Two years ago, S Eshwarappa, a former deputy chief minister of Karnataka state, claimed that at least 36,000 temples had been destroyed to build mosques during the time when Muslim emperors ruled ...

He said the temple was built after "countless sacrifices" and is testament to a rising India "breaking the shackles of slave mentality." "Jan. 22, 2024, is not merely a date but marks the dawn of ...

AYODHYA, India (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday opened a controversial Hindu temple built on the ruins of a historic mosque in the northern city of Ayodhya, in a political ...

India's majority Hindus say the site was the birthplace of Lord Ram, and was holy to them long before Muslim Mughals razed a temple at the spot and built the Babri mosque there in 1528.

Monks in saffron robes walk in front of the BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham, the largest Hindu temple outside India in the modern era, on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023, in Robbinsville, N.J.

Built at an estimated cost of $217 million and spread over nearly 3 hectares (7.4 acres), the temple lies atop the debris of the 16th-century Babri Mosque, which was razed to the ground in 1992 by ...

They were then fitted together like a giant jigsaw to create what is now touted as the largest Hindu temple outside India to be built in the modern era, standing on a 126-acre tract. It will open ...

India News: Two Hindu temples, including one built over 150 years ago, were desecrated within 24 hours in Pakistan's Sindh province. The first incident happened i ...

Monks in saffron robes walk in front of the BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham, the largest Hindu temple outside India in the modern era, on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023, in Robbinsville, New Jersey.

12/02/2024 December 2, 2024. In several places in India, claims that mosques were built on the former site of Hindu temples have stoked communal tensions.

They were then fitted together like a giant jigsaw to create what is now touted as the largest Hindu temple outside India to be built in the modern era, standing on a 126-acre tract. It will open ...