Hair offered by devotees in Tirupati Balaji Temple smuggled to China
Many devotees going to Tirupati Balaji temple in Andhra Pradesh offer their hair there. There is a belief that tonsuring the head there fulfils wishes of devotees.
Many devotees going to Tirupati Balaji temple in Andhra Pradesh offer their hair there. There is a belief that tonsuring the head there fulfils wishes of devotees.
The title of a s hort film, ‘Pattarude Mutton Curry’, has been changed to ‘Mutton Curry’ following the outrage by the Kerala Brahmins Association (Kerala Brahmana Sabha), alleging that the title is “insulting to Brahmin culture”.
Mahant Narendra Giri, President of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, has demanded that the names of roads named after Mughals and British be changed. He said that the streets should be renamed after great people of India who sacrificed their lives for the country.
Anand Swarup Shukla, a BJP MLA of Ballia and a Minister in the State Government has written a letter to the District Magistrate urging him to ensure that the orders issued by the Supreme Court be followed with regard to the volume of loudspeakers in mosques.
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev launched a ‘100 tweets’ Twitter campaign to make people aware of the dilapidated condition of temples in Tamil Nadu.
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against a ‘blatant attempt’ being made to take away the fundamental rights of Muslim women to practice their religion, all in the guise of providing a ‘uniform law’ across all faiths.
In France, nearly 96% of high schools have condom vending machines. The Government said, “In order to promote safe sex and decrease the risk of teen pregnancy, such efforts are being made.” Some years ago there were a large number of AIDS patients in France.
Abdul Rahim and Abdul Taufik from Jokatte have been arrested by the Police for putting condoms and obscene letters in the donation box of Swami Koragajja Temple here. Mangaluru Police Chief, N. Shashikumar informed that Rahim and Taufik surrendered to Swami Koragajja out of fear of being cursed by Koragajja.
Responding to a question on ‘Love Jihad’, Mani had replied, ‘Since such an issue has come into the fore … it should be examined. If there is something in this issue, it should be addressed. If the public still has apprehensions, it should be studied with clarity’.
Emphasising about the importance of Shrimadbhagavadgeeta at a recent interview by a news channel, Actress Mauni Roy said, “During the lockdown period I had become very religious.