Goa temples destruction

The Ganesh temple in Sada, Vasco, is situated pposite the Mormugao police station, but registered two cases of theft in one month.

Yesterday, more than Rs. 50,000/- were stolen from Shri Vitthal Mandir at Komba, Mudgaon. The robbers broke open the donation box for stealing the amount.

Gomantak Mandir and Dharmik Sanstha Mahasangh (GMDSM) made a demand by meeting the Chief Minister, Shri. Manohar Parrikar that BJP-MGP government should put in efforts to stop attacks on temples and the Government should make arrangements to stop recurrence of such incidents.

Panaji (Goa): A joint delegation of GMDSM and HJS met newly appointed Police Commissioner with a view to create awareness in him about thefts and attacks on temples in Goa.

Kudchare (Goa): Two out of 8 idols of Nagdevata which were ritually established below a banyan tree in the compound of Sri Shantadurga Devasthan, Katta-Amona were destroyed on 27th May at night.

Demonstrations at Panaji by Gomantak Mandir and Dharmik Sanstha Mahasangh : Demand to declare the strategy regarding the protection of temples by the Government

Gomantak Mandir and Dharmik Sanstha Mahasangh (GMDSM) had made a demand to revoke the ‘Derrams Tax’ and Portuguese laws applied to temples to the Goa Government, the members of the opposition party and others.

Panaji (Goa): There was burglary in ‘Gram-devata’ of Pilarn Village, Sri Shantadurga Pilarnkarin Devi’s temple at Bardesh. Gold and silver goods worth Rs.3 lakhs were burgled from the sanctum of the temple.

In yet another temple robbery, thieves decamped with 20,000 from Shree Saraswati temple at Tisk Ponda on Monday night.

Kankon (Goa): Mr. Jayesh Thali, the coordinator of ‘Gomantak Mandir Mahasangh’ stated here that it was necessary to strongly propagate Hindu Dharma for its preservation.

Goa: Govt and Police has failed to apprehend the accused in the temple thefts. Goa Govt is just making a show of convening a meeting of temple trustees. Gomantak Mandir Mahasangh has protested against it.

A delegation of GMDSM established to save temples met CM Digambar Kamat at the Secretariat at Porvorim. CM assured to the delegation that Govt will look into the demands and find a proper solution.

the Gomantak Mandir and Religious Institutions Federation and the Fatorda MLA, Mr Damodar Naik have come out strongly with the MLA even calling the police machinery “defunct,” while speaking to the media.

National General Secretary of the NCP Jeetendra Deshprabhu lashed out at Chief Minister Digambar Kamat for failing to do justice to his commitment of saving Hindu shrines from the spate of burglaries.

Margao (Goa): Residents of Fatorda woke up on Sunday to hear the shocking news of a burglary in the Nag Temple. Theft of worth Rs. 15,000 rocked the town.