By Namta Gupta New Delhi, May 31, 2020: It has come to light that a holy Hindu Temple in Iran’s Bandar Abbas caught fire. The news was first posted by Iran International on May 16th, 2020 along with a video of the footage. The Iranian authorities say that the Hindu Temple caught fire due to some […]
By Namta Gupta Attacks on Hindu Temples are happening at an alarming pace in otherwise Hindu-majority Mauritius. On April 23rd, 2020, at Port Louis’ Valley Pitot, another Hindu Temple came under attack. The use of the Molotov cocktail to set fire to the Hindu Temple sets a dangerous precedent in the otherwise happy and picturesque […]
1000-year old Shawala Teja Singh Temple which was completely shut down after an attack by Pakistani mob protesting disputed Babri structure in India has finally reopened. Diwali was also celebrated with sweets distribution and Diya lighting at the sacred Hindu place. View this post on Instagram 1000-year-old Shawala Teja Singh Temple reopened in Pakistan Pic: […]
The riots that happened in Ghotki and Mirpur Mathelo and Adilpur of Sindh, against the Pakistani Hindus, is not your everyday riot. A carefully planted blasphemy rumour was put out using a teenager Muslim boy’s Facebook account right after the abduction of a Hindu girl Monika aged around 13. This is the same Monika who […]
Hindu Temples of Fiji are again on the target. In July a break-in at the Sita Ram Mandir of Calia, Navua angered the Hindu community. The money box was found damaged and in festival season, such thefts are a huge set back for the community. Another Hindu Temple at Malolo, Nadi was also targeted and […]
On the occasion of Mahashivratri, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and other devotees performed ‘Kar Sewa’ to clean the sacred pool of the historic Durgiana Temple in Amritsar on Maha Shivratri. This temple is dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Durga Devi. Kar Sewa means service done voluntarily and this is is the third ‘Kar Sewa’at […]
American Hindu community is in shock after a Hindu Temple of Louisville, Kentucky, was vandalized by radicals this week with hate-filled slogans in what the police are calling ‘ hate crime’ directed against the Hindus. Hindu American Foundation Director of Government Relations Jay Kansara in a statement said that this ‘it’s no secret that hate […]
Hindu temple in Regents Park, a suburb in western Sydney in New South Wales (NSW) of Australia, which was vandalized on October 14 during the auspicious festive season of Navaratri, is reportedly formally reopening on February three. The patrons and the devotees of the Hindu Temple were left in tears at this blatant hate attack […]
On January 13, a Hindu Temple dedicated to Goddess Mansa Devi was attacked. The 200-year old Temple is the pride of the community and lies in the house of Late Horipada Das’s house situated at Mahakal village of Abhaynagar sub-district of Jessore district, Bangladesh, was ransacked by a preparator named Yasin. The man tried to […]
Hindu Temple ‘Bhartiye Mandir’ situated in Sydney was brutally vandalized by unknown perpetrators during the auspicious time of Navratri on October 14th evening. The patrons and the devotees of the Hindu Temple were left in tears at this blatant hate attack on their Temple which is attended by some 300 Hindu devotees on an average. […]
