Category Articles: Faith

2 Mahudi Temple trustees accused of irregularities of Rs. 14 Crore Cash, 130kg Gold

May 15, 2024
2 Mahudi Temple trustees accused of irregularities of Rs. 14 Crore Cash, 130kg Gold

Gandhinagar: Allegations of irregularities have emerged against the trustees of Ghantakarna Mahavir Mandir in Mahudi. It is alleged that two trustees of the Mahudi temple, namely Bhupendra Vora and Kamlesh Mehta, have committed irregularities involving over Rs. 14 crore in cash and 130 kg of gold. It is also alleged that the temple trustees exchanged old currency during demonetization, charging a 20% commission. Mukesh Modi of Adardh bank is also accused of involvement in this scam along with...Read More

Angry with God, man sets fire to temple in Jiyana village of Rajkot

May 14, 2024
Angry with God, man sets fire to temple in Jiyana village of Rajkot

Rajkot: Typically, during times of hardship, one turns to God and prays. However, when the desired outcome isn't achieved, disappointment sets in. Such disappointment has led to a peculiar incident in Jhiyana village, where the former village head (Sarpanch), enraged with God, set fire to the temples of Ramdevpir and Meladi Mata. According to the FIR registered with the Airport Police, "Between 1 am and 9 am on May 13th, unidentified individual set fire to the Ramdev Pir temple in the village...Read More

Prerna Tirth Pirana attacked, Murtis and Samadhi Mandir vandalized: Bajrang Dal

May 08, 2024
Prerna Tirth Pirana attacked, Murtis and Samadhi Mandir vandalized: Bajrang Dal

Gandhinagar: Bajrang Dal's Gujarat unit has posted videos and alleged that the pilgrim place of Hindus namely Prerna Teerth at Pirana near Karnavati city was attacked today by radical Jihadias. The Bajrand Dal in its tweet also claimed that Samadhi Mandir and Murtis of Devi -Devtas were attacked and vandalized. Bajrang Dal in another tweet claimed the Muslims in large number entered inside the Mandir campus by breaking the wall. Bajrang Dal urged for "treatment" of the people involved in this...Read More

Gandhinagar Police detain 10 on allegations of religious conversion

May 06, 2024

Gandhinagar: The city police have nabbed 10 people for allegedly carrying out religious conversion activities. It is learned that the police action came after a Hindu organization claimed that some people were conducting religious conversions of laborers after brainwashing them. Reportedly, the Hindu organization reached Sector 5 where the religious conversion was taking place, and then the matter was reported to the police. Later, around 10 people were caught and taken to Sector 7 police sta...Read More

Surat Crime Branch nabs Maulvi for threatening Hindu leader

May 04, 2024
Surat Crime Branch nabs Maulvi for threatening Hindu leader

Surat: The Crime Branch of the city police today detained a Maulvi for giving threats to Hindu leaders. The Surat Crime Branch detained Maulvi Sohail Teemol from Fulwadi Road in the Chowk Bazar area for issuing threats to Hindutva leader Avdhesh. The police received information about the threats, and Maulvi's involvement was confirmed through technical surveillance. Surat City Commissioner of Police, Anupam Singh Gahlaut, briefed the media, stating 'that one person has been apprehended, and f...Read More

False, baseless, and misleading: Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra rebutting Rahul Gandhi’s claim in Patan, Gujarat rally

April 30, 2024
False, baseless, and misleading: Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra rebutting Rahul Gandhi’s claim in Patan, Gujarat rally

Gandhinagar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been once against caught lying. Rahul recently in his public rally for Congress party's campaign in Patan in North Gujarat claimed that President Droupadi Murmu was not invited to Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir's Pran Pratishtha ceremony. Rahul who nowadays in his speeches increasingly tries to trigger divisions within Hindus, also claimed that President Murmu was not invited because of her tribal origin. Rejecting Rahul's claim, Champat Rai, General Sec...Read More

4 SC-ST saints to be conferred Mahamandaleshwar title in Ahmedabad

April 30, 2024
4 SC-ST saints to be conferred Mahamandaleshwar title in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: For the first time in the history of Sant Samaj, the title of Mahamandaleshwar will be conferred upon saints from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Four saints from Gujarat will receive the title today in a ceremony at Science City Road in Ahmedabad, organized by the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad. Pattabhishekam will be performed by Mahant Ravindrapuriji Maharaj, President of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, and Mahant Harigiriji Maharaj, General Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Ak...Read More

35 including 10 minors take Deeksha in Ahmedabad embracing monkhood

April 22, 2024
35 including 10 minors take Deeksha in Ahmedabad embracing monkhood

Ahmedabad: 35 individuals from the Jain community embraced Deeksha (initiation) today, on the fifth day of the 5-day Deeksha Mahotsav near the Sabarmati Riverfront. Among these initiates, 10 are below the age of 18. Notably, Bhaveshbhai Bhandari and his wife, who possess assets worth 500 crore rupees, also embarked on their spiritual journey. Bhaveshbhai received Rajoharan from Deeksha Mananayak, Acharya Yogatilaksureshwarji Maharaja. All 35 Mumukshus were blessed with Rajoharan by Acharya Bhagw...Read More

Surya Tilak adorns forehead of Ram Lalla at Ayodhya Ram Mandir

April 17, 2024
Surya Tilak adorns forehead of Ram Lalla at Ayodhya Ram Mandir

Ayodhya: On the occasion of Ram Navami, Surya Tilak was performed on Ramlalla starting from 12 noon, which is considered the birth time of Lord Ram according to Hindu belief. This marks Ramlalla's first Surya Tilak after Pran Pratistha. The Surya Tilak ritual lasted for 3 minutes during the Abhijit Muhurta at 12 noon. For this, a 65-feet-long system of 20 octahedral pipes was constructed. Through 4 lenses and 4 mirrors, the sun's rays reached Ramlalla's forehead from the sanctum. The templ...Read More

Gujarati businessman donates Rs. 200 crore; to embrace monkhood along with wife

April 15, 2024
Gujarati businessman donates Rs. 200 crore; to embrace monkhood along with wife

Ahmedabad: A business tycoon from Gujarat, Bhavesh Bhai Bhandari, along with his wife, donated Rs. 200 crore as they renounce worldly life and embrace monkhood after a diksha ceremony on April 22nd. The entrepreneur from Himmatnagar, previously involved in the construction sector, follows in the footsteps of his 19-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son, who both embraced monkhood in 2022. Upon taking the vow on April 22, the couple will be required to sever all familial ties and relinquish...Read More