Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show Bihar cops and Buddhist monks scuffling
1 week ago

Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show Bihar cops and Buddhist monks scuffling

India Today  

Buddhist monks are protesting in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya, seeking complete control of the Mahabodhi temple and demanding the repeal of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act 1949. Shame on the Bihar government and the central government.” India Today Fact Check found that this was a demonstration outside the Chief Minister’s residence in Rajasthan on December 21, 2024. OUR PROBE Reverse-searching the keyframes from the viral video led us to a Facebook post from December 2024 that stated this was a Youth Congress protest against Amit Shah in Rajasthan for allegedly insulting Dr BR Ambedkar. According to reports, police detained around 40 people, including Rajasthan Youth Congress state president and Sangaria MLA Abhimanyu Poonia, following a scuffle during this protest that left several police officers and protesters injured.

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Why are monks protesting at Bodh Gaya, Buddhism's holiest site, in Bihar?
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2 days ago

Why are monks protesting at Bodh Gaya, Buddhism's holiest site, in Bihar?

Firstpost  

A longstanding dispute over the control of Bodh Gaya’s Mahabodhi Temple in Bihar is once again at the forefront. The protests stem from the yearslong demand by Buddhist monks for the sole control of the Bodh Gaya’s Mahabodhi Temple or Mahavihara, one of the most sacred shrines of Buddhism. Two years after India’s Independence, the Bihar government enacted the Bodh …

What is the controversy over the Bodh Gaya temple? | Explained
3 days, 6 hours ago

What is the controversy over the Bodh Gaya temple? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Beginning February, nearly 100 Buddhist monks under the All India Buddhist Forum have been protesting, first at the Bodh Gaya’s Mahabodhi Temple or Mahavihara, and later a little down the road, demanding a repeal of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act, 1949. The Bodh Gaya is one of the four sacred sites of Buddhism; the other three …

Bihar’s Mahabodhi Temple Protests: Buddhists Demand Control, Challenging 1949 Act
5 days, 23 hours ago

Bihar’s Mahabodhi Temple Protests: Buddhists Demand Control, Challenging 1949 Act

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 28, 2025 15:46 IST - 11 MINS READ In the Union Budget 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that the Mahabodhi temple corridor in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, would be developed into a world-class pilgrimage and tourism site, modelled on the Kashi Vishwanath temple corridor of Varanasi. The Central government should abolish the BT Act after talking …

Buddhism’s holiest site erupts in protests over Hindu ‘control’ of shrine
1 week, 3 days ago

Buddhism’s holiest site erupts in protests over Hindu ‘control’ of shrine

Al Jazeera  

Buddhists across the country have joined protests after monks at the Mahabodhi Temple were forcibly removed by police. For the last 76 years, the temple has been managed by an eight-member committee — four Hindus and four Buddhists — under the Bodh Gaya Temple Act, 1949, a Bihar state law. “This temple management act and committee setup taints our Buddhist …

'Why Do Brahmins Control the Mahabodhi Temple?' Ask Buddhist Monks in Bodh Gaya
3 weeks, 2 days ago

'Why Do Brahmins Control the Mahabodhi Temple?' Ask Buddhist Monks in Bodh Gaya

The Quint  

One of the most sacred pilgrimage sites of Buddhism, the Mahabodhi Temple, is located in Bodh Gaya, Bihar. It is worth mentioning that the Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee is responsible for managing the Mahabodhi Temple. This system has been in place since 1949, under the Bodh Gaya Temple Act, which the protesters want to be abolished so that only …

Three minors forced to chant religious slogan sparks protest in MP's Ratlam district
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Three minors forced to chant religious slogan sparks protest in MP's Ratlam district

New Indian Express  

BHOPAL: A viral video purportedly showing three minors being beaten by a teenager with slippers and forced them to chant a religious slogan, triggered protest by the Muslim community in the communally sensitive Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday evening. According to a senior police officer in Ratlam district, the video which went viral on Thursday evening, actually pertains …

Hindu monks in Bengal threaten more protests and boycott over attacks in Bangladesh
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Hindu monks in Bengal threaten more protests and boycott over attacks in Bangladesh

The Hindu  

For the second time in the past seven days, Hindu monks from West Bengal on Wednesday submitted a memorandum at the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata demanding measures to stop alleged atrocities on Hindus in the neighbouring country. The five-member delegation of monks was led by Kartik Maharaj of Bharat Sevashram Sangha who warned of more protests and boycott …

