The act declares that the character of a place of worship freezes on 15 August 1947, meaning if a place of worship is a mosque as on 15 August 1947, its character is that of a mosque even if it was originally a temple

It might seem difficult for a cash strapped govt to refrain from utilising temple funds to bail itself out, or to generate revenues for itself through illegitimate means through the control of such temples and later use seemingly legitimate but ill-founded arguments to attempt so

The temple with its gold (1500 kg) covering, has intricate work done by artisans specialising in temple art using gold. Every single detail was manually created, including converting the gold bars into gold foils and then mounting the foils on copper. Gold foil from 9 layers to 10 layers has been mounted on the etched copper plates. Every single detail in the temple art has significance from the vedas

Suta, at the request of the sages, explained in detail about the sacred and splendid power of the Lord of Antarvedi, the affects of doing any harm to it and the remedy for it. He told them the story of Santhana as an illustration

The inner temple was constructed around the 5th century and the outer temple was constructed in the 11th century by the Rajendra Chola I, later expanded by Chola kings and the Vijayanagara kings

There are 26 old scriptures (Puranas) where the Mahaprasad has been held in high esteem. It has been said that partaking Mahaprasad is equivalent to having Darshan of Lord Jagannath. By partaking Mahaprasad all sins are washed away

The complex has numerous sculpted pillared halls. It’s shrines are dedicated to Hindu deities and Shaivism scholars, with the vimanas above the garbhagrihas (sanctums) of Meenakshi and Sundaresvara gilded with gold

Because he worshipped Lord Shiva devoutly, the lord appeared in front of him and told Ravana that he was impressed by his devotion and would give Ravana any boon that he would ask

The temples right from the oldest ones found, depict stories from the epics or puranas and other mythology, whereas some also depict the social structure and activities of the era in which they had been constructed

The clarification comes at a time when social media is abuzz with devotees objecting to such moves that amount to undue government interference in Hindu temple affairs