New Delhi, January 11, 2022: The devotees visiting the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi and hundreds of temple workers will no longer need to enter the temple premises barefoot. Starting 14th January, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is beginning the sale of Khadi handmade paper “Use & Throw” slippers for the use of the […]
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Pakistan: Mob vandalizes Hindu Temple after clerics’ call (Video)
New Delhi, December 30, 2020: A Hindu Temple was completely destroyed in Karak district of the Kohat division in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) of Pakistan under the leadership of local Muslim clerics today. The video shows a huge crowd breaking the walls of the Hindu Temple amidst chants of Allah-hu-Akbar. This Temple is said to be […]
Bangladesh Hindus bear Temple desecration, houses burnt as Islamist rage over France
New Delhi, November 3rd, 2020: Bangladesh is witnessing another wave of attacks on Hindus on the pretext of blasphemy against Islam. Many Hindus are being accused of blasphemy Islam for ‘liking’ statuses on Facebook in support of France. Dr MK Roy of the Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance (Hindu Mohajote), who spoke to Currentriggers.com, told […]
Ireland: First ever Temple opens in Dublin as Hindu population nearly doubles
New Delhi, August 23, 2020: On August 22nd, 2020, the Hindu community of Ireland witnessed the Opening Ceremony of “Sarv Sampradaya” Hindu Temple and Cultural Centre on the day of Ganesh Chaturthi. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Temple authorities only 50 people were allowed to enter the ceremony at 1 pm yesterday. This Temple is […]
Bangladesh: Temple desecrated, Goddess Kali statue smashed (Pic inside)
Two idols, including one belonging to Hindu Goddess Kali were desecrated by unknown perpetrators in the middle of the night at Sri Sri Rakshakali Temple in Shakharipara 5th ward under Sadar police station in Laxmipur district on April 25th, 2020, Bangladesh police said. Hindus are in insecurity in the minority areas. Advocate Rabindra Ghosh, President […]
UK: Religious figures outside Hindu Temple attacked
Unidentified vandals who attacked Hindu figurines in Walsall, West Midlands (UK) with bat and were caught in the act by CCTV are still at large. The hate crime against Hindus was reported at the Gujarati Hindu Social and Cultural Centre. This Hindu holy place which stands at the Ford Street, Pleck, was targeted twice in […]
Delhi: Communal tension after Temple desecrated, traders shut down shops in important markets
There is continued tension in Hauz Qazi area of Delhi after a Temple was vandalized by some members of the local minority community. The Temple was pelted with stones by the locals after an alleged fight during which a squatting drunkard was roughed up on Sunday. The Temple got vandalized later last night. Pictures showing […]
Sri Lanka: Hindus allege Priest destroyed Temple arch
Tamil Hindus are a minority in Sri Lanka but they are facing stiff challenges from other minority religions when it comes to freely practice their faith. On Mahashivaratri, one of the prominent Tamil Hindu religious festivals, Tamil Hindus faced a harrowing time at Thiruketheechcharam Siva Temple, Mannar, Sri Lanka when hooligans descended on the site […]
Bangladesh: Mob attacks Temple, chants ‘Catch Infidels’
Muslim mob chanting Allah-o-Akbar and ‘Catch Malaun‘ (derogatory word to signify non-Muslim/Infidel in Bangladesh) attacked a Hindu Temple and also vandalized a graveyard of Hindu community. The attack happened on Sunday, February 24th, 2019, at Sahaspur Chourangibazar, Bochagonj of Dinajpur, Bangladesh. The mob was led by Mohammad Abdullah Bachumiah and a school teacher named Mohammad […]
Assam: Temple and houses attacked by miscreants (Pics)
Karimganj of Assam was on the boil ever since an Arabic teacher’s arrest led to a clash between the minority Hindus and the majority Muslims in the beginning of February. The situation in Karimganj’s Dhoalia was tense for days after that attack. The simmering tension instead of subsiding increased manifolds on when around midnight (between 9th-10th […]