Anita Anand | Protests, and how to handle them: A wake-up call for all governments
1 year, 9 months ago

Anita Anand | Protests, and how to handle them: A wake-up call for all governments

Deccan Chronicle  

Growing up in rural West Bengal, I first encountered protests when I heard the word “gherao”, which literally means “to encircle”. Two recent and substantial protests in India were against the Central government’s proposed policies or policies adopted without sufficient interaction with the concerned parties: the Citizenship Amendment Act and the three farm bills. In December 2019, the government proceeded …

News18 Evening Digest: Maharashtra BJP Workers Stage Protests for Reopening of Temples & Other Top Stories
3 years, 7 months ago

News18 Evening Digest: Maharashtra BJP Workers Stage Protests for Reopening of Temples & Other Top Stories

News 18  

WHO Fears Another 236,000 Covid Deaths in Europe by December 1; High Virus Transmission Observed Throughout Continent The World Health Organization said Monday it feared another 236,000 Covid-19 deaths in Europe by December 1, expressing concern about stagnating vaccination rates and low uptake in poorer countries. Maharashtra BJP Workers Stage Protests for Reopening of Temples Workers and leaders of the …

Violent protests mar RJD’s Patna bandh
5 years, 3 months ago

Violent protests mar RJD’s Patna bandh

Deccan Chronicle  

Patna: Violent protests were witnessed in Patna and other districts of Bihar during a day-long bandh called by Rashtriya Janata Dal against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizenship. The protesters also blocked the Mahatma Gandhi road bridge over Ganga which connects Patna with northern Bihar. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav who led the protest march from …

Security beefed up for Lord Buddha’s birth anniversary in Bodh Gaya
5 years, 10 months ago

Security beefed up for Lord Buddha’s birth anniversary in Bodh Gaya

Hindustan Times  

The entire Buddhist township of Bodh Gaya has turned into a fortress with heavy security deployed at the three-day mega celebration to mark the 2563rd birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. Bodh Gaya has turned into a fortress with heavy security deployed at the three-day mega celebration to mark the 2563rd birth anniversary of Lord Buddha The event took off on …

Buddhist monk accused of sexually abusing 15 children in Bihar's Bodh Gaya sent to jail; SIT to probe case
6 years, 7 months ago

Buddhist monk accused of sexually abusing 15 children in Bihar's Bodh Gaya sent to jail; SIT to probe case

Firstpost  

Bhante Sanghpriya Sujoy, a Bangladeshi national, who ran a Buddhist school-cum-meditation centre in Bodh Gaya, was produced before a court which remanded him to 14 days in judicial custody, Superintendent of Police, Gaya, Anil Kumar said. Senior Superintendent of Police Rajeev Mishra said a Special Investigating Team, which would be monitored by the SP and headed by Bodh Gaya deputy …

Buddhists hold protest rally in Agartala
11 years, 8 months ago

Buddhists hold protest rally in Agartala

The Hindu  

Hundreds of Buddhists hit the streets of Agartala on Tuesday afternoon to ventilate anger against the serial blasts in Bodh Gaya – their most revered place in India. The protesters carried placards with writings like “Let peace prevail everywhere” and “Attacks on Buddhists should be stopped.” Chakma and Mog women in the rally were attired in traditional fatigues. Many saffron …

Bodh Gaya blasts: Normal life paralysed due to BJP, RJD bandh
11 years, 8 months ago

Bodh Gaya blasts: Normal life paralysed due to BJP, RJD bandh

India TV News  

Gaya, Jul 8: Normal life was severely hit in Bihar's Gaya district today as BJP and RJD gave separate bandh calls to protest against the state government's alleged security lapses that led to the terror attack in the temple town injuring two monks, official sources said. BJP workers took to the streets from early morning to enforce the dawn-to-dusk bandh …

Gujarat on alert after Bodh Gaya blasts: DGP
11 years, 8 months ago

Gujarat on alert after Bodh Gaya blasts: DGP

India TV News  

Ahmedabad, Jul 7: An alert has been sounded across Gujarat in the wake of the serial blasts that rocked Mahabodhi Temple in Bihar's Bodh Gaya district today, Gujarat Director General of Police Amitabh Pathak said here today. “An alert has been issued across the entire state ahead of the Rathyatra procession on Wednesday and also in the wake of the …

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