HINDUISM
Rath climbing ban: Temple asks Odisha govt to review decision
Bhubaneswar: The Govardhan Peeth, the seat of Puri Shankaracharya, today slammed the Odisha Government for not imposing a blanket ban...
Infuriating happening in anti-Hindu St. Joseph School at Panvel
Infuriating happening in anti-Hindu St. Joseph School at Panvel ! Hindu parents, enroll your children in Marathi medium schools...
NCP MLA’s son beats up waiter for wearing Hindu’s symbilic saffron clothes
NCP men, who have antipathy towards saffron colour, should now be ready to vacate seats in saffron Maharashtra !...
Kanvar Mela – Adventure Holiday in Indian Style: Maria Wirth
All over India, an interesting phenomenon can be observed. On one hand, materialism is on the rise, and on...
It’s Hinduism
I went to the Frist Maine Hindu Temple in Scarborough off route 22. The Temple was having was having a...
First batch of Hindu’s famous holy yatra Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims arrive in Almora
Almora (Uttarakhand): The first batch of 56 pilgrims have arrived in Almora, Uttarakhand, for their annual pilgrimage to Kailash...
Hindu’s Ganga Dussehra celebrated on June 13th
Kanpur, June 13 (ANI): Hindu devotees in Kanpur city of India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday made...
Hindus and their deities move to new temple
FORT WORTH — For five days and nights they have prayed, burned wood and incense, and offered fruits and melons,...
US lawmakers call for protection of Hindu’s minority rights in B’desh
Expressing concern over the deteriorating condition of minority rights, American lawmakers have urged Bangladeshi Government to protect fundamental human...
Hindu’s holy Ganges cleanup to be people’s movement, says Hon. Minister Uma Bharti
India’s new government will seek the advice of holy men on how best to carry out an ambitious plan...
Hindus urge new Southern Baptist Convention President to promote dialogue
Congratulating Reverend Ronnie Floyd on his election as the President of Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) on June 10 in...
Bangladesh government should do more to end persecution of Hindus
Relations between India and Bangladesh can at best be described as a roller coaster ride over the past 42...
Hindus celebrated their fifth summer Mela
Hindus celebrated their fifth summer Mela – or fair – with dancing, singing and traditional foods in Cowley. Organised...
Hindu prayer opens in Portsmouth
City Council of Portsmouth, established in 1752, will open with Hindu prayers on June 24 reportedly for the first time. Distinguished...
Hindu’s & temles struggles in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: With his back arched forward and neck pulling back, a young boy exhibiting an uneasy posture was balancing an...
Hindu festival at Sadhu Bela
Sunday, June 15, 2014 – Sukkur—Commissioner Sukkur Muhamamd Abass Baloch and Deputy Commissioner Shehzad Tahir Thaheem on Friday last...Hindu community dedicates first area house of worship in Daytona Beach
Wearing saris and carrying offerings of flowers and coconuts, women and girls processed from North Beach Street to the...
Virginia’s Portsmouth opening with Hindu prayer 1st time in 262 years
City Council of Portsmouth, established in 1752, will open with Hindu prayers on June 24 reportedly for the first...
Arya Pratinidhi Sabha congrulates VHP Fiji
The Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji congratulates Vishva Hindu Parishad Fiji for taking up the issue of with McDonald’s...
VHP Temple clubs together to help raise £1,000 for The Christie
A DAUBHILL man has raised more than £1,000 for charity in just five months. Lallu Patel has collected a...
Villagers clash with gamblers at a Hindu religious fair
At least 10 people were injured in a clash between the villagers and gamblers while the former were protesting...
UON HINDU SOC’S HOLI ON THE DOWNS: “ON THE DAY OF HOLI, EVERYONE IS ONE”
On Friday 6th June two thousand students celebrated ‘Holi On The Downs 2014’, an event that was organised by...
JKLF calls for strike on June 23 in Kashmir against Hindu’s celebration
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Muhammad Yaseen Malik has called for a complete shutdown and...
