Chennai: Temple Land Worth US$40.5 Million Retrieved from Encroachers

CHENNAI, INDIA, September 30, 2021 (Times Now News): Tamil Nadu’s Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department has retrieved temple property in Chennai worth about $40.5 million, it was announced on Wednesday. The property, situated on Poonamalle high road, belongs to the Kancheepuram Ekambareswaram Temple, and is over an acre in extent. “We have recovered temple land worth $40.5 million from…

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How Hindu Chaplains Went from Anomaly to Necessity

UNITED STATES, September 24, 2021 (RNS): When Vineet Chander accepted his job as the Hindu chaplain at Princeton University in 2008, his Hindu community was baffled by his profession. Their puzzlement was understandable: Chander, a former prosecutor, was not just the only full-time Hindu chaplain at any place of higher learning at the time; he was the first Hindu in…

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Tiruvannamalai to Be Under Tight Lockdown Till October 3

TIRUVANNAMALAI, INDIA, September 26, 2021 (The Hindu): The Tiruvannamalai district administration has extended the strict lockdown in force in the temple town till October 3. Parks, swimming pools and dams in Tiruvannamalai and neighboring Kattam Poondi in the district will be closed during this period, District Collector B. Murugesh said on Saturday. Hotels, bakeries and tea shops can function between…

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Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Makes Covid Vaccine Certificate, Test Mandatory for Devotees

ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, September 24, 2021 (Hindustan Times): The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which is in charge of managing the Lord Venkateshwara temple at Tirumala in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, has made Covid-19 vaccination certificates or negative RT-PCR test results mandatory for all pilgrims, TTD chairperson Y. V. Subba Reddy has said in a statement. The vaccination certificates will…

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Religious Composition of India and Fertility Rates

INDIA, September 21, 2021 (Pew Forum): India’s fertility rate has been declining rapidly in recent decades. Today, the average Indian woman is expected to have 2.2 children in her lifetime, a fertility rate that is higher than rates in many economically advanced countries like the United States (1.6) but much lower than India in 1992 (3.4) or 1950 (5.9). Every…

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