Speaking to India TV, Mahant Hemraj Poswal said that it is wrong to do politics on the matter. He also condemned Priyanka Gandhi's "envelop" remarks related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's temple visit.
A video challenges claims that PM Modi used an envelope for a temple donation in Bhilwara. The footage, captured by a devotee, shows PM Modi making an offering without an envelope, sparking debate on the authenticity of the priest's initial claim.
The accused planned to steal the idol and even entered into a deal with some traders from Kishanganj to sell the idol for Rs 300 crore.
Following the incident, local residents chased the assailants and overpowered them. They brutally beat them until one of them died on the spot.
The temple is located in Khamouli village, they said, adding a case has been registered at Tikaitanagar police station in this regard.
A 75-year-old priest, Jai Singh Yadav, has been found murdered on the premises of a temple in Dhaknagla village in Badaun district.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday directed officials to get the killing of a temple priest in Karauli district probed by the CID-CB.
Taking cognisance of the incident where a temple priest was burnt alive by the land mafia, Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Saturday spoke to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on the phone about the situation.
Family members of priest Babulal, who was allegedly burnt alive by land encroachers in Karauli's Bukna village on Thursday night, have refused to perform the last rites of his body till all their demands are met by the state government.
A 50-year-old temple priest was allegedly set on fire in the Sapotra area in Rajasthan's Karauli on Thursday. The priest had suffered 50 per cent burn injuries in the attack.
Three priests of a famous temple in Mandya were allegedly killed by a gang during a robbery bid, police said on Friday. According to police, the priests of Arakeshwara temple were stabbed to death by the gang, which decamped with currency notes in the 'hundi' (donation box) on Thursday night. However, the coins in the box were intact.
The priest had allegedly raped 14-year-old tribal girl on the pretext of teaching her the Bhagavad Gita. The incident had occurred in Reddivaripalli in Kadapa district on November 27.
Priests of Chilkur Balaji temple offered prayers by worshipping cows in Hyderabad on Sunday to control sexual assault cases against minors in India.
A temple priest was arrested for allegedly threatening to plant a bomb at St Thomas College here where President Ram Nath Kovind is scheduled to attend a function
Ahmedabad: He remains one of India's most prized voters. Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas is the lone voter in the midst of Gujarat's Gir forest, home to the Asiatic lion, for whom an entire election team sets
Navi Mumbai, July 26: Satyananda Maharaj alias Satish Sadashiv Naik (40) was arrested by local police on Monday on charge of raping a 16-year-old girl inside the temple premises, police said.The girl used to collect
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