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The violence included the looting of Hindu properties and businesses, the burning of Hindu homes, rape of Hindu women and desecration and destruction of Hindu temples. [ 153 ] On 28 February 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Delwar Hossain Sayeedi , the Vice President of the Jamaat-e-Islami to death for the war crimes committed ...
Deaths in Hindu Temples, holy place or while going to it, because of Natural Disaster, terrorist attack etc., other than above list of Human stampedes. Location Date Killed Injured Ratangarh Mata Temple, Datia, MP [27] 1 October 2006: 56: 200+ [citation needed] 2013 Kedarnath Temple, Uttarakhand: 14 June 2013: 6,000+ 10,000+ Raghunath Temple ...
Varadharaja Perumal temple, where Sankarraman was murdered. Sankararaman was the manager of Varadharaja Perumal Temple in Kanchipuram, a town in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Sankararaman constantly leveled accusations against the Kanchi seers and the functioning of the Kanchi Mutt. He is alleged to have sent anonymous letters to the ...
Dedicated to Hindu god Sri Venkateswara - popularly known as Balaji – the temple owns assets worth tens of billions of dollars and is one of the richest in India. It attracts nearly 24 million ...
Impalement Mural at Avudaiyar Temple The impalement of the Jains is a South Indian legend, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] first mentioned in an 11th-century hagiographic Tamil language text of Nambiyandar Nambi . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] According to the legend, Sambandar , who lived in the 7th century CE, defeated the Tamil Jain monks in a series of debates and contests on ...
In August 2000, Swami Shanti Kali, a popular Hindu priest, was shot to death inside his ashram in the Indian state of Tripura. Police reports regarding the incident identified ten members of the Christian terrorist organisation NLFT, as being responsible for the murder. On 4 Dec 2000, nearly three months after his death, an ashram set up by ...
Siva Sri Arumugam Paskarakurukkal (Kurukkal meaning priest) is a German-based Sri Lankan Tamil priest and the present main priest of the Sri Kamadchi Ampal Temple in Hamm, the second largest Hindu temple in Europe.
A Pujari or an Archaka is a Hindu temple priest. [1] [2] A Purohita or Pandit officiates and performs rituals and ceremonies, and is usually linked to a specific family or, historically, a dynasty. [3] Traditionally, priests have predominantly come from the Brahmin varna, whose male members are designated for the function in the Hindu texts. [4 ...