Hindu Goddesses book by Krishna Dharma
One of Hinduism’s most fundamental aspects is the varied manifestation of divinity. Krishna Sharma’s Beauty, Power & Grace: The Book of Hindu...
Hindu’s famous Kailash Mansarovar Yatra Begins, Devotees In High Spirits
BANGALORE: The newly designated Foreign Minister of India, Sushma Swaraj, flagged off the first batch of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra,...
Board meeting to have first Hindu prayer in city history
Rajan Zed will make history Thursday by reading the first Hindu prayer to open a public meeting of Frederick’s...
Lafayette’s Odd13 Brewing to drop Hanuman IPA name after Hindu leader’s protest
Lafayette’s Odd13 Brewing has agreed to change the name of its Hanuman IPA after a Hindu leader from Nevada...
Virginia hosts Hindu Mandir Priests’ Conference (HMPC)
Hindu Mandir Priests’ Conference (HMPC) grew out of Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference. The mission of HMEC is to provide leadership to the Hindu-American...
Educational Website about Hindu Mythology: http://hindumythologybynarin.blogspot.in/
Hindu Mythology….What a amazing & hard effort to create this.The creator deserves all credit. This is very very educational about ...
Indianize Education – Francois Gautier
SMRITI IRANI & INDIANIZING EDUCATION As a lover of Indian culture and spirituality, I am sometimes appalled at how...
Footprints: When Sri Maata Hinglaj calls
Colourful saris and other clothing dry on rocks as several devotees take a dip in the muddy river a...
Video of Naga Baba Initiation Ceremony at Kumbha Mela
Naga Babas are a category of renunciates that wear no clothes and cover their bodies in sacred ash. Their customs and...
30 e-books in English by Sri Sri Swami Akhandananda Saraswatiji Maharaj (Web Links)
Maharaj Shri, a synopsis. 1008 Sarvatantra Svatantra Sri Sri Akhandananda Saraswatji Maharaj (1911 – 1987), (aka Maharaj Shri) of...
What is true #Hinduism? François Gautier
What is true #Hinduism? I was a born and brought-up as a catholic and knew absolutely nothing about India,...
The Majority Report: Sordid story of robbing crores of poorest Hindus of scholarships and loans — Ram K. Ohri
An Overview of the book, The Majority Report (9 June 2014) SORDID STORY OF ROBBING CRORES OF POOREST ...
Greetings of Vatapournima
1. Introduction to Vat Purnimā Vat purnima(Vatapournimā) is a vowed religious observance performed by married women on the full moon day (pournima) of...
Reverberation Of Hinduism
I am a proud Hindu. Unlike many in our own religion, I am not ashamed of proclaiming the same....
The Truth About Women and Hinduism - Ambaa
The comments on my post Not All Religions Are The Same took an interesting turn. When I said that being Hindu...
World’s largest collection of Hindu spiritual names @ http://spiritualvedicnames.com
Welcome to the ultimate collection of spiritual names derived from the vedas of ancient Indian subcontinent. This is the...
Vedic Rishis – The Ancestors of all Indians
Some five years ago there was a small news item in a national paper. At that time Jairam Ramesh was the...
First Anniversary, Snana Purnima, Discourses and Ratha Yatra and more in Austin Hindu Temple
Details Saturday, May 31, 2014 Quick Links: Priest ServicesRequest Featured Article Regular Abhishekam Schedule Donate Calendar Gurukulam Temple Hours Directions to the Temple Info. on...
ASI team inspects Hindu’s Jagannath temple regarding yesterday’s earch quake
Bhubaneswar, May 22: An expert team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) today inspected the 12th century Jagannath...
Hindu’s Meenakshi temple’s kolams are repainting now, outstanding works of art
MADURAI: The frescoes on the roof of Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple and the kolams (rangoli) patterns on the floor...
