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October 2026

113 news stories across 29 days, and 8 short reads.

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Thursday, 29 October

  1. UK parliamentary group for British Hindus to take persecution of Pakistan's Hindus to the British government
  2. Koppal officials break locks and retake Anjanadri Hanuman temple offices from chief priest Vidyadas Baba
  3. Hasanamba temple in Hassan opens its doors today for its once-a-year darśana, with over 30 lakh devotees expected
  4. World Hindu Congress asks police and MeitY to question Meta after Fadnavis's invitation video is blocked twice
  5. UNESCO experts praise Hampi's monuments but want local communities and the heritage authority strengthened

Wednesday, 28 October

  1. Madras High Court rules non-Hindus must sign an undertaking of reverence for the deity before entering Agamic temples in Tamil Nadu
  2. Stolen 11th-century Chola bronze of Kannappa Nāyaṉār returns to India from the Netherlands
  3. Pakistan's Swat district holds its first official Vālmīki Jayantī for the local Hindu community
  4. Delhi to ready over 1,400 Chhaṭh ghats this year, with basic work due by 6 November
  5. Ramkund and Kuśāvarta Tīrtha to feature on special postage stamps for the 2027 Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh

Tuesday, 27 October

  1. Keralam promises a full-powered Malabar Devaswom Board like Travancore and Cochin, as Assembly passes an HR&CE amendment
  2. Karnataka minister rejects Pramoda Devi Wadiyar's call to move the Jamboo Savari off Vijayadaśamī, says the State pays for the Ambāri
  3. Assam police arrest 17 after a Bihu troupe is beaten during a Durgā immersion procession in Sribhumi
  4. CB-CID files chargesheet in the sale of ₹16 crore of Palani matha land dedicated in 1888
  5. Vizianagaram brings Pydithalli Ammavaru's Sirimanotsavam forward an hour as Cyclone Arnab nears

Monday, 26 October

  1. Keralam's Devaswom Minister says temple officials must have been in on the Sabarimala ghee diversion, as TDB sets a 10 November deadline for pilgrimage works
  2. Kashmiri Pandit groups object to a government-funded graveyard upgrade on the road to Srinagar's Shankaracharya Hill
  3. Pramoda Devi Wadiyar asks Karnataka to move Chāmuṇḍeśvarī's Ambāri procession off Vijayadaśamī, citing interference with palace rituals
  4. RSS holds Vijayadaśamī route marches across Karnataka and central Tamil Nadu after the permission row
  5. Ayodhya Rām Mandir moves to a winter schedule from 1 November, with doors open 4 am to 10 pm and a longer midday rest for Rām Lallā

Sunday, 25 October

  1. Chorbagan's Durgā goes to the Hooghly without Debī Baraṇ or Sindūr Khelā as police seek voice samples of two accused
  2. Hyderabad temple takes down its Dasarā Rāma statue at Basheerbagh after VHP's "Sriram Chowk" call; BJP says it will not be forgiven
  3. Adhikari starts work on the first Gangasagar Melā under a BJP government, promising to make it "an international event"
  4. Ninety years after Travancore opened its temples to all Hindus, Thiruvananthapuram schoolchildren carry the proclamation door to door
  5. Piyush Goyal prays at Berlin's Dravidian-style Shri Ganesha temple, hails the Hindu community for keeping heritage alive abroad

Saturday, 24 October

  1. Kolkata Police say puja committees, not police, will decide who touches Durgā idols; Chorbagan idol cleared for immersion
  2. RSS files over 60 route-march applications in Bengaluru for 25 October after Karnataka Home Minister insists on "permission"
  3. Former IAS officer asks Supreme Court to quash six-stanza Vande Mataram orders, calling the added verses a religious invocation
  4. Godāvarī 2027: Rajamahendravaram plans water for 80 lakh daily bathers as Nashik seeks corporate partners for Simhastha
  5. Srirangam fixes Vaikuṇṭha Ekādaśī dates: Paramapada Vāsal to open on 20 December

