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MP govt orders to remove Muslim staff from Maa Sharda temple in Maihar

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Bhopal: An order issued by the Department of Culture of Madhya Pradesh government regarding the removal of Muslim employees associated with the Maa Sharda Temple in Maihar in Satna district has become the talking point in the state.
The department has issued a letter to Satna district administration to comply with the directive issued earlier regarding removal of Muslim employees from the Maa Sharda Devi Prabandh Samiti. The directive was issued on April 5, but it came to the fore after it surfaced on social media on Tuesday.
The development came when the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh are just six months away. IANS has learnt that there are at least two Muslims who are associated with the Maa Sharda Devi Prabandh Samiti since 1988.

The Department of Culture in its order has also mentioned that a notification regarding the same had been issued earlier also, but no response was received. Therefore, complying with the directive (letter) issued by the department regarding the same, a report should be submitted within three days.
The department is headed by senior BJP leader Usha Thakur, who is also the Tourism Minister in Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s Cabinet.
The department has also said that all meat and liquor shops located near the temple area will be removed.
The step has been taken following the recommendation of right wing groups, including the Vishva Hindu Parishad. The right wing outfits of Satna district had handed over a letter to Usha Thakur in January this year, following which the Satna district administration was directed to remove Muslim staff associated with the Maa Sharda Devi Prabandh Samiti. The fresh letter has been issued to comply with directive issued by the minister in January.
“We have received a letter regarding the matter and now it would be brought before the Prabandhan Samiti of the temple for discussion. Whatever the committee decides will be the final decision,” a member of the Maa Sharda Devi Prabandh Samiti told IANS on condition of anonymity.

Situated atop Trikut hill, the temple is a reverred Hindu srine in the Vindhya region, which has numerous mythological stories attatched to it, including about ‘Alha’ and ‘Udal’. The devotees climb 1,063 stairs to reach the temple, while a ropeway facility has also been established now for the convenience of the pilgrims.
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April 18, 2023
Telangana govt to celebrate World Heritage Day at Ramappa temple

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Hyderabad: The Telangana government will celebrate World Heritage Day at the Ramappa temple in Hanamkonda on Tuesday. It is also the state’s first UNESCO world heritage site, which is part of the state’s Kakatiya-period heritage.
The state government and the Mulugu district administration will organise day-long events around the main theme of Shilpam (sculpture), Varnam (colour), Krishnam (black) commemorating the temple’s rich architecture sculpted on black granite.
The temple features intricate carvings on the walls, pillars, and ceilings, depicting stories from Hindu mythology, dancing figures, and various other motifs. It is lauded as the finest example of the Kakatiya architectural style.

A food festival will be organised near Ramappa Lake in the morning where food vendors, artisans, and micro enterprises from the state will display and sell their offerings.
Music director SS Thaman, legendary percussionist Sivamani, singer Karthik, flutist Naveen, and Aarabhi Institute of Performing Arts, among others, will showcase their musical finesse.
A group of 150+ dancers from Sravya Manasa’s dance ensemble will present an enthralling amalgamation of Indian dance forms depicting ‘Unity in Diversity’.
Surya N. Rao will grace the occasion with a ‘RAvana’ act dedicated to Lord Shiva, and Ustad Perini which will be followed by a spectacular Perini dance recital by Rajkumar and troupe.
The Balagam movie team will be felicitated, following which author and dance director Vijaya Jyothi’s book ‘Ramappa Alayam Natya Shastram’ will be launched.

The event has been conceptualised and managed by Guru Productions, presented by The Vasavi Group, in association with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
Ramappa temple located in Palampet of Mulugu district was designated a UNESCO world heritage site in 2021, making it 39th in India to receive this global recognition.
The international day for monuments and sites, known as World Heritage Day is celebrated on April 18th every year.
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April 17, 2023
Video: Woman with national flag painted on face denied entry into Golden Temple

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Amritsar: A video has gone viral showing a Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) employee stopping a woman tourist with the national flag tattoo painted on her face from entering the Golden Temple, also known as the Harmandir Sahib.
She claimed that she was denied entry over the tricolour row.
The sewadar, an SGPC employee, who denied her entry, was heard purportedly saying “This is Punjab, not India” when the woman said this was the Indian flag.