3 Hindu temples attacked in Pakistan, 5 arrested
In yet another incident of violence against minority Hindu community, three temples in Pakistan’s Sindh province have been desecrated,...
Odisha Intellectuals urge Hon. PM Narendra Modi to set up BHU branch in Puri
Report by Odisha Diary bureau, Bhubanbeswar: Odisha Intellectuals urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to set up Banaras Hindu University (BHU) branch in Puri and National...
India’s Hindu nationalism elevated by Hon. Indian PM Narendra Modi
LUCKNOW, INDIA – Standing with Narendra Modi as he was sworn in as prime minister was a cabinet made...
DYFI demands reinvestigation into murder of Bajarang Dal Activist
MANGALORE: DYFI will hold a day and night protest near deputy commissioner’s office here on June 4 urging reinvestigation...
Trekker Walking for Charity for Hindu’s Ekal Vidyalya Foundation
Stephen Hnilca walked through Laguna Beach on Wednesday, May 28, nearly a year since his journey began from New...
Britain could get Hindu Bank Holidays
Britain could soon get its first Hindu Bank Holiday days after a petition to Downing Street reached 119,000 signatures....
Bus carrying Hindu pilgrims falls into river in western Nepal; at least 10 dead
KATMANDU, Nepal – A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims veered off a mountain road and fell into a river in...
Hindu’s Holy River’s Birthday Ganga Dussehra celebrated
As you probably know, the river Ganges in India is a very special river. It is the incarnation of...
Hindus Worldwide Back Demand For Diwali As Public Holiday In UK
World Hindus have supported the demand for Diwali as a public/bank holiday in United Kingdom (UK). Distinguished Hindu statesman...
Know Hindu’s Karma
Both an introduction, akindof ‘Karmafor dummies’, and a look at the philosophical questions that the doctrine of karma calls...
Reconstruction work to begin at Hindu’s scared place Kedarnath
Channelisation and flood protection works shall be done in the first phase of reconstruction Chief Minister Harish Rawat, on...
A celebration of faiths at Hindu street festival Rathayatra
A Hindu street festival, of the kind that has been celebrated in India for almost 5,000 years, is returning...
Few Jersey local school districts recognize Diwali as a holiday
WEST WINDSOR —- Diwali, or the “festival of lights,” is an important holiday for Hindu-Americans — as important as Christmas...
Boston Chapter of Hindu’s Ekal Vidyalaya Raises Funds to Support 750 Schools in India
FOXBOROGH, MA—The Boston Chapter of the Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation, a tax exempt, registered non-profit service organization dedicated to education...
Looted Hindu statues come home
Sandstone figures packed into crates that took groups of five or more to shift returned to Cambodia yesterday. The...
Hindu’s celebrated Kuningan as per Balinese calendar schedule
On Saturday afternoon during the Kuningan celebration, hundreds of men from Munggu village in Mengwi, Badung regency, some 20...
The Hindu Philosophy of Life Through the Movie, “The Life of Pi”
The Hindu Philosophy of Life Through the Movie, “The Life of Pi” This Q&A was prepared by the author...
[GHHF] How to make Bharath a Hindu Rashtra by “Hindu Voice”
How to make Bharath a Hindu Rashtra by “Hindu Voice.” GHHF is very happy to endorse the letter that...
27 Hindu temples, holy books desecration cases in half a year in Pakistan
KARACHI: Over 27 incidents of desecration of temples and holy books of religious minorities in the past six months...
Hindu’s religious books can help Lanka foster ethno-religious amity
Shelton A. Gunaratne This week, by chance, I experienced the joy of reading the two jewels of Buddhism and...
Hindus need to unite for removing hooters from mosques – Shiv Sena MLA
Kolhapur : Administration immediately comes to know where noise and water pollution takes place during Ganesha Festival; but does not realize noise pollution caused...
Kerala : HJS holds work-shop for children on nurturing moral values
Palakkad (Kerala) : Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) conducted a work-shop for children between the age-group of 8 – 17 years on the topic...
