A controversy has erupted in Gujarat over the “distorted depiction” of Hanuman sitting at the feet of Swaminarayan on a wall of a Hanuman temple at Salangpur in Botad district of the State.

Several Hindu religious outfits had been demanding the removal of murals that depicted Lord Hanuman at the feet of yogi and ascetic Swaminarayan or Sahjanand Swami at Botad's Salangpur Hanuman temple.

On the celebration of Hanuman Jayanti in the month of April, a 54-foot-tall statue of Lord Hanuman was built in the courtyard beyond the main entrance at the Salangpur Hanuman Temple.

A sub-sect of Swaminarayan Sampraday, the Vadtal Swaminarayan Gadi, on Monday decided to remove the controversial murals from the pedestal of a large Hanuman statue in the Salangpur temple complex ...

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An otherwise sleepy village Salangpur in Ahmedabad district is all decked up to host 'Pushpdolotsava' (Holi celebration) on Thursday by head of Bochasanwasi Akshar Purshotam Sanstha (BAPS) Pramukh ...

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Botad (Gujarat) [India], November 1 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday offered prayers at Shree Kashtabhanjan Dev Hanuman Temple in Gujarat's Salangpur.

Senior BJP leader Locket Chatterjee on Thursday sat on demonstration after the police stopped her from visiting her Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency to attend Hanuman Jayanti celebrations.

BJP Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee was allegedly stopped from participating in Hanuman Jayanti at Bansberia in Hooghly. “The police are saying that I am an outsider.