Friday, 23 October

  1. PM Modi opens Chinmaya Mission's 75th-year sammelan, ties its 2047 centenary to a developed Bharat
  2. Police stop three Dalit ministers at Mysuru Palace Dasara puja; Karnataka CM orders probe
  3. Bengal's "only Sanātanīs may touch Durgā idols" rule draws opposition fire as immersions run without cranes and DJs
  4. Three Christian families in Bengal allege they were beaten and forced into puja rituals; police register case
  5. "No standing to lecture India": New Delhi hits Pakistan on minorities at UN as Sindh's forced-conversion data surfaces
  6. Kolkata stampede: puja treasurer held for "pandal collapsing" announcement as probe finds a 7-foot exit
  7. President Murmu prays at Maa Danteshwari temple and joins Bastar Dussehra's Muria Darbar
  8. New York mayor Zohran Mamdani joins Hindu New Yorkers for Navarātri and Durgā Pūjā after Illinois temple plot
  9. Kashi Tamil Sangamam 5.0 will centre on the Thirukkural, with 1,000 paid student internships
  10. Sangh's labour wing opens first public RSS-affiliated office in Kashmir's Pulwama, run by a Muslim in-charge

Thursday, 22 October

  1. RSS national executive to meet in Indore from 2 to 4 November
  2. Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari: only followers of Sanātana Dharma will handle Durgā idols at Hooghly immersions
  3. Stones thrown during Durgā immersion procession in Washim; RAF deployed

Wednesday, 21 October

  1. Sirpur, the ancient Śaiva, Vaiṣṇava and Bauddha city of Chhattisgarh, enters UNESCO's Tentative List
  2. Mysuru Dasara ends with Jamboo Savari as elephant Prashantha carries the golden howdah for the first time
  3. 105 US lawmakers ask FBI to probe foiled Aurora Balaji temple shooting as a hate crime

Tuesday, 20 October

  1. PM Modi at Rāvaṇa Dahana: "stand united against enemies of the nation"
  2. UK police treat assaults on two men leaving a Dussehra and Bathukamma event as racially aggravated
  3. Calcutta High Court orders judicial inquiry into Chorbagan Durgā Pūjā stampede that killed 19
  4. Bhagwat's Vijayadaśamī address: a "storm from the West" targets India; protests must seek solutions
  5. Kullu Dussehra opens with Raghunāth rath yātrā as Mysuru holds its Jamboo Savari

Monday, 19 October

  1. Kolkata rewrites Durgā Pūjā pandal rules after the Chorbagan stampede
  2. Bangladesh Police dispute Hindu bodies' count of 34 Durgā Pūjā attacks
  3. Diwali Muhurat trading set for 8 November, the first with a closing auction
  4. Bhagwat on Mahāṣṭamī: India's resurgence began with worship of the Divine Mother

Sunday, 18 October

  1. Pakistan seals 200-year-old Ram Leela temple in Dera Ismail Khan after demolition attempt
  2. Kolkata Chorbagan stampede toll reaches 19; SIT formed and 7 arrested
  3. Gwalior: truck kills 15 Navarātri devotees at Śītalā Mātā temple; City SP removed
  4. Sabarimala opens for Thulām pūjā as Kerala's Devaswom Minister flags gaps before the Maṇḍalam season

Saturday, 17 October

  1. Khatu Shyam pilgrims' minibus plunges off Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, killing 8
  2. Kolkata pandals tell the Mahābhārata in 18 episodes and pair the Devī with science

Friday, 16 October

  1. Tirumala Garuḍa Sevā draws about 2.8 lakh devotees despite rain
  2. Bangladesh: Hindu bodies report 34 attacks on Durgā Pūjā venues; border guards deployed at 2,727 mandaps
  3. Foiled Illinois Bālājī temple plot: US lawmakers and Hindu groups seek hate-crime probe
  4. Australian council objects to BAPS's A$209 million Mahā-Mandir in Melbourne

Thursday, 15 October

  1. Madras High Court raps Tamil Nadu for citing mosques to deny RSS route march
  2. Sabarimala gold theft: Kerala High Court rejects accused jeweller's plea to travel abroad
  3. MEA says it expects Bangladesh to address minority security before Durgā Pūjā
  4. Illinois teen charged over alleged mass-shooting plot targeting an Aurora Hindu temple

Wednesday, 14 October

  1. Supreme Court quashes UP Police data demand against journalist who reported Ram Mandir donation theft

Tuesday, 13 October

  1. HAL commits ₹23.6 crore to conserve Hampi, the Taj Mahal and Bekal Fort through ASI pact
  2. Tirumala Navarātri Brahmotsavam: Malayappa Svāmī rides the Haṃsa Vāhana as Sarasvatī; TTD ends elephant "blessings"
  3. Kedarnath and Char Dham temple models among Uttarakhand mementos in PM's e-auction for Namami Gange