Rashtreeya Hindu Andolan demanding removal of hooters from mosques
Kolhapur : On 28th May, demonstrations were held under the aegis of Rashtreeya Hindu Andolan for the main demand of removal of...
NMC will have to borrow funds for Hindu’s ‘Kumbh-Mela’ expenses if funds are not available
Nasik (Maharashrta) : Nasik Municipal Corporation (NMC) does not have enough funds for preparing for ‘Kumbh-Mela’ celebrated every 12th year. As a...
Hindu residents demanding ban on liquor brutally beaten up by drunkard policemen
Kanagara (Dist. Dharashiv) : Under influence of liquor, police forced their way in houses of men and women who were demanding ban on liquor;...
Case filed against Missionaries trying to convert minor Hindu children using hypnotizm
Mumbai : Parents of Hindu children have lodged a complaint with Vakola police station against a Christian missionary who had taken out Hindu children under...
HJS holds lecture on ‘Spiritual Practice’ at District jail in Latur
Latur (Maharashtra) : ‘Rashtreeya Manavadhikar Sansadhan Vikas Sanstha, Latur (Sanstha)’ organizeda lecture on the topic of ‘sadhana (spiritual practice)’ by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti...
Italian Tax Donation Helps Hindu Group
ITALY, May 28, 2014 (Lettera 43, summarized from the original Italian): The 8xmille (literally, “eight per thousand”) initiative in Italy is...
Letter to Hon. PM Narendra Modi by Hindu Vidhidnya Parishad
To Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Regards ! First of all, Hindu Vidhidnya Parishad congratulates you for your great...
Jihadis from ruling party in Bangladesh brutally attack Hindus
Dhaka : Fanatic jihadi workers from Awami League, the ruling party of Bangladesh attacked 13 houses of Hindus between 5.45 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. with arms...
Rashtreeya Hindu Andolan against illegal noise-polluting hooters on prayer-houses
Thane : On 24th May, Rashtreeya Hindu Andolan staged demonstrations outside Thane railway stationfor their demand of removal of hooters from mosques and...
Third All India Hindu Convention starts from 20th June, website launched
Goa – Third All India Hindu Convention being held in the meeting hall of Shri Ramnath Temple from 20th...
Hindus Want Google Lunar Xprize Competition To Cary Rig-Veda
Hindus are urging teams competing for Google Lunar Xprize to carry Rig-Veda, world’s oldest religious text in continued use, to the...
Hindu leader fails to evade Islamists; battered cruelly
No immediate relief from mounting political oppressions is being found in the state these days; neither the reigning Trinamool...
Mahila Mandalee hosts Hindu women’s conference
The Mahila Mandalee, the women’s section of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, has organised a Hindu Women’s Conference today....
Hindu organizations celebrate swearing-in ceremony of Hon. PM Narendra Modi
Bantwal, May 28, 2014 : Bajrang Dal activists including BJP and locals celebrated the swearing-in ceremony of PM Narendra...
Kingsbury Hindu temple visited by Mayor of London
Mayor of London Boris Johnsonvisited a new Hindu temple for a tour of its community centre. Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, in Kingsbury,...
Hindu festival and vedic hymns come to Caerphilly
Sri Srinivasa Kalyanam (Balaji Vivah) is the celebration of the wedding of Lord Srinivasa (Balaji) to Sridevi and Bhoodevi....
Hindutva outfit launches campaign to ban Fajr Azan in India
MANGALORE: In a controversial demand that may spark widespread uproar, a less popular Hindutva outfit has called for a...
Jim Carrey gave speech at Hindu University In Iowa
Jim Carrey’s personal life has been what I will politely call eccentric over the past decade or so, most...
Hindu Priests Look to Stars to Match Up Young Couples
Couples often consult with their religious leader after deciding to get married, but indo-Caribbean priests can literally make or...
