Uttarakhand CM announces 51 Temples to be freed from Govt control
3 years, 9 months ago

Uttarakhand CM announces 51 Temples to be freed from Govt control

Op India  

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat has decided to free 51 Hindu Temples from government control, CNN News18 has reported. Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat announces to free 51 temples from Govt's control. @AnupamTrivedi26 shares details @ShivaniGupta_5 pic.twitter.com/7PaEruYs7v — News18 April 9, 2021 Uttarakhand Char Dhaam Devasthanam Board was formed in January 2020 to manage temples in the state during the administration of former Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. The decision by CM Tirath Singh Rawat comes at a time when there is a movement underway to free Hindu Temples from the control of the Secular State.

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VHP wants temples freed from government control
3 months, 2 weeks ago

VHP wants temples freed from government control

The Hindu  

Following the Tirupati laddu prasadam controversy, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad will be holding a meeting of its apex decision-making body in Tirupati on Monday to press the Bharatiya Janata Party to bring in measures to “free Hindu temples” from government control, which has been a long-term goal of the organisation. Speaking about the meeting, the VHP’s international general secretary Bajrang …

PM Modi raises the issue of Tamil Nadu govt encroaching on Temples: Here is how temples are suffering in the state
1 year, 3 months ago

PM Modi raises the issue of Tamil Nadu govt encroaching on Temples: Here is how temples are suffering in the state

Op India  

On 3rd October PM Modi while addressing a rally in Telangana’s Nizamabad remarked that the state government had captured the temples and that the temples were being looted through a conspiracy involving governments. Whose voice is he reflecting?” Chennai | Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin says, "…PM Modi said the DMK government seized and occupied the Hindu temples in Tamil …

The case against state control of Hindu temples
2 years ago

The case against state control of Hindu temples

The Hindu  

State management of temples is often justified as a way of ensuring access to temples for worshippers and archakas. Temple control and temple entry However, the framers of the Constitution, being aware of the temple entry movement, advisedly provided a separate power under Article 25 which empowers the state to enact laws “providing for social welfare and reform or the …

Soon, bill to free state temples from govt’s control, says Karnataka CM Bommai
3 years ago

Soon, bill to free state temples from govt’s control, says Karnataka CM Bommai

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that the government plans to introduce a new bill to free temples and Hindus religious institutions in the state from government control. The Kollur Sri Mookambika temple in Udupi comes under the Karnataka hindu religious institutions and charitable endowment department. According to Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment Department website, there are …

Demand for 'freeing' temples for govt control is 'nonsense', says Tamil Nadu finance minister
3 years, 7 months ago

Demand for 'freeing' temples for govt control is 'nonsense', says Tamil Nadu finance minister

Firstpost  

In March, Jaggi Vasudev had launched a missed call campaign demanding that temples in Tamil Nadu should be freed from government control Tamil Nadu Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan recently dismissed as “nonsense” demands made by some prominent persons for freeing temples from the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department. These are the people who want to break the goodwill …

Why India’s temples must be freed from government control
3 years, 9 months ago

Why India’s temples must be freed from government control

Firstpost  

If people do not have the freedom to practice their religion the way they want, what kind of freedom is that? Before the 75th Independence Day, we must free the temples Last year, the government of Tamil Nadu submitted a report to the Madras High Court stating that in 11,999 temples in the state, there is no pooja or ritual …

Free Tamil Nadu Temples From Govt Control if You Want to Win Polls: Sadhguru to Political Parties
3 years, 10 months ago

Free Tamil Nadu Temples From Govt Control if You Want to Win Polls: Sadhguru to Political Parties

News 18  

Isha Foundation founder and spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev has asked the Tamil Nadu government to give up control of temples in the state and hand their management to devotees to stop them from being “gradually ruined”. In a series of tweets posted with the hashtag ‘Free TN Temples’, Sadhguru said the temples should be freed from the “clutches of …

Fact Check: Kerala didn't bring in new law saying temples can be controlled by non-Hindus
4 years, 5 months ago

Fact Check: Kerala didn't bring in new law saying temples can be controlled by non-Hindus

India Today  

On Monday, the Supreme Court gave its verdict on the right of management of the Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram. Meanwhile, a viral post on social media claims that the Kerala government has brought in a new law under which temples can be controlled by Muslims or Christians. Facebook page “Ankur Arya Fans” posted the viral claim in Hindi which translates …

Free Hindu Temples: Misusing funds from Temples and spending crores on Mosques and Churches is the hallmark of Nehruvian secularism
4 years, 10 months ago

Free Hindu Temples: Misusing funds from Temples and spending crores on Mosques and Churches is the hallmark of Nehruvian secularism

Op India  

The hallmark of Nehruvian Secularism has always been the perversion of Secularism at the altar of minority appeasement. I am, of course, referring to the Government control of Hindu Temples and the allocations that are made by governments to Abrahamic minority religious establishments. Furthermore, one also has to remember the fact that Hindu Temples are taxed while minority religious establishments …

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