Fact Check: Bengal village ritual FALSELY shared as Hindu temples' vandalism in Bangladesh
3 weeks ago

Fact Check: Bengal village ritual FALSELY shared as Hindu temples' vandalism in Bangladesh

India Today  

Amid the coup in Bangladesh that led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, there were many allegations of persecution of Hindus in the country. This video is from a Kali Pooja that takes place every 12 years in the Sultanpur Kali temple in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhman district. A subsequent keyword search led us to a Facebook post from November 26 on a page called the Sultanpur Kiranamayi Pathagraha, a library situated in Sultanpur in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhman district. Devashish explained: “On November 26, 2024, all goddess Kali devotees gathered in Sultanpur Kali temple for Kali Mata Niranjan. Then the devotees take various body parts, carry out a procession in celebration, and immerse them.” Roushan also refuted the viral claims about the video being from Bangladesh or any communal angle attached to it.

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Bangladesh: Miscreants Vandalise 8 Idols In Three Hindu Temples Over Two Days
2 days, 16 hours ago

Bangladesh: Miscreants Vandalise 8 Idols In Three Hindu Temples Over Two Days

ABP News  

In fresh incidents of violence against Hindu minorities, miscreants in Bangladesh vandalised eight idols in three temples over two days. The miscreants ransacked two idols of Bonderpara Temple in the Shakuai union of Halugahat in the early hours of Friday, said Abul Khayer, officer-in-charge of Haluaghat Police Station. On Tuesday, five idols were vandalised at Jharbari Shashan Kali Temple in …

Fact Check: Bangladesh Shrine Being Demolished In Viral Video Is Not Hindu Temple But A Mazar
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Fact Check: Bangladesh Shrine Being Demolished In Viral Video Is Not Hindu Temple But A Mazar

ABP News  

A video circulating online claims that a Hindu temple was demolished in Bangladesh. Numerous social media users shared the video, alleging it depicts Bangladeshis attacking a Hindu temple. However, our investigation revealed that the viral video actually shows the demolition of the shrine of Ali Khwaza, also known as Ali Pagol, a Muslim saint, rather than a Hindu temple. The …

Fact Check: Muslim shrine demolished in Bangladesh now viral as Hindu temple
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Fact Check: Muslim shrine demolished in Bangladesh now viral as Hindu temple

India Today  

On November 30, various news outlets reported at least three attacks on Hindu temples in Bangladesh following the arrest of ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das on sedition charges. A video now going viral on social media allegedly shows Muslims destroying a Hindu temple in Bangladesh. India Today Fact Check found that this video from August 29 shows locals destroying the …

Four Arrested for Stealing Goddess Kali Crown in Bangladesh
2 months, 1 week ago

Four Arrested for Stealing Goddess Kali Crown in Bangladesh

Op India  

Four people have been arrested in connection with the theft of the crown of goddess Kali at the Jeshoreshwari Temple in Shyamnagar, Satkhira in Bangladesh. The crown, which was gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the temple in March 2021, was stolen from the temple on Thursday afternoon. The identity of the culprit has not been …

Islamist attacks on temples in India: How bigotry is whitewashed using 'mental health' reasons
1 year, 2 months ago

Islamist attacks on temples in India: How bigotry is whitewashed using 'mental health' reasons

Op India  

In recent years, a concerning trend of attacks on Hindu temples by Islamists dubbed “mentally unstable” in the media has emerged in various parts of India. On Monday, January 30, 2023, a special National Investigation Agency court awarded the death penalty to Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi, for the attack The Temple of Goddess Kali vandalised by Islamists in Tripura On Friday …

Hindu temple in Bangladesh vandalised, idols desecrated; accused arrested
1 year, 5 months ago