Former Pewaukee Mattress site could be Hindu temple
City of Pewaukee — A dormant property at a high-profile intersection could soon be revived, albeit in an unorthodox way. A proposal...
Hindu Temple start construction in summer
Hindu Temple of Tristates in White Plains (New York), which has been approved by the City Council, plans to begin construction in...
HJS organizes campaign to ban loudspeakers in mosques in Thane
Mumbai: 470 Hindu organizations in Karnataka have demanded to ban Loudspeakers in Mosques where as Hindu Janjagruti Samiti is campaigning for the...
RSS ready for open debate on Article 370, told J&K is not Omar’s personal estate
Zee Media Bureau/Ajith Vijay Kumar New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has jumped into the political storm triggered...
VHP will fully cooperate with BJP on Ram Mandir Issue – Dr. Praveen Togadia
Vishwa Hindu Parishad International Working President Dr Praveen Bhai Togadia on Tuesday made it clear that despite BJP enjoying...
Koenraad Elst: A Hindu argues circles around Christianity – Review of Book “What every Hindu should know about Christianity”
What Every Hindu Should Know about Christianity (Wilmington, Delaware, 2014) is a book by Kalavai Venkat, pen name of a computer scientistliving in Silicon...
Hon. Uma Bharti, Hindutva mascot
A firebrand leader and Hindutva mascot, Uma Bharti has always hogged the limelight whether she was with BJP or...
Hindu Festival Set To Return To Bath’s Streets
A Hindu street festival, Rathayatra, which has been celebrated in India for almost 5,000 years, is returning to Bath on...
Hindus in Pakistan keeps dwindling
Daleep Kumar, a businessman from interior Sindh, pays extortion money every month to insure the safety of his wife and 7-year-old daughter. If...
VHP’s wishlist for Modi ranges from Ram Mandir to law on cow slaughter
New Delhi: As the Narendra Modi government prepares to take over, BJP’s affiliate outfit Vishwa Hindu Parishad came out with a...
Long life secrets by Hindu Saint
In the lush, verdant hills of India, Bhagavan Kani rises from his bed. He spends a few serene moments...
Significance of mundan ceremony in hinduism
Hinduism has numerous rituals. Mundan, Upanayanam, marriage etc. a Hindu has to follow these set of rituals right from...
Sadhu Chadee – founder of Hanuman Mission in Trinidad and Canada
Trinidad-born, Canada-based Hindu spiritual leader. Mahantji Dr Balliram Chadee rarely does press. It’s a shame; he has so much...
Introduction of Hindu saint, Shankara’s poetry
BANGALORE: The Selected Stotras of Adi Shankara by S Ramaswamy is a lucid commentary on the hymns of the...
Hindutva outfit demands to ban Fajr Azan in India
Mangalore: A less popular Hindutva outfit what seems to be an attempt to garner media attention has made a...
Hindu organizations demands fresh probe into Bajrang Dal activist murder
Mangalore, May 28: “Police have arrested innocents in the murder of Rajesh Poojary of Bajrang Dal who was recently hacked to death...
HJS organizes campaign to ban loudspeakers in mosques in Thane
Mumbai: It is only a week that Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Lok Sabha election but the saffron organizations have already...
Ram Temple construction in Ayodhya not contentious issue: Heptulla
New Delhi : Senior BJP leader Najma Heptulla Sunday said the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, part...
Hindu Nationalist Leader Narendra Modi takes oath as 15th Prime Minister in a grand swearing-in ceremony
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opposed the move by some states to include his life story in school curriculum. Mr Modi...
Book Launch: What Every Hindu Should Know About Christianity
WHAT EVERY HINDU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CHRISTIANITY leverages cutting-edge scholarly researches in textual criticism and cognitive sciences to arrive...
Mostly Hindus in 22 villages killed
Another eyewitness yesterday linked Syed Mohammad Qaisar to a mass killing in 22 villages in Brahmanbaria that left more than a hundred people,...
