A June 2026 IANS wire report, republished by NewKerala.com, stating Shri Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple in Ujjain earned 144.14 crore rupees in FY 2025-26, with laddu prasad sales (65 crore) and hundi donations (62 crore) as the top sources. It attributes rising income to increased footfall since the 2022 Mahakal Lok expansion, which grew the temple precinct from 2.82 to 47 hectares, and cites 306 temple employees.
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PublisherIANS (Indo-Asian News Service), via NewKerala.com
URLhttps://www.newkerala.com/news/a/mahakal-temple-earns-over-rs-144-crore-fy26-677.htm
Source Typejournalism
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Reliability Tier2
Tier 2: standard wire-service journalism (IANS) syndicated across Indian outlets, figures apparently sourced from temple administration disclosures rather than an independently audited statement. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple directly: "by NewKerala.com, stating Shri Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple in Ujjain earned 144.14 crore rupees in FY 2025-26, with laddu prasad sales (65 crore) and hundi donations (62 crore) as the top..."
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This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Sites, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
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