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Gurudwara in Arunachal converted into Buddhist shrine, alleges SGPC

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Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Saturday claimed a shrine associated with Guru Nanak Dev, the first Sikh Guru, in Arunachal Pradesh has been turned into a Buddhist shrine.
The SGPC claimed in a statement that photos shared by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on April 8 on social media made it clear that Gurdwara Guru Nanak Tapasthan in Mechuka has been converted into a Buddhist shrine.
Converting Gurdwara of Sri Guru Nanak Dev in Arunachal Pradesh to Buddhist shrine an attack on Sikhs – Harjinder Singh Dhami
-Abolishing existence of Sikh shrine against Constitution, President and Prime Minister should intervene
Amritsar, April 22-
The Shiromani Gurdwara… pic.twitter.com/dlwwFoSIRE
— Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (@SGPCAmritsar) April 22, 2023
SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami termed this alleged act “an attack on Sikhs” and said converting any religious place of one community to that of another is a direct violation of Article 25 of the Constitution.

He said Guru Nanak Dev made religious journeys to different places for the welfare of humanity, which is known as ‘Udasis’ in Sikh history. Accordingly, there is a reference to Guru Nanak Dev’s visit to Mechuka.
The SGPC president said Gurdwara Guru Nanak Tapasthan was established in memory of the Sikh guru.
Historian Colonel Dalvinder Singh Grewal made an important contribution to the development of this gurdwara and with the support of the Indian Army, it was handed over to the ‘Sangat’ in March 1987.
“But it is highly unfortunate that now a mischievous attempt has been made to destroy this memorial shrine of the first Sikh Guru. It is unfortunate that the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh after visiting this historical Sikh shrine is showing it as a Buddhist shrine. This act is going to hurt Sikh sentiments, which will be strongly opposed at all levels,” said Dhami.
He said the president, the prime minister, the home minister and the National Commission for Minorities should intervene immediately, adding he will write to them and ask for action in the matter.

Many cases related to Sikh shrines in different parts of the country are already pending and now another case has been created, he said.
“This is another example of discrimination against Sikhs, on which the government should take cognisance and move towards a solution,” he said.
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April 22, 2023
Kedarnath Yatra: Maximum 13,000 pilgrims to visit Himalayan shrine every day

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Rudraprayag: A maximum of 13,000 pilgrims can visit Kedarnath per day when the annual pilgrimage to the Himalayan temple in Uttarakhand begins on April 25.
The government has set the daily limit this time and a token system has also been introduced for the convenience of the pilgrims, Rudraprayag District Magistrate (DM) Mayur Dikshit told a press conference here on Tuesday.
These are meant for a smooth conduct of the yatra, the DM said.

Dikshit and Rudraprayag Superintendent of Police (SP) Vishakha Ashok Bhadane, who reviewed the arrangements for the forthcoming yatra, held a joint press conference.
The pilgrims will get better medical care this time with the deployment of 22 doctors and an equal number of pharmacists along the yatra route.
There will be three physicians and two orthopaedic surgeons among them, Dikshit said, adding that 12 medical relief points have also been set up along the route.
Six ambulances have been deployed along the route, of which three have been kept in reserve, and an air ambulance has also been arranged by the government for any emergency.
Sulabh International has been given the responsibility of keeping the yatra route clean, while the Kedarnath Nagar Panchayat has been assigned the task of keeping the temple premises clean.

Permanent toilets are being built by Sulabh International and for waste management, a QR-code system is being implemented for plastic and water bottles. Health examinations of horses and mules are also being conducted by the animal husbandry department along the yatra route.
Jal Sansthan has installed nine water purifiers from Sonprayag to Kedarnath Dham to provide pure drinking water to the pilgrims.
The DM said 2,500 people would be accommodated in Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN) guesthouses from Guptkashi to Badi Lincholi.
Besides, two tent colonies with 80 beds each are being set up at New Ghoda Padav and Himlok Colony in Kedarnath Dham, which will accommodate 1,600 people.
The SP said 450 police officers and employees have been deployed to conduct the yatra in an orderly manner and arrangements for 150-200 police personnel from outside the state are being made.
A lost-and-found centre will also be operated during the yatra. Along with this, signboards have been prepared in different languages for the pilgrims coming from various states.
Additional parking lots have been identified to deal with the frequent traffic snarls during the pilgrimage, the officials said.
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April 19, 2023
Tensions build around Jerusalem shrine after Syria rockets

