In a letter to Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe, TNA leader R Sampanthan said that building a temple in a region where he claimed 99 per cent of residents are Tamil has led to unrest amongst the people.
The head priest of Chilkur Balaji temple, Rangarajan, on Sunday called on the people of Tamil Nadu to remove the Dravidian party from power and elect someone who believes in the temple system and Sanata Dharma.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a Janata Darshan at Gorakhpur and met around 200 people hailing from various districts for the second consecutive day at the Janata Darshan on Sunday. The Chief Minister listened to the problems of each visitor gathered in front of the Mahant Digvi
Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party chief K Annamalai said, "...If you have to eradicate 'Sanatana Dharma', you have to finish off all the temples and people's essential religious practices...".
A controversy has erupted over the depiction of Lord Hanuman at the Kashtabhanjan Hanuman temple in Gujarat. Saints have strongly opposed the mural and a controversy has emerged.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday addressed the problems of people during the Janata Darshan asking the officials that solving the problems of the public is the government's top priority and that any negligence or laxity in this regard would not be tolerated.
"The festival of Raksha Bandhan was celebrated with great pomp at Badrinath Dham. Devotees offered Raksha Sutra to Lord Badri Vishal," Media in-charge of Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee Harish Gaur told ANI on Thursday.