Gold theft, fake ghee, garland makers' controversy – why temple governance is failing devotees

God Need Guards

Gold theft, fake ghee, garland makers' controversy – why temple governance is failing devotees

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Sabarimala Gold Theft: How Temple Officials Enabled A Priest To Strip Sacred Idols And Walk Away

Sabarimala Gold Theft: How Temple Officials Enabled A Priest To Strip Sacred Idols And Walk Away

Democracy Or Devalaya Dharma: Why A Garland Maker's Appointment In A Kerala Temple Has Left Hindus Divided

Democracy Or Devalaya Dharma: Why A Garland Maker's Appointment In A Kerala Temple Has Left Hindus Divided

Explained: How Fake Ghee Slipped Into Tirupati Devasthanam's Laddus For 5 Years

Explained: How Fake Ghee Slipped Into Tirupati Devasthanam's Laddus For 5 Years

How Can 'Bhaktha Samajams' Envisaged In Telugu States Play A Role In Temple Governance

How Can 'Bhaktha Samajams' Envisaged In Telugu States Play A Role In Temple Governance

Vivek Rallabandi

Culture

When It Comes To Makar Sankranti, Clear Vedic Roots Of Tamil Celebrations Do Indeed Make The Culture 'Exceptional'

When It Comes To Makar Sankranti, Clear Vedic Roots Of Tamil Celebrations Do Indeed Make The Culture 'Exceptional'

Aravindan Neelakandan

Discussing Koodalmanikyam? Remember the Sangh Institution That Spent Decades Training Priests From All Castes

Discussing Koodalmanikyam? Remember the Sangh Institution That Spent Decades Training Priests From All Castes

Aravindan Neelakandan

States

How NOT To Evaluate Nitish Kumar's Alcohol Ban In Bihar

How NOT To Evaluate Nitish Kumar's Alcohol Ban In Bihar

Of Government Jobs: How Bihar’s ‘Sarkari Naukri’ Obsession Shapes Its People And Politics

Of Government Jobs: How Bihar’s ‘Sarkari Naukri’ Obsession Shapes Its People And Politics

World

The Instagram Politician: Zohran Mamdani's Rise And What It Reveals About American Politics

The Instagram Politician: Zohran Mamdani's Rise And What It Reveals About American Politics

The Sanctions Paradox: How Washington’s Chip Controls Accelerated China’s AI Rise

The Sanctions Paradox: How Washington’s Chip Controls Accelerated China’s AI Rise

Economy

India's TFR Declining Faster Than Anticipated: Dr Shamika Ravi Says Women Need Childcare Support

India's TFR Declining Faster Than Anticipated: Dr Shamika Ravi Says Women Need Childcare Support

Business

India's Critical Minerals: Why Does It Take 15 Years To Dig Up What's Already There And Ours?

India's Critical Minerals: Why Does It Take 15 Years To Dig Up What's Already There And Ours?

Explained: What China's Success In Breeding Uranium From Thorium Means

Explained: What China's Success In Breeding Uranium From Thorium Means

Grounding Drones: Why The Proposed Drone Bill Is Making The Industry Nervous

Grounding Drones: Why The Proposed Drone Bill Is Making The Industry Nervous

Defence

Operation Sindoor Showed The IAF’s Strength, But Also Its Blind Spots

Operation Sindoor Showed The IAF’s Strength, But Also Its Blind Spots

Science

Quantum Phoenix: How Destructive Noise Can Bring Entanglement Back From Death

Quantum Phoenix: How Destructive Noise Can Bring Entanglement Back From Death

Aravindan Neelakandan

Chandrayaan-2 Delivers First Proof: How A Solar Superstorm Inflates Moon's Atmosphere

Chandrayaan-2 Delivers First Proof: How A Solar Superstorm Inflates Moon's Atmosphere

Aravindan Neelakandan

'India Rising': How A Group That Began With A WhatsApp Message Aims To Make R&D 'A Way Of Life' In India

'India Rising': How A Group That Began With A WhatsApp Message Aims To Make R&D 'A Way Of Life' In India

Books

Before Space Science, There Was Mahāsalilam: Rediscovery Of India's Oldest Astronomical Text

Before Space Science, There Was Mahāsalilam: Rediscovery Of India's Oldest Astronomical Text

Ghosts Of Baramulla: The Original Sin And Horror Of Denial

Ghosts Of Baramulla: The Original Sin And Horror Of Denial

Sunanda Vashisht