In the 40-second video clip, two people accompanying the woman were heard asking the guard “Is the Golden Temple not in India?” On being asked why the woman was not allowed to enter the holy shrine, he pointed out the flag painted on the woman’s face.
The guard also tried to stop the woman and the man accompanying her from capturing the incident on their phone.
Apologising for misbehaviour by its employees towards the visitors, SGPC General Secretary Gurcharan Grewal told the media that this is a Sikh shrine. Every religious place has its own decorum.
“We welcome everyone. We apologise if an official misbehaved. The flag on her face was not our national flag as it didn’t have Ashoka Chakra. It could have been a political flag.”
Slamming the people for criticising the SGPC on the social media, he said, “Don’t these people know that Sikhs have played a great part in India’s Independence? Will anyone tweet about who sacrificed 90 out of 100 heads for the national flag? The Sikhs are being defamed intentionally.”

1) A girl was stopped from entering Golden Temple because she had an Indian flag painted on her face.
The man who denied her entry into Golden Temple said, this is Punjab not India. pic.twitter.com/IfUi74poIk
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April 17, 2023
UK Sikh temple warns after Indians lured with fake visas, job offers

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London: A Sikh temple in the UK has issued warnings after fraudsters impersonating as its members tried to trick people in India by making false job and visa promises with an intent of extracting money from them, media reports said.
The Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Gravesend placed warnings on its social media pages after they were alerted to fake advertisements titled, “urgently needed in the UK”, offering free food and travel tickets for job opportunities at the Sikh temple, the Kent Online reported.
“We had somebody come into the gurdwara last week who is here but her father is in India and she wanted to see if he could come over,” General secretary of the gurdwara, Jagdev Singh Virdee, said.

“Her father had been alerted to this ad and asked if it was a job so she came to check whether it’s genuine or not, and that’s how we first found out about it,” Virdee told Kent Online.
Following this, nearly a dozen people got in touch with the gurdwara authorities to enquire about the advertisement, which has been circulated on the internet, and asked people to get in contact via WhatsApp.
According to the news report, some have already gone through the process of exchanging passport information and personal details.
Virdee said that the fraudsters have set up a website domain and email address similar to the gurdwara’s.
“They are faking letters as if it’s a job offer from the gurdwara, then they’re saying to them, ‘you’ve had the job offer now so if you pay over so much money, then we’ll arrange a travel ticket and visa’,” Virdee told Kent Online.

“Please be aware that the following flyer is being used to fraudulently obtain funds from individuals with a false promise of securing a UK visa and job at the Gurdwara Sahib. Please do not exchange any documents or money with this individual,” the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara posted on its website.
“Though the image shows Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, Gravesend, this is no way affiliated to GNDG Gravesend,” it added.
Virdee said that the crime has been reported to both Kent Police and the National Home Office of Action Fraud.
A Kent Police spokesperson said they “received a report on March 29 that an unknown person had falsely purported to represent the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Gravesend online, in an attempt to defraud victims”.
“Officers have been in contact with representatives at the Gurdwara and are investigating the circumstances,” the spokesperson said.
Gravesend is home to more than 15,000 Sikhs.
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April 17, 2023
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April 17, 2023
MP: RSS chief to visit Ram temple and gurdwara during Burhanpur visit on April 16-17

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Indore: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat will be on a two-day visit to Burhanpur city in Madhya Pradesh beginning April 16 during which he will visit a Ram temple and a gurdwara, a Sangh office-bearer said on Tuesday.
Bhagwat will also participate in different programs.
Burhanpur, called the “gateway of southern India”, due to its geographical location, once used to be a major centre of the Mughal sultanate and culture.

However, according to the Sangh, “Brahmapur” is the ancient name of Burhanpur, a city with a huge population of Muslims.
Vinay Dixit, the publicity head of the Sangh’s Malwa prant unit, said in a release that Bhagwat will participate in a programme of renovation of Govindnath Maharaj’s samadhi at Mahajanapeth in Burhanpur on April 16. He will visit the newly-constructed Shri Ram temple and address devotees. Bhagwat will also pay obeisance at the historic “Badi Sangat Gurdwara” in the Lodhipura area.
Dixit said RSS founder K B Hedgewar had come to Burhanpur in 1937 and the first ‘shakha’ of the Sangh was started in Mahajanapeth.
On April 17, Bhagwat will attend the office inauguration ceremony at Dr Hedgewar Smarak Samiti of Burhanpur, a social organisation, and will address people.

