November 2026
20 news stories across 4 days, and 0 short reads.
News by day
Saturday, 7 November
- Ayodhya readies more than 30 lakh diyas on the Sarayū ghats for its 10th Deepotsav tonight
- TTD executive officer Ravichandra takes charge as head of the authority now running Tirumala in place of the trust board
- Devotees barred from climbing Aruṇācala for the Mahā Dīpam on 24 November, but the hilltop lamp will be lit by tradition
- Dīpāvalī abroad: a Canadian Hindu body asks for a considerate festival, and the White House plans its Oval Office lamp lighting
- Madras High Court gives HR&CE two months to settle appeals in the Karur Kalyāṇa Paśupatīśvarar temple land case
Friday, 6 November
- Mahābhārata, Rājataraṅgiṇī and Arthaśāstra manuscripts inscribed on UNESCO's Asia-Pacific Memory of the World register
- Supreme Court stays the Madras High Court order that set up a board to run the Chidambaram Naṭarāja temple
- Home Ministry keeps passport exemption for persecuted Hindu and other minority refugees, but asks them to take a visa to stay
- Supreme Court refuses to move the Tirumala ghee adulteration trial out of Andhra Pradesh
- Sabarimala readies for the Maṇḍala-Makaravilakku season, with the Aravaṇa plant back in production
Wednesday, 4 November
- Supreme Court closes the Ayodhya temple donations petitions and leaves the case to the trial court
- Supreme Court permits certified green crackers in Delhi-NCR on 7 and 8 November, ahead of Dīpāvalī
- Char Dham charter helicopters called off for the rest of the season after talks on the two-pilot rule fail
- Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan brings in a free registered slip for VIP protocol darshan
- Ten lakh cow dung diyas from Rajasthan's self-help groups shipped to Mauritius for Dīpāvalī
Sunday, 1 November
- President Murmu hoists the Dharmadhvaja at Ramkund, formally opening the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela
- Gujarat High Court restores restrictions on non-vegetarian food near Somnath temple within hours of a single judge quashing them
- Uttarakhand makes two pilots mandatory on Char Dham helicopter charters after a crash near Joshimath killed six
- Madras High Court asks three senior Jīyars to choose a pontiff for the Kallalagar temple math, vacant for about 80 years
- Madras High Court orders HR&CE to ensure a living wage for temple staff, delinking pay from each temple's income