Hindu temples
Ancient Indian temples are designated ‘iconic,’ worrying preservationists
By Priyadarshini Sen — February 4, 2022
(RNS) — Promises of ‘better connectivity, more jobs and more tourists’ sound more like threats to some locals and conservationists.
Human trafficking suit spreads to Hindu temples in 5 states
By David Porter — November 11, 2021
A lawsuit in which workers accuse a Hindu organization of human trafficking by luring them from India to build a temple in New Jersey for as little as $1.20 a day has widened to four other states. In the initial lawsuit filed in May, workers at a Hindu temple in Robbinsville, New Jersey, claimed leaders […]
India’s goddesses of contagion provide protection in the pandemic
By Tulasi Srinivas — June 15, 2020
(RNS) — Collectively known as the Divine Mother, the goddesses of contagion act as “celestial epidemiologists” curing illness. But if angered they can also inflict disease.
Pollution of a sacred river becomes a symbol for India’s environmental challenges
By Priyadarshini Sen — August 15, 2019
BANGALORE, India (RNS) — This city's early 1990s tech boom outstripped its waste management plans, leaving its Vrishabhavathi River choked with industrial waste.
Refurbishing holy site, India’s Modi levels ancient spiritual landscape
By Priyadarshini Sen — April 22, 2019
VARANASI, India (RNS) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 'dream project' at an 18th-century shrine to Lord Shiva has swept up monasteries, old-age homes and shops that had existed for generations.
At a sprawling shrine to Shiva, Nepal’s Hindus help the dead on their way
By Jair Cabrera Torres — January 25, 2019
KATHMANDU, Nepal (RNS) — Located on the banks of the Bagmati River in the Himalayan country's capital, the Pashupatinath Temple complex is the site of daily ritual cremations.
Tens of thousands in India demand rebuilding of Hindu temple
By Biswajeet Banerjee — November 25, 2018
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hindus gathered in northern India on Sunday, renewing calls to build a Hindu temple on a site where a 16th-century mosque was attacked and demolished by Hindu hard-liners in 1992.
India’s Modi eyes Hindu temples’ gold to help boost economy
By Reuters — April 10, 2015
MUMBAI (Reuters) India is the world's biggest consumer of gold and its ancient temples have collected billions of dollars in jewelry, bars and coins. Now Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes temples will deposit their reserves with the government.
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