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April 11, 2023
Shots fired near Sikh temple in UK, 3 arrested

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London: Police in the UK have stepped up patrols and arrested three people after shots were fired near a Sikh temple in Wolverhampton in central England.
“We were called shortly before 7 p.m. yesterday (April 9) to Upper Villiers Street, where an argument took place between occupants of two cars and shots were fired,” the Wolverhampton Police said on Monday.
One of these cars struck a vehicle being driven by a member of the public, who escaped unhurt.

Following initial enquiries at the scene, police stopped a car involved in the incident and arrested three men, who remain in custody as officers continue with their investigations.
Calling it an “isolated incident”, Chief Superintendent Richard Fisher said that the worshippers were safe and there was no reason for concern.
“We are confident this was an isolated incident and that there is no cause for wider concern in the community, including worshippers at the nearby gurdwara, we will maintain a presence to provide reassurance,” Fisher said.
A car park belonging to the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara is currently closed, according to a local media report.

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April 11, 2023
Nayanthara threatens to break fan’s phone during temple visit; video creates stir

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Mumbai: Star Nayanthara was seen losing her cool at a fan during a temple visit with her husband and filmmaker Vignesh Shivan.
The two were recently seen in a temple in Kumbakonam district on the occasion of Panguni Uthiram. However, the couple got mobbed as they entered the holy place, according to reports.
Nayanthara saw a fan filming her on their mobile. This made her angry and she reportedly threatened to break the fan’s phone, who was trying to record her.

Vignesh and Nayanthara tied the knot last year. The close-knit affair was attended by Rajanikanth and Shah Rukh Khan.
Months after their wedding, the two announced that they welcomed twin boys via surrogacy.
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April 11, 2023
Telangana: Drone spotted over Yadadri temple, two arrested

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Hyderabad: Two people were arrested by Yadadri police for illegally flying their drone to capture a glimpse of Yadadri Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple.
Nakkala Sai Kumar, 22, and Yarlagadda Manish Kumar, 21, hailing from Hyderabad’s Saroornagar were taken into custody after the cops seized the drone from them.
Police said that they were alerted by the temple authorities after they saw drones flying over the temple premises even though filming via drone has been banned.

Yadadri Inspector S Saidaiah said that the two were flying drones without permission from the authorities.
With the help of temple staff, Special Protection Force personnel searched for the accused and nabbed them from near the bus station on the hill shrine.
Enquiries revealed that they were pursuing a course in cinematography and decided to capture enlightened shots of the temple.
Yadadri police have filed a case based on a complaint from the Deputy Executive Officer (DEO) of the temple.

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April 10, 2023
Karnataka: After row over Muslim-owned stalls last year, temple decides on no stalls

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Mangaluru: A temple in coastal Karnataka has barred vendors from setting up shops in the shrine area during the ongoing annual temple fair that got underway on April 5.
The decision comes a year after a controversy had broken out when a banner was displayed outside Bappanadu Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple at Mulki in Mangaluru taluk asking the temple authorities not to allow Muslim vendors to set up stalls for the temple fair.
Speaking about the management committee’s decision to prohibit the stalls from being put up for this year’s festivities, temple hereditary trustee N S Manohar Shetty on Sunday said the temple stands as a symbol of communal harmony and thousands of people from different faiths, including Muslims, revere the deity.

“We were pained by last year’s development. The committee decided not to have any stalls in the temple area for the ongoing temple fair. We want the fair to go in a harmonious manner and did not want any controversy,” he said.
Shetty said vendors are free to erect stalls in the private property adjacent to the temple land if the owner agrees. A committee of volunteers is looking after the shops on the private land and a part of the money collected by the committee for allotment of shops is given to the temple, Shetty further said.
He denied the charge made by some Muslim vendors that they were not allowed to erect stalls for the fair, while adding that the management committee members have made it clear that no vendor belonging to any faith will be permitted to open shops on the temple land.
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April 9, 2023