Temples

Hindu fire-walking festival to be live-streamed on YouTube and Facebook

Devotees crossing the fire pit at Sri Mariamman Temple during the annual theemithi vizha, or fire walking festival, on Oct 12, 2025.

‘No excuse for ignorance’: Taiwan actress Tsai Yi-chen fined and apologises for staining Japan temple stone

Taiwanese actress-host Deborah Tsai Yi-chen (seen here in Japan in 2024) was fined 500,000 yen (S$4,060) for the vandalism.

Taiwanese actress Tsai Yi-chen arrested over staining Japan temple stone

Tsai Yi-chen was identified through security camera footage and arrested when she re-entered Japan in August.

Six die at temple in India’s Bihar after ‘stampede-like’ event, officials say

Online registration for Hindu fire-walking festival rituals opens on Sept 24

The festival takes place at Singapore’s oldest Hindu temple, the Sri Mariamman Temple on South Bridge Road.

Israeli far-right minister Ben-Gvir visits flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

His visit drew condemnation from Jordan and Palestinian officials as it goes against a delicate, decades-old arrangement that Jews can visit but may not pray there.

India probe into stolen donations tests trust in temple finances

A probe into donations allegedly siphoned off at India’s grand Ram temple in 2026 has renewed scrutiny of how religious sites manage billions of cash and gold entrusted to them by devotees.

Doctor who damaged Japan temples, shrines by performing ‘anointings’ admits to own ‘delusion’

Traces of an oil-like liquid are seen at the Katori-Jingu Shrine in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture.

South Korean singles look for their dream match at Buddhist temple retreat

Participants walk through the grounds of Naksansa temple during a Buddhist temple matchmaking programme.

India’s Hindu nationalists confront fraud claims at controversial Ram temple

The grand temple had been constructed on the site of the 16th-century Babri mosque, brought down by Hindu mobs in 1992.

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