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Temples

News Reports

No vandalism, only poles removed, clarifies Mahant at temple in Palitana, Gujarat, here is what we know

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2022

Some videos had gone viral on social media where it was claimed that a Jain temple was vandalised in Palitana, Gujarat.

Law

Temples have played a huge role in development of civilisation and their traditional functioning should be paramount: Madras HC

OpIndia Staff - 12 December, 2022

The Madras HC observed that the temples should be preserved with the primary focus being on how they have traditionally operated because they have played a significant part in the development of society and civilisation

News Reports

Madras High Court instructs Tamilnadu government to ban mobile phones inside temples to maintain purity and sanctity

OpIndia Staff - 2 December, 2022

Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has instructed the Tamil Nadu state govt to prohibit the use of mobile phones inside temples

Opinions

All eyes are on Ayodhya but Delhi just got a grand Ram Temple

Sahana Singh - 22 November, 2022

Millions of Hindus around the world are waiting for the temple being constructed in Ayodhya to mark the birthplace of Shri Rama (also called Shri Ram), an Avatara of Vishnu

News Reports

Andhra Pradesh HC prevents the state government from taking over the Ahobilam temple

OpIndia Staff - 15 October, 2022

The Andhra Pradesh HC ruled that state govt has no authority, jurisdiction, or entitlement to administer Ahobilam temple.

News Reports

Babiya, the divine crocodile, who lived in Kerala’s Ananthpuram lake temple dies, tributes pour in

OpIndia Staff - 10 October, 2022

Legend says that in 1945, a British officer shot at a crocodile in the temple and within days Babiya appeared in the temple pond. She was completely vegetarian.

News Reports

Go drink cow p**s, go eat cow sh*t: New video of attack on Hindu temple in Birmingham emerges

OpIndia Staff - 29 September, 2022

More videos from the attack on Hindu temple by an Islamist mob in Birmingham have emerged.

OpIndia Explains

Are Muslims allowed to eat Prasad from Hindu temple and can they eat food cooked by Hindus? Here is what Darul Uloom Deoband says

OpIndia Staff - 27 September, 2022

Darul Uloom Deoband has a long history of issuing controversial Fatwas. It is the origin of Sunni Deobandi movement.

News Reports

UP: Pieces of meat thrown inside temple compound in Shamli district, police hints at sinister plot to disrupt communal harmony

OpIndia Staff - 3 September, 2022

A woman who entered the temple on Friday morning to offer prayers found pieces of meat strewn across the compound.

Law

‘Temples cater to larger needs of society’: Supreme Court gives sermons to Hindus, doubts necessity of revisiting 1863 Religious Endowments Act

OpIndia Staff - 2 September, 2022

SC questioned the need to revise the 1863 Religious Endowments Act, noting that the statute has enabled temples to serve "larger needs of the society."

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