Hindu temple in Bangladesh vandalised, idols desecrated; accused arrested

India Today  

A 36-year-old man vandalised the idol of a deity at a Hindu temple in Bangladesh's Brahmanbaria district. Brahmanbaria Police Superintendent, Mohammad Shakhawat Hossain, confirmed Khalil Mia's arrest but stated that the motive behind his act remains undisclosed. READ | 3 Hindu sisters in Pakistan forced to marry their abductors, converted to Islam According to Jagdish Das, the President of Niamatpur …

Goddess Kali temple attacked in Bangladesh, head of broken idol found half a kilometer away
2 years, 2 months ago

Goddess Kali temple attacked in Bangladesh, head of broken idol found half a kilometer away

Op India  

In yet another attack on Hindus in Bangladesh, a Kali temple in Dautiya village in Bangladesh’s Jhenaidah district was attacked on Friday, October 7. The Kali idol was found smashed into pieces, with the head of the idol discovered around half a kilometer away from the temple premises. General Secretary of Bangladesh Puja Celebration Council, Chandanath Poddar said that the …

Two Hindu temples vandalised, idols smashed in Trinidad this week
2 years, 2 months ago

Two Hindu temples vandalised, idols smashed in Trinidad this week

Op India  

As Hindus across the world are celebrating Navaratri and Durga festivals, two Hindu temples were vandalised and desecrated this week in Trinidad in the Caribbean nation Trinidad and Tobago. Exodus is a book in the Holy Bible, and in chapter 20 of the book, verse 3 says, “You shall have no other gods before me.” And verse 4 in the …

Bangladesh: Hindu temple attacked, idols damaged ahead of Durga Puja
2 years, 3 months ago

Bangladesh: Hindu temple attacked, idols damaged ahead of Durga Puja

Op India  

According to reports, unknown vandals smashed the idols at the Kashipur Sarbajanin Durga Temple in Mehendiganj Upazila in Barisal, Bangladesh. 1,682 idols for the next Durga Puja have apparently already been moulded, and instructions have been given to install CCTV cameras at the Puja tents, according to the deputy inspector general of the Barisal Range Police. Three madrasa students were …

Bangladesh: Islamists vandalise temple, shop, Hindu homes over Facebook Post
2 years, 5 months ago

Bangladesh: Islamists vandalise temple, shop, Hindu homes over Facebook Post

Op India  

In Bangladesh, Muslim mob vandalised a temple, a grocery store and several houses belonging to members of the Hindu community in the Sahapara area of Lohagara, Narail, reports The Daily Star. According to reports, none of the attackers has yet been booked nor any sort of action has been taken against the Ismalists, however, the police have gone ahead and …

Karnataka: Idols of deities being made for temple museum vandalised by miscreants
2 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka: Idols of deities being made for temple museum vandalised by miscreants

Firstpost  

The incident is said to have taken place on Monday and tension prevailed in the surrounding area, after it came to light Hassan: Idols of deities being made for a museum at the Malekal Tirupati temple premises near Arsikere here, were allegedly vandalised by miscreants, police said on Tuesday. The incident is said to have taken place on Monday and …

Khalistani mob attack shops in Kali temple in Patiala, attack Hindus
2 years, 7 months ago

Khalistani mob attack shops in Kali temple in Patiala, attack Hindus

Op India  

A day after a sword-wielding Khalistani mob attacked the Kali temple in Patiala, more videos of the violence surfaced on social media platforms. In a video, it is seen that the armed Nihang Sikhs, part of the pro-Khalistani mob that attacked the Kali temple, also stormed into the shops to assault innocent Hindu shopkeepers. In his complaint, Kehar has said …

Fact Check: Old clip of idol desecration viral as part of ongoing anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh
3 years, 2 months ago

Fact Check: Old clip of idol desecration viral as part of ongoing anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh

India Today  

Amid large-scale attacks on Hindu temples and properties in Bangladesh, a video of a man smashing an idol inside a temple is circulating on social media with the claim that yet another place of worship for minorities has been vandalised in the country, this time in the capital city of Dhaka. The news clip shows the sound bite of the …