Jihadi spreads rumour against Hindu women as she denies his ‘Love Jihad’
Hideous way of ‘love jihad’ spread throughout Raigad ! There is no alternative to establish Hindu Rashtra for permanently eradicating fanatic...
Violence claims 12 minority Hindus lives in Karachi
Violence claims 12 lives in Pakistan’s Karachi ISLAMABAD, May 24 (Xinhua) — At least 12 people including three kids...
Missing Hindu boys drowned in Indus River
HYDERABAD: Six Hindu community boys feared dead after being drowned downstream Kotri barrage in Indus River on Friday evening....
Hindus seek help against land mafia
PESHAWAR – Chairman All Pakistan Hindu Rights Movement Haroon Sarb Diyal has diverted the attention of concerned circles towards injustices meted out to the...
Hindu’s holy river Ganga comes annually in the guise of a black cow
The journey from the idyllic banks of the Sabarmati in Gandhinagar to that of the teeming ghats of the...
Game card denigrating Lord Shiva to be removed after protests from Hindus
On May 2nd 2014, alert Hindus notified Forum for Hindu Awakening regarding an online card game called Lies of Astaroth. The game was...
Denigrating images of Lord Hanuman and Ganesh removed from walls of restaurant after protests from Hindus
Alert Hindus notified Forum for Hindu Awakening regarding denigrating images of Lord Hanuman and Lord Ganesh on the walls...
RSS chief visits Durga temple
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat visited Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy Varla Devasthanam here on Friday along with...
Bajrang Dal Activist murdered by Muslim youths
MANGALORE: Parents of three youths from Mallur village in Bantwal taluk on Thursday alleged foul play in the arrest...
Hindus seek help against land mafia
PESHAWAR – Chairman All Pakistan Hindu Rights Movement Haroon Sarb Diyal has diverted the attention of concerned circles towards injustices meted out to the members of...
RPP-N hints at parting ways with monarchy for Hindu state
KATHMANDU, MAY 23 – In a significant ideological shift, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal (RPP-N) is preparing to soften its...
Pakistani Hindu lawmaker demands law against forced conversion
ISLAMABAD, MAY 21: A leading Hindu parliamentarian in Pakistan today demanded a legislation against forced conversion of girls from the minority...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi revives Hindutva icons
Religion has had a complicated history in Indian politics and remains at the centre of how we see ourselves...
CII wakes up to Hindu minorities rights issue
ISLAMABAD: The resolution regarding the protection of minorities was on top of the agenda in Wednesday’s meeting of the...
Hindu temple to host police surgery
Police officers will be dropping in at a Hindu temple once a month to discuss crime and anti-social behaviour. The Siddhashram Shakti Centre,...
Festival of Lord Shiva & Parvti celebrated by Hindus
As the month of Chaitra, the last in the Bangla year, draws to an end, the Hindu community in...
Hindu foundation recognizes teachers
May event was in Simi Valley The Hindu Education Foundation’s Los Angeles chapter presented a Teachers Appreciation Day on May 10 in Simi Valley. Teachers...
Tamil Hindus celebrates 15-day marriage ceremony with a tug of war
In May and June every year, Tamil Hindus of the Eastern province in Sri Lanka begin a 15-day marriage ceremony with a tug...
In the memory of Hindu’s
Beside theaquamarine seas of Keerimalai, at the island’s northernmost tip stands a Hindu holy of holies. One of five Sivan...
Denpasar citizens pray, play during Hindu’s festival Galungan celebration
The “Kidung Warga Sari” religious hymn started playing from the speakers of the great Jagatnatha temple as devotees performed...
Ensure safety of Comilla Hindu families: HC
The High Court today directed the government to ensure safety and security of minority people and their properties in...
Hindu religious leader demands BBC ‘Songs of Praise’ to include Sanskrit mantras also
Hindus are asking that hymns from ancient Sanskrit scriptures and contemporary bhajans should regularly form part of BBC One’s...
