Timeline of events
What happened and when, newest first. Each entry names its source.
29 July 2026: Bihar welfare board approves a Modi temple proposal
At its first meeting in Patna, the Bihar State Transgender Welfare Board approved a proposal to build a temple dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Board member Rajan Singh (spelled Ranjan Singh in some reports) made the proposal. Singh says all members backed it; we have not seen the meeting minutes.
Source: ThePrint (PTI report)
20 August 2026: A Modi Chalisa event at the Press Club of India
The Week reports that board members held a Modi Chalisa and aarti in front of a Modi cut-out at the Press Club of India in Delhi. The club said it did not organise the event, that the hall was booked for a press conference, and that the event was stopped.
Source: The Week
29 July 2026 onward: Land and money: only the proposer has spoken, nothing is confirmed
Free Press Journal quoted Rajan Singh as saying the state government would find the land and pay for the temple. Later reports give his figure of Rs 112 crore and five acres, and Drishti IAS says the idea is not yet a sanctioned project. We have not found an official order that gives land or money, so we treat all of this as not yet confirmed.
Source: Free Press Journal
8 August 2025: Bihar sets up a 28-member transgender welfare board
The Social Welfare Department set up the Bihar Rajya Kinnar Kalyan Board. Social Welfare Minister Madan Sahni chairs it. Seven of its 28 members come from the transgender community, according to the report.
Source: ETV Bharat
17 August 2022: Patna High Court tells Bihar to protect transgender people from discrimination
In the Veera Yadav case, the court said the state must take steps to root out discrimination and asked the Social Welfare Department to review its welfare measures. The case was then closed.
Source: LiveLaw
19 August 2021: A Modi statue in a Pune temple disappears overnight
The Sentinel reports that Mayur Munde, a BJP worker, built a small temple for Modi in Aundh, Pune, at a cost of Rs 1.6 lakh. The statue went missing overnight after the Prime Minister's Office raised a strong objection, according to that report.
Source: The Sentinel
10 January 2020: Transgender Persons Act comes into force
The 2019 law against discrimination against transgender people started to apply across India. It lets people be recognised by the gender they identify with.
Source: LiveLaw
6 October 2017: A Modi temple is announced in Meerut district
Outlook reported that a retired engineer, J. P. Singh, announced a temple with a 100-foot statue at Sardhana in Meerut district. We could not confirm from the sources we read whether it was built.
Source: Outlook India
12 February 2015: Officials remove a Modi temple in Rajkot
A temple built by Modi's supporters in Rajkot, Gujarat, was taken down. Al Jazeera says local officials did it because it stood on government land. The Tribune says supporters took it down after officials called it illegal. Modi had said he was appalled by the project.
Source: Al Jazeera
15 April 2014: Supreme Court recognises the right to identify as third gender
In the NALSA case, the Supreme Court said people have a right to decide their own gender, including as "third gender". It told governments to end discrimination.
Source: Human Rights Law Centre