"Singha Dwar ku Singapore koro nah," says a Puri-based social worker, expressing how he doesn't want the Lion Gate area, outside the Jagannath Temple, to be turned into something very touristy. BJP TARGETS BJD OVER PURI AND JAGANNATH TEMPLE The Jagannath Temple redevelopment in Odisha's Puri has been an ambitious project of the ruling BJD government, and was recently opened …
A Dalit couple was fined and denied entry into the temple by a Khap panchayat for their inter-sect marriage in Tamil Nadu’s Thirupathur. The Khap had already imposed a fine of Rs 2.5 lakh to be paid on the couple if they ever returned to the village. The khap panchayat was held twice since we returned and the heads insisted …
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