“Organize Hindu Temples & Deploy Learned Priests” – An Interview with Braham Rattan Aggarwal, President – Hindu University of America
Braham Rattan Aggarwal Born and brought up in Kenya, Africa. Braham Rattan Aggarwal was an accountant by profession and moved to...
Hindu College teacher found dead
A male teacher of Hindu College Bambalapitiya was found dead in the school hostel this morning, the police media...Hindu Temple statue heading home to Cambodia
Since 1977, visitors to Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum have encountered an ancient Cambodian statue that has the wide, hulking...
Hindus Ask For Bullfighting Ban In Spain
Hindus want a complete ban on practice of bullfighting (corrida) in Spain after matadors were gored by bulls at...
Stolen Hindu idols spotted in foreign museums
CB-CID seeks ASI’s help to ascertain status of three bronze statues and a stone sculpture The Idol Wing of...
Sindh High Court orders inspection of Hindu temple restoration work
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) appointed its Nazir on Tuesday as commissioner to inspect the alleged violations in the constructions...
Alert Hindus succeed in calling off the conversion plot of the Christians
Mumbai : Christians missionaries had convened a 3 day conversion meet at Ganesh Nagar, Kandivali (W) naming it ‘Maha Anand Sohala’. (Hindus,...
Return of Kashmiri Pandits to Kashmir, first priority of PM Modi
Return of Kashmiri Pandits to Kashmir Valley, checking of influx of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and improving Centre-State relations are...
Non-Hindus will have to sign declaration at Hindu’s Tirumala Temple
Tirumala: Months after the visit of YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy stirred up a major controversy...
Balinese Hindus celebrate Galungan Day
GIANYAR, BALI, INDONESIA – MAY 21: A Balinese Hindus priest (L) prays, while a Balinese traditional guard manages the...
BBC “Songs of Praise” to include Sanskrit mantras
Hindus are asking that hymns from ancient Sanskrit scriptures and contemporary bhajans should regularly form part of BBC One’s...
Bada Mangal marks unique bond in Hindu community
LUCKNOW: Sultry weather failed to daunt devotees from thronging temples throughout the day to celebrate the first Bada Mangal....
Ensure security for Comilla Hindus
The High Court yesterday directed the local administration to immediately take steps to ensure safety and security of religious...
Wyebank Hindu Temple gets revamped
Artisans from India, Balakrishnan Manikandan, Kalyan Palani and Ganesan Nataraj, stand in front of the recently renovated Wyebank Hindu Temple. AFTER...
Hindu foundation recognizes teachers
May event was in Simi Valley The Hindu Education Foundation’s Los Angeles chapter presented a Teachers Appreciation Dayon May 10 in Simi Valley. Teachers from the Simi...
CII urged to formulate laws against forced conversion of Hindu girls
ISLAMABAD: A Hindu member of the National Assembly requested the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Tuesday to formulate effective laws to...
Return of Kashmiri Pandits to Kashmir Valley, first priority of Hon. Indian PM elect Narendra Modi
Return of Kashmiri Pandits to Kashmir Valley, checking of influx of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and improving Centre-State relations are...
Hon. Indian PM elect Narendra Modi Tells India’s Hindu Heartland He’s Doing God’s Work
Incoming Indian leader Narendra Modi told thousands of supporters in one of Hinduism’s holiest cities that he represented a...
Jusrtice Thomas demands implementing Uniform Civil Code, Sangh Shiksha Varg concludes in Kerala
Kottayam Kerala May 21: Justice KT Thomas, retired Judge of the supreme court of India, suggested that uniform civil code...
RSS General Secretary Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi, on Lokasabha Poll results
Nagpur, May 16, 2014: RSS Sarakaryavah General Secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi has issued a press statement related to the massive victory of Bharatiya Janata...
Spanish writer on Hindu nationalism calls Narendra Modi’s victory ‘significant’
Undoubtedly, Narendra Modi is the man of the moment. Celebrated writer on Hindu nationalism Eva Borreguero in her article...
