Abu Dhabi stone temple work to be completed by 2020The first traditional Hindu stone temple in the Middle East will be built at Abu Mureikha, off the Dubai-Abu Dhabi highway by 2020. The stones will be carved by temple artisans in India and assembled in the UAE, said a report. &nb More… |
Over 100 killed in Kerala temple tragedyA massive fire swept through a temple in India's southern Kerala state on Sunday, killing more than 100 people and injuring nearly 200 who had gathered for a fireworks display to mark the start of the local Hindu new year. Tho More… |
200-year-old temple in Bahrain set for $1.3m renovationBahrain’s oldest Hindu temple is set to undergo a half-million-dinar renovation. New designs for the 200-year-old Hindu Temple inside Manama Suq will be unveiled tomorrow (December 19) with a planned budget of BD500,000 ($1.3 million) to More… |
Satellite images show Palmyra temple destroyedSatellite images have confirmed the destruction of the main building of a Roman-era temple in the Syrian city of Palmyra, a United Nations agency said, after activists said the hardline Islamic State group had targeted it. The ima More… |
India temple stampede toll reaches 115The toll of dead from a stampede at a Hindu temple in India rose to 115 on Monday, police said, as a search ended for more victims of the second deadly crush at the site in seven years. Nearly 150,000 pilgrims had gathered at the More… |
64 die in India temple stampedeAt least 64 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a stampede after a bridge collapsed near a remote Hindu temple in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh, a senior police official told Reuters on Sunday. A large nu More… |
7 dead in shooting at US Sikh templeA gunman killed six people and critically wounded three at a Sikh temple during Sunday services before police shot him dead in an attack that authorities are treating as an act of domestic terrorism. More… |
India's top court clears way for Ayodhya row verdictIndia's Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for a lower court to decide on the ownership of a religious site where the razing of a mosque in 1992 sparked rioting between Hindus and Muslims. A verdict on its owne More… |