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Mathura is situated on the west bank of river Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh and is famous as the birthplace of Lord Krishna, an important deity in the Hindu religious pantheon. Mathura is an important pilgr...

A $10,000 deity of Lord Subramaniam was stolen from Gita Bhavan temple, Manchester, UK.The precious bronze-plated, hand-crafted icon was taken soon after an afternoon worship session. The raiders entered by breaking the first entrance, where they then hooked a rope from the door of the living quarters of the priest and a radiator which then [...]

PANAJI, GOA, INDIA, April 4, 207: A large contingent of police force has been mobilized after suspected miscreants vandalized two temples in Savordem, about 70 kilometers from here. On Tuesday night, two temples were vandalised, which created tension in the area. The news of Deity vandalization spread like wildfire and people gathered at the gate and blocked the road with stones. Police officials rushed to spot and brought the situation under control. Police said Deities of Lord Ganesha were broken and the tiles and walls inside the temples were damaged completely in Savordem. The two temples are more than 500 years old and were reconstructed just one month ago. "Devotees had performed prayers on Monday night, and everything was okay till then. Two temples were vandalized after that. I do not suspect anyone in particular," said Rajendra Sawant Desai, chairman of a temple.

UNITED KINGDOM, March 22, 2007: A precious consecrated statue of a Hindu God was stolen from a temple just minutes after an afternoon worship. The US$10,000 Deity, which depicts Lord Subramaniam, was taken from the Gita Bhavan temple in Whalley Range. It's thought the raiders broke in through a front entrance and then hooked a rope from the front door of the priests' living guarters inside the temple to a radiator to lock the priests inside. Ranga Nath Shastri and Shyam Sunder, Gita Bhavan's two priests, live in separate living quarters inside the temple. Neither of the two men are thought to have been in at the time, but Prepremlata Shastri, the wife of Ranga Nath Shastri, arrived back at the temple at about the time the thieves struck. The access to the priests' quarters is in a different part of the building and when Mrs. Shastri tried to open the door to get into the main worship area she couldn't get out because the door was stuck.