Monday, 12 October

  1. Bengal CM pushes a śāstra-based Durgā Pūjā; road to be named after Birendra Krishna Bhadra
  2. Supreme Court declines to ban Diwali firecrackers: "We will not hurt religious sentiments"
  3. Tirumala's Navarātri Brahmotsavam begins with Aṅkurārpaṇa and Bangaru Tiruchi utsavam
  4. Nepal: devotees crowd Śakti Pīṭhas on the second day of Baḍā Dashain

Sunday, 11 October

  1. Delhi Police arrest four Hindu Raksha Dal men for assaulting protesters
  2. Śāradīya Navarātri begins with crowds at Vaishno Devi, Varanasi, Prayagraj and Mumba Devi
  3. Mysuru Dasara 2026 opens on Chamundi Hill with Gavi Mutt seer as inaugurator
  4. Mahālayā: lakhs perform tarpaṇa at Kolkata ghats as Navarātri begins

Saturday, 10 October

  1. Indian Embassy in Japan honours scholar Yoshimizu Kiyotaka for work on Indian philosophy

Friday, 9 October

  1. Centre arranges special Hemkund Sahib pilgrimage for Pakistani Sikhs before the shrine closes
  2. Supreme Court rejects PETA's plea; temple elephant Mahadevi stays at Kolhapur's Nandani Math

Thursday, 8 October

  1. Bhagwat begins Bengal tour before Durgā Pūjā; CM Suvendu Adhikari meets him
  2. Bangladesh: Awami League alleges Hindus face insecurity before Durgā Pūjā
  3. Supreme Court directs Guruvāyūr to hold Udayāstamana Pūjā on Vṛścika Ekādaśī as per tradition
  4. World Hindu Congress 2026 to be held in Mumbai in December; Bhagwat to inaugurate
  5. Ohio Swaminarayan temple attack: police see no hate motive as temple raises funds for security

Wednesday, 7 October

  1. Braj bids farewell to Padma Shrī Sant Ramesh Bābā of Barsana
  2. VHP and Bajrang Dal seek ID checks for Garba entry in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri
  3. Bhagwat at Nagpur gau-vijñāna centre: "Bharat's people should live by their traditions"
  4. Tamil Nadu HR&CE Minister orders temples to report VVIP visits and act against land encroachment

Tuesday, 6 October

  1. Bellingcat report says US donor-advised funds sent about US$24 million to Ekal USA and Sewa USA
  2. Sindh: Nagarparkar temple vandalised; FIR filed a month late in Hindu sisters' forced-conversion case
  3. Sabarimala more than doubles online room booking to 400 from the Thulam pujas
  4. Vaishno Devi tightens security for Navarātri; RFID card mandatory

Monday, 5 October

  1. Badrinath Dham sets an all-time pilgrim record of 18.67 lakh
  2. Ram Mandir donation theft: Congress alleges cover-up as chargesheet names eight accused for 105 thefts

Sunday, 4 October

  1. BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi holds prayers for Capt. Smit Machchhar
  2. Hindu Jagran Manch protests at SRFTI Kolkata over alleged insult to Swami Vivekananda
  3. West Bengal CM pledges Uniform Civil Code within six months at VHP's Ashok Singhal centenary event

Saturday, 3 October

  1. VHP releases list of 254 Hindu deaths it attributes to "jihadi" violence and seeks madrasa regulation
  2. Centres of Excellence approved for five newly classical languages, including Pāli and Prākṛt

Friday, 2 October

  1. Man held for attacking Santoshi Mata idol in Hyderabad temple sanctum
  2. Bangladesh Hindu Mohajote flags safety fears before Durgā Pūjā
  3. Bhagwat: "Rashtra and dharma are not separate"
  4. Mathura's Krishna Janmasthan to test metal donations by machine from Navarātri
  5. DMK functionary arrested over ₹50-crore Srirangam temple land grab
  6. Probe clears BAPS: it never asked Eiffel Tower to remove women staff
  7. Bangladesh: seven Durgā idols vandalised at an 85-year-old pūjā site in Tangail

Thursday, 1 October

  1. NIA arrests UAE-deported accused in 2024 killing of VHP leader Vikas Prabhakar
  2. Kerala High Court tells Travancore Devaswom Board to tighten Sabarimala prasādam procurement