

NEW DELHI: The six shut schemes of Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund have received Rs 15,776 crore so far from maturities, pre-payments and coupons.
In a statement, the fund house said that all the schemes are cash positive as on March 31, 2021.

NEW DELHI: Franklin Templeton India's president Sanjay Sapre has said that the fund house has no plans to exit its India business.

LUCKNOW: Devotees will no longer be able to ring the bells at temples in Lucknow in view of the increasing cases of Covid positive patients.
Most temples in the state capital have tied a cloth over the bells to prevent people from touching them.

RAWALPINDI: Unidentified assailants ransacked a 74-year-old Hindu temple located in Rawalpind's Purana Qila area. As per the police authorities, a case has been registered at the Bani Gala station against the attack which took place early Sunday morning.

RAWALPINDI:Unidentified assailants ransacked a 74-year-old Hindu temple located in Rawalpind's Purana Qila area.
As per the police authorities, a case has been registered at the Bani Gala station against the attack which took place early Sunday morning.

BULANDSHAHR(UP):A priest of the famous Dhakwale temple in Achru Kalan village of Shikarpur Kotwali circle area in Bulandshahr district was allegedly strangled to death on Monday.

AYODHYA: Holi, for the first time, will be celebrated with grandeur at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple here.
This is the first Holi when the Ram Lalla's idol is not in a tent but is ensconced in a proper temple.

MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan on Thursday evening revealed this is the first time the doors of their Lord Shiva temple, built by his maternal grandfather decades ago, is shut on Mahashivratri owing to the pandemic.

NEW DELHI: Addressing the Delhi assembly on Wednesday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said once the Ram temple in Ayodhya is ready, the government will take Delhi's senior citizens to Ayodhya for a visit.

AYODHYA: Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, general secretary Champat Rai, has said that "crowd funding for the Ram temple was the world's biggest fund-raising campaign and people can still donate online through the new Trust website. Foreign devotees are requested to wait a little more. They will be notified on completion of FCRA formalities".

CHITTOOR(Andhra Pradesh): Installation of extensive surveillance cameras at religious places in Andhra Pradesh after a spate of alleged temple attacks over the months helped Chittoor district police to nab two thieves, involved in a temple burglary, in just two days' time.

AYODHYA: The Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has purchased an additional 7,285 square feet land, adjacent to the proposed complex.

DUBAI: The Hindu temple in Dubai will virtually celebrate the upcoming Maha Shivratri festival virtually this year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, while the premises will be closed to prevent the spread of the virus, according to a media report.

VARANASI: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday attended the the 644th birth anniversary celebration of Sant Shiromani Shri Guru Ravidas ji Maharaj at Seer Govardhanpur of the Ravidas temple in Varanasi.

BHUBANESWAR: Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut sought blessings at Lord Jagannath temple in Puri on Friday.

DEHRADUN: The portals of Badrinath temple, nestling in the Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand, will reopen on May 18 morning, an official statement said on Tuesday.

LUCKNOW: Over 80 orphans from the Saadatganj orphanage of the All India Shia Orphanage in Lucknow and people from the minority community donated more than Rs 1.5 lakh for the construction of the Ram temple.

LUCKNOW: The Ambedkar Mahasabha Trust has decided to associate itself with Ram temple construction and will gift a silver brick to the Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on behalf of the Dalit community.

LUCKNOW: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and 35 organisations linked to the Sangh Parivar, have been given a list of rules that have to be followed when volunteers begin the 'Sahyog Samarpan' campaign to collect funds for Ram temple construction.

JAIPUR: Digital app with online monitoring, unique IDs and cumbersome audits comprise a three-tier system to monitor the donations being made for Ram temple construction in Ayodhya, said Abhishek Agrawal, a chartered accountant who is leading a few teams of depositors besides training members engaged in the collection drive.