You can escape hash characters with double backslash ("\\"). Template should look like this:
template:
'<a href="\\#">#= Name #</a>'
template:
'<a href="\\#">#= Name #</a>'
When receiving json date in the following format. Kendo Grid can't handle it.
Code to handle it:
Add the following to your html template if your Kendo DateTimepicker's calendar and clock is not aligning correctly.