Ex-Worker Arrested Over Grave Allegations at Karnataka’s Dharmasthala Temple KARNATAKA — Indian authorities have arrested a former employee of the Dharmasthala temple after he alleged shocking crimes, including mass rapes, murders, and secret burials at the centuries-old shrine. The man, who claimed to have worked at the temple between 1995 and 2014, told a magistrate […]
ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for National Heritage and Culture Division, Aurangzeb Khan Khichi, has taken serious notice of disturbing reports highlighting the deteriorating condition of the historic Katas Raj Temple in Punjab. The centuries-old Hindu temple complex, dedicated to Lord Shiva, is reportedly suffering from water seepage and flooding that have weakened its ancient structures, […]
The incident happened in the Baghpat district, north of the capital New Delhi, where hundreds of devotees from the Jain faith had gathered at a temple to make offerings of confectionery. “A wooden structure collapsed resulting in the death of five people,” district magistrate Asmita Lal told AFP. “Forty others were injured, out of which […]
A huge crowd had gathered to collect entrance tokens to visit the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh when the stampede broke out on Wednesday. “The unfortunate incident… has claimed the lives of six devotees. I pray to god to give peace to the departed souls,” Prem Kumar Jain, spokesman […]
Sukhbir Singh Badal, former deputy chief minister of Punjab state, was unharmed in the attack. The shooter, identified by police as Narain Singh, 68, was seen in TV footage from news agency ANI walking to the entrance of the temple in Amritsar city, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, and stealthily removing a gun from his […]
Indian police detained two people Tuesday after a temple fireworks show erupted into a ferocious explosion, leaving almost a hundred people in hospital, eight in critical condition. Hundreds were crowded around a Hindu temple at Nileshwaram in the southern state of Kerala on Monday evening to watch the fireworks, videos posted by Indian newspapers showed. […]
