India’s highways ministry led by PM Modi’s BJP central government is planning to connect the Hindu 4 small abodes pilgrimage (Chota Char Dham Yatra) in the Himalayas with 889 km of disaster-proof 2-lane roads. The Chota Char Dham Yatra is made of the 4 popular and sacred Hindu temples called Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri. […]
Top 5 ‘Must Experience’ Hindu Temples You Should Visit Across Asia
By The Chakra team Prambanan Temple, Indonesia Prambanan, temple, located in the lush landscape of Indonesia is the largest Hindu temple in Southeast Asia. The temple towers depict the Ramayana epic and the temple is dedicated to the three Great Hindu Divinities: Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The temples towers, including its highest tower of 47 […]
Tamil Nadu Unfairly Targets Hindu Temples While Giving Other Religions Full Freedom
The Tamil Nadu government claims to be secular but has been treating Hindu institutions and temples differently compared to institutions of other religions. The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department administers 36,425 temples, 56 mutts, 47 temples belonging to mutts, 1721 specific endowments and 189 trusts. The department claims to be watching over all religious institutions to […]
Hindu and Sikh Temples Targeted in Pakistan
By Antony Thomas Thousands of Temples have been destroyed or converted into Mosques in Pakistan since partition Lahore, Pakistan (CHAKRA) – After numerous reports of Gurdwara land being snatched and sold by radical groups in Pakistan, a piece of land owned by a temple is now being seized unfairly by a fundamental organization—Jeay Sindh. This […]
Illegal Construction of Masjid being Protected by PMC
By Antony Thomas Many Old Hindu temples are destroyed by the Indian Government to build Roads and other Places of worship Pune, Maharashtra (CHAKRA) — Pune Municipal Corporation made a decision to keep the illegal construction of ‘Adambagh’ Masjid on corporations land, where it was decided the land would be used to develop a hanging garden. […]