Fresh attack on a temple as tension remains in Bangladesh
3 years, 2 months ago

Fresh attack on a temple as tension remains in Bangladesh

Hindustan Times  

At least one person was killed and 17 others were injured when a mob protesting against the alleged desecration of the Quran at a pandal during Durga Puja festivities attacked the properties of Hindus in Bangladesh’s Noakhali district on Friday. Elsewhere in Bangladesh, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as thousands of protesters took to the streets in the …

Vandalisation of Durga Puja pandals in Bangladesh 'disturbing', in touch with authorities: MEA
3 years, 2 months ago

Vandalisation of Durga Puja pandals in Bangladesh 'disturbing', in touch with authorities: MEA

India Today  

Following media reports of vandalisation of Hindu temples and Durga Puja pandals by unidentified miscreants in Bangladesh, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said the government in the neighbouring country promptly reacted to ensure that the situation was under control. READ: Assam: Durga Puja celebration at a temple in no man’s land along India-Bangladesh border "We also understand that …

VHP protests, posts videos of Temple Murtis desecrated in Dwarka
3 years, 8 months ago

VHP protests, posts videos of Temple Murtis desecrated in Dwarka

Op India  

Protests swept western Delhi’s Dwarka neighbourhood this morning after devotees reportedly discovered idols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses at the Mata Sahaj Kaur Kuldevi – Hanuman temple desecrated, says VHP. The protesters took to the streets in Dwarka, demanding the police to arrest the culprits responsible for the idol vandalism at the Hindu temple that is located in Kakrola village …

Hindu temple vandalised in Bangladesh, local influential people accused
4 years, 3 months ago

Hindu temple vandalised in Bangladesh, local influential people accused

Op India  

On Friday, idols of Hindu deities were vandalised at the Kali Mandir in Dakkhin Salna area in Gazipur city of Bangladesh, reported Dhaka Tribune. Speaking on the act of desecration, Gazipur Sadar police station OC Alamgir Hossain Bhuiyan informed that unknown miscreants barged into the temple in the wee hours of the night and desecrated the idols of four Hindu …

BJP MP Arjun Singh says jihadi elements destroyed Maa Kali idol in Murshidabad temple, police claims ‘fire accident’
4 years, 3 months ago

BJP MP Arjun Singh says jihadi elements destroyed Maa Kali idol in Murshidabad temple, police claims ‘fire accident’

Op India  

BJP MP Arjun Singh late on Tuesday night took to Twitter to share images of burnt idols of Maa Kali from a temple in Murshidabad. See how one religious group has attacked and destroyed a temple and burned the idol of Maa Kali in Murshidabad area of West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/lTnyiV9ctV — Arjun Singh September 1, 2020 He said that some …

Fact Check: The curious case of a 'desecrated' Kali idol in a Bengal temple
4 years, 3 months ago

Fact Check: The curious case of a 'desecrated' Kali idol in a Bengal temple

India Today  

Several pictures of a burnt idol of Goddess Kali are circulating on social media with the claim that hooligans from the Muslim community were behind the act in West Bengal's Murshidabad district. Earlier, replying to Arjun Singh's tweet, Murshidabad police shared a notice issued by the committee of the said temple, located in Murshidabad's Alampur village. West Bengal Police also …

West Bengal: BJP MP gives communal twist to burnt Goddess Kali idol incident, police refute claims
4 years, 3 months ago

West Bengal: BJP MP gives communal twist to burnt Goddess Kali idol incident, police refute claims

India Today  

West Bengal Police has rebutted claims made by BJP MP Arjun Singh, who alleged that a Kali temple in Murshidabad district had been “destroyed” by one religious group. See how one religious group has attacked and destroyed a temple and burned an idol of Maa Kali in Murshidabad area of West Bengal. Terming the MP’s statement as “misleading”, West Bengal …

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