Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 21 (ANI): Owing to the spike in COVID-19 cases, the Tapovan and the Mahavir temples in Ranchi wore a deserted look on the Hindu festival of Ram Navami on Wednesday.
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 21 (ANI): The offerings donation box (also known as hundi) at Prasanna Anjaneya Swami Temple in Chandapuram village, Andhra Pradesh was found broken on Wednesday morning.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 20 (ANI): Devotees offered prayers outside the Mumba Devi Temple on Durga Ashtami as Maharashtra's temples remained closed due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
Thrissur (Kerala) [India], April 20 (ANI): Amidst a surge in COVID-19 cases in Kerala, the state government has revoked its decision to conduct Thrissur Pooram with fanfare and has decided to limit the temple festival to rituals.
Puri (Odisha) [India], April 17 (ANI): The Jagannath Temple in Puri will remain closed for devotees on weekends in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases in the state.
Deoghar (Jharkhand) [India], April 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey demanded the arrest of Congress MLA Irfan Ansari after the latter offered prayers at the sanctum sanctorum of Baba Baidyanath temple in Deoghar.
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], April 15 (ANI): A 15-year-old was allegedly stabbed to death in Alappuzha on Wednesday night in a brawl that took place during a temple festival.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 15 (ANI): Amid a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, the Varanasi district administration has made it mandatory to present a negative RT-PCR test report for people coming to three prominent temples in Varanasi, Divisional Commissione
Srinagar (Jammu and Kumar) [India], April 14 (ANI): On the occasion of Navreh or Kashmiri new year, the local Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir performed puja at Sheetal Nath Temple in Srinagar.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 14 (ANI): Kanpur Police on Tuesday registered an FIR against unknown persons in connection with the display of posters calling for the beheading of Dasna Devi Temple priest Narsinghanand and former UP Shia Central Waqf Board chief Wasim Rizvi.
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], April 13 (ANI): A large number of devotees paid a visit to Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar on Tuesday and took a holy dip in the 'sarovar' on the occasion of Baisakhi, the harvest festival celebrated in Punjab.
New Delhi/ Varanasi [India] April 13 (ANI): On the first day of Chaitra Navratri, the morning 'aarti' was performed at the Jhandewalan temple in the presence of priests and their family members.