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Such tours by religious and nationalist Jews have increased in size and frequency over the years, and are viewed with suspicion by many Palestinians who fear that Israel plans one day to take over the site or partition it. Israeli officials say they have no intention of changing long-standing arrangements that allow Jews to visit, but not pray in the Muslim-administered site. However, the country is now governed by the most right-wing government in its history, with ultra-nationalists in senior positions.
Tensions have soared in the past week at the flashpoint shrine after an Israeli police raid on the mosque. On several occasions, Palestinians have barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque with stones and firecrackers, demanding the right to pray there overnight, something Israel has in the past only allowed during the last 10 days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Police removed them by force, detaining hundreds and leaving dozens injured.
The violence at the shrine triggered rocket fire by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, starting Wednesday, and Israeli airstrikes targeted both areas.
In Lebanon, Hezbollah’s media office announced that the militant group’s chief, Hassan Nasrallah, received a delegation headed by Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday. The two discussed “the most important developments in occupied Palestine, the course of events at al-Aqsa Mosque, and the escalating resistance in the West Bank and Gaza, in addition to general political developments in the region, the readiness of the resistance axis and the cooperation of its parties,” the statement said.
Haniyeh, who arrived in Lebanon last week shortly before rockets were launched at Israel from south Lebanon, had been scheduled to make a public appearance in Beirut on Friday. But it was canceled for security reasons following the exchange of strikes between Lebanon and Israel. No group has officially claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks, but Israel has accused Hamas of being behind them.
Late on Saturday and early Sunday, militants in Syria fired rockets in two salvos toward Israel and the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. A Damascus-based Palestinian group loyal to the Syrian government claimed responsibility for the first round of rockets, saying it was retaliating for the Al-Aqsa raids.
In the first salvo, one rocket landed in a field in the Golan Heights. Fragments of another destroyed missile fell into Jordanian territory near the Syrian border, Jordan’s military reported. In the second round, two of the rockets crossed the border into Israel, with one being intercepted and the second landing in an open area, the Israeli military said.
Israel responded with artillery fire into the area in Syria from where the rockets were fired. Later, the military said Israeli fighter jets attacked Syrian army sites, including a compound of Syria’s 4th Division and radar and artillery posts.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the violence in a telephone call with Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog late Saturday, telling Herzog that Muslims could not remain silent about the “provocations and threats” against the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and said the hostilities that have spread to Gaza and Lebanon should not be allowed to escalate further.
In addition to the cross-border fighting, three people were killed over the weekend in Palestinian attacks in Israel and the occupied West Bank.
The funeral for two British-Israeli sisters, Maia and Rina Dee, who were killed in a shooting was scheduled for Sunday at a cemetery in the Jewish settlement of Kfar Etzion in the occupied West Bank.
An Italian tourist, Alessandro Parini, 35, a lawyer from Rome, had just arrived in the city a few hours earlier with some friends for a brief Easter holiday. He was killed Friday in a suspected car-ramming on Tel Aviv’s beachside promenade.
Over 90 Palestinians and have been killed by Israeli fire so far this year, at least half of them affiliated with militant groups, according to a tally by The Associated Press. Palestinian attacks on Israelis have killed 19 people in that time. All but one were civilians.
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April 9, 2023
Iran sentences two people to death over Shiraz shrine attack

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Tehran: The Iranian court has sentenced two people to death in connection with an attack on a shrine in the southern city of Shiraz in October 2022, which claimed the lives of at least 15 people injuring 40 others.
The two men had been found guilty of charges including “spreading corruption on earth” and acting against national security, said the head of the judiciary in Fars province Kazem Mousavi, according to Mizan News.
Mohammad Ramiz Rashidi and Sayed Naeem Hashim Qatali, who received the death sentence, were “directly involved in arming, supplying, and directing the main perpetrator of the terrorist attack” on the shrine of Shah-e-Cherag on October 26, 2022.
کاظم موسوی، رییس کل دادگستری استان فارس، اعلام کرد که رسیدگی به پرونده حمله به شاهچراغ با برگزاری ۱۰ جلسه دادگاه پایان یافته و حکم در روزهای آینده و پس از پایان سال صادر خواهد شد
موسوی گفت که هر پنج متهم پرونده از اتباع خارجی هستند و وکیل تسخیری داشتند
— ایران اینترنشنال – خبر فوری (@IranIntlbrk) March 16, 2023
Three other defendants in the case were sentenced to 5, 15, and 25 years in prison for being members of ISIS.
Earlier, the main perpetrator of the attack Hamid Badakhshan, died of the injuries sustained during the arrest.
The armed attack on the Shah-e-Cherag shrine came as the Islamic Republic was rocked by unrest that erupted after the September 16 killing of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s morality police.
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March 19, 2023
Isha prayers to be offered at 10 pm at Jamia Masjid, 10:30 pm at Hazratbal Shrine

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Srinagar, Mar 07: On the occasion of Shab-e-Baraat, Isha prayers will be offered at historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar at 10 pm and and at the revered shrine of Hazratbal at 10:30 pm respectively.
Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that after Isha prayers at the Jamia Masjid Srinagar, night-long prayers will start where special repentance prayers will be held.
They also demanded release of chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who continues to remain under house detention since August 5, 2019.
Meanwhile, one of management members at Hazratbal Shrine said huge gathering of devotees is expected at the revered shrine for the night-long prayers. The shrine houses holy relic of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)—(KNO)
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March 7, 2023
Isha Prayers On 10 Pm At Jamia Masjid, 10:30 Pm At Hazratbal Shrine

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SRINAGAR: On the occasion of Shab-e-Baraat, Isha prayers will be offered at historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar at 10 pm and and at the revered shrine of Hazratbal at 10:30 pm respectively.
Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid said that after Isha prayers at the Jamia Masjid Srinagar, night-long prayers will start where special repentance prayers will be held.
They also demanded release of chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who continues to remain under house detention since August 5, 2019.
Meanwhile, one of management members at Hazratbal Shrine said huge gathering of devotees is expected at the revered shrine for the night-long prayers. The shrine houses holy relic of Prophet Muhammad SAW.(KNO)

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March 7, 2023
Isha Prayers At 10 Pm At Jamia Masjid, 10:30 Pm At Hazratbal Shrine

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SRINAGAR: On the occasion of Shab-e-Baraat, Isha prayers will be offered at historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar at 10 pm and and at the revered shrine of Hazratbal at 10:30 pm respectively.
Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid said that after Isha prayers at the Jamia Masjid Srinagar, night-long prayers will start where special repentance prayers will be held.
They also demanded release of chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who continues to remain under house detention since August 5, 2019.
Meanwhile, one of management members at Hazratbal Shrine said huge gathering of devotees is expected at the revered shrine for the night-long prayers. The shrine houses holy relic of Prophet Muhammad SAW.(KNO)

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

March 7, 2023
Shab-e-Meraj: Waqf Board Announces Prayer Timings At Hazratbal Shrine

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SRINAGAR: On the occasion of Shab-e-Meraj, the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board, on Saturday announced the prayers timings at the Hazratbal shrine.
The Holy Relic of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) will be displayed after each prayer on the first and 2nd day and on the Friday following Mehraj-ul-Alam (PBUH), the Board, which manages the shrines and mosques in the Union Territory, said.
The Isha prayer on 18th Feb 2023, will be offered at exactly at 10:00 pm. After the Isha prayer, Khamatat-ul-Muazamat, Darood-u-Azkar, Naat-Khwaani and the gathering of Waaz-n-Tabligh will continue throughout the night, it said, as per news agency KDC.
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On 19th February 2023, the ceremony of Mehraj-ul-Alam (PBUH) will be the first day of Saeed. On this day, after every prayer, the Holy Relic of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) will be displayed.
The prayer timing will be Fajr prayer at 6:30 am, Zuhr prayer at 2:00 pm, Asr prayer 4:55 pm, Maghrib prayer 06:26 pm, and Isha prayer at 07:55 pm.
On 20th February 2023, the ceremony of Mehraj-ul-Alam (PBUH) will be the second day of Saeed. The programme and prayer times of this day will be according to the first day.
February 23, 2023, Thursday, will be the last night of Mehraj-ul-Alam (PBUH). On this day, according to the practice, after the previous Maghrib prayer, the words of masnoun and dua, recitation of naat, preaching and the meeting of the period of peace and blessings will continue until Isha prayer. Isha prayer will be offered at 10:00 pm.
After the Isha prayer, the assembly of Khatmat-ul-Muazamat, Darood-u-Azkar, Naat-e-Khawani and preaching will continue till Fajr Azan throughout the night.

The closing ceremony of Mehraj-ul-Alam (PBUH) will be on Friday, February 24, 2023. On this day also the Holy Relic of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) will be displayed after every prayer. The Prayer timing for this day will be Fajr prayer at 06:25 am, Friday prayer at 02:30 pm, Asr prayer at 05:00 pm, Maghrib prayer at 06:30 pm, and Isha prayer at 08:00 pm, respectively.

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February 18, 2023
Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi Visit Kheer Bhawani Temple, Hazratbal Shrine In Kashmir

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SRINAGAR: Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi, his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar and Kheer Bhawani temple in Ganderbal on Tuesday morning.
According to news agency KDC Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra accompanied by senior congress leaders visited Kheer Bhawani temple in Ganderbal and Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar.
Rahul Gandhi on late Monday evening along with others pushed a private car that was stuck in snow on the Boulevard road in Srinagar.
Sharing a video on his official YouTube channel, Rahul Gandhi was seen pushing a car, which was stuck as the city received snowfall on Monday.
In the video Rahul Gandhi was also seen walking on the Boulevard road along the famous Dal Lake in Srinagar and also interacted with locals including boatmen and vendors.
An official said that Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka along with other Congress leaders have left for Delhi.

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January 31, 2023
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka visit Hazratbal shrine, Kheer Bhawani

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Srinagar, Jan 31: Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi, his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar and Kherbawani Temple in Ganderbal on Tuesday morning.
Reports reaching news agency Kashmir Dot Com said that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra accompanied by senior congress leaders visited Kheer Bhawani temple in Ganderbal and Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar.
Gandhi on late Monday evening along with others pushed a private car that was stuck in snow on the Boulevard road in Srinagar.
Sharing a video on his official YouTube channel, Rahul Gandhi was seen pushing a car, which was stuck as the City received snowfall on Monday.
In the video Rahul Gandhi was also seen walking on the Boulevard road along the famous Dal Lake in Srinagar and also interacted with locals including boatmen and vendors.
An official said that Rahul Gandhi, sister Priyanka along with other congress leaders have left for Delhi. (KDC)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

January 31, 2023