Kerala Temple
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Kerala: Male devotees protest Lord Ayyappa Temple's dress code, enter shrine without removing shirts
India | Mar 23, 2025, 08:21 PM ISTThe protestors demanded a permanent end to the conventional practice of requiring male devotees to remove their shirts or other upper garments before entering the shrine.
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'God's own crocodile': 70-year old vegetarian crocodile who lived in Kerala temple pond dies
India | Oct 10, 2022, 07:05 PM ISTTemple officials told PTI that the crocodile, fondly called Babia, was missing since Saturday. Thereafter, the carcass was found floating on the lake around 11.30 pm on Sunday night and the same was conveyed to the police and the animal husbandry department, temple officials said.
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Kerala: 17 injured as firecracker hits crowd during pyrotechnic display at Nadakkavu Devi temple
India | Jan 30, 2020, 07:26 AM ISTAt least 17 people, including women and children, were injured when a piece of a powerful cracker accidentally fell among them during a pyrotechnic display at a temple near Tripunithura on Wednesday night, police said.
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Kerala temple tragedy: All accused granted bail after police fail to file chargesheet in 90 days
India | Jul 11, 2016, 01:43 PM ISTAbout three months after the fire tragedy at the Puttingal Devi temple that claimed over 100 lives, the Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to all 41 accused as the police failed to file the chargesheet within the allotted period of 90 days.
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Kerala temple blaze: Crime branch arrests 3 more persons
India | Apr 18, 2016, 08:31 AM ISTKollam: Kerala’s crime branch officials on Sunday arrested three more persons in connection with the Puttingal Devi temple fireworks tragedy that claimed more than 100 lives. The arrested were workers engaged by one of the
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A quick glance at 6 worst temple tragedies in India
India | Apr 11, 2016, 01:27 PM ISTA quick glance at 6 worst temple tragedies in India
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Kerala temple fire: Death toll mounts to 112
India | Apr 11, 2016, 12:32 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram:Two more victims of the Kerala temple fire tragedy died here on Monday morning, taking the death toll to 112, doctors and officials said. Two middle aged youths succumbed to their injuries at the Thiruvananthapuram
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Kerala temple fire: 'Was threatened', says woman who complained against the fireworks
India | Apr 11, 2016, 07:48 AM ISTKollam: The woman on whose complaint fireworks were banned at the Puttingal temple in Kerala's Kollam, has claimed that her family was threatened and told to withdraw the plea given to the district administration. Octogenarian
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BJP to organise ‘Maha Aarti’ tomorrow for Kerala temple fire victims
National | Apr 10, 2016, 11:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP will organise ‘maha-aarti’ on Monday across all districts to pray for the speedy recovery of the injured and in the memory of the dead in the Kerala temple tragedy. In a statement,
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Puttingal temple officials in Kerala go missing after tragedy
India | Apr 10, 2016, 03:00 PM ISTKollam: Top officials of the Puttingal Devi temple in Kerala have reportedly gone missing after an illegal fireworks show left some 100 people dead early on Sunday, police sources said. The police have registered a
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Puttingal temple fire: Permission for fireworks display was denied, temple authorities booked
India | Apr 10, 2016, 01:50 PM ISTKollam: The district authorities in Kollam had denied permission for any fireworks display at the Puttingal temple in Kerala where a fire tragedy on Sunday left nearly 100 people dead. The tragedy occurred around 3.30
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#HappyToBleed campaign against scanning of menstruating women
India | Nov 25, 2015, 08:07 AM ISTNew Delhi: Following the controversial remark by Sabarimala Temple chief Prayar Gopalakrishnan that women will be allowed to enter the famous temple in Kerala only after ensuring that they are pure, a group of outraged
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Kerala Temple's Last Secret Vault To Be Opened Today
India | Jul 08, 2011, 09:40 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Jul 8 : The seven-member panel appointed by the Supreme Court is expected to meet here on Friday to decide on opening the the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple's vault ‘B'. Of the six vaults, five have
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Kerala Temple Treasure Worth Over Rs 90,000 Cr
India | Jul 04, 2011, 04:32 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Jul 4: Gold ornaments, gold and silver coins, stone studded crowns, idols and figurines inlaid with precious stones and jewels estimated to be worth a whopping over Rs.90,000 crore have been found from the