Temple managements, social organisations declare support for attacked temple priest
1 month, 1 week ago

Temple managements, social organisations declare support for attacked temple priest

The Hindu  

Several temple managements and social organisations expressed their support for Chilkur Balaji temple priest C.S. Members of the Andhra Pradesh Purohit Brahmana Samakhya took out a procession and staged a demonstration at Annamayya Circle in Kadapa on Wednesday, terming the incident unfortunate and demanding punishment for the culprits. “Priests pray for universal well-being by chanting ‘Sarve Janaah Sukhino Bhavanthu’, but it is highly unfortunate that they are coming under attack for no fault of their own,” said district general secretary of the organisation Varanasi Sridhar Sharma. The High Court has to take the video as an evidence and suo motu take up a case to restore public confidence in the judiciary,” he said.

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Attack on Chilkur temple priest highlights rising religious extremism: HRF
1 month, 1 week ago

Attack on Chilkur temple priest highlights rising religious extremism: HRF

The Hindu  

The Human Rights Forum has condemned the recent attack on C. S. Rangarajan, the head priest at the Chilkur Balaji Temple. The organisation described the incident as a worrying sign of rising religious extremism and a challenge to constitutional values and democracy. “It is unacceptable and barbaric to target a temple priest who has been carrying out his duties within …

Attack on Chilkur Balaji Temple Chief Priest: CM Orders Police to Nail Culprits
1 month, 1 week ago

Attack on Chilkur Balaji Temple Chief Priest: CM Orders Police to Nail Culprits

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy led the state in offering support to the chief priest of Chilkur Balaji temple Dr C.S. Meanwhile, Telangana BJP president and Union minister G. Kishan Reddy, while condemning the attack, said that there was no place for physical attacks, threats and inhuman actions in the civil society. A team of BJP leaders, including party …

Syro-Malabar Church initiates action over attack on priest
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Syro-Malabar Church initiates action over attack on priest

The Hindu  

The Syro-Malabar Church has said it has initiated penal action against those who allegedly attacked senior priest Father John Thottupuram during a Mass on Saturday at the Prasadagiri St. Sebastian’s Church in Kottayam. The official spokesman for the Syro-Malabar Church Father Antony Vadakkekara said here in a statement on Monday that the violence being continuously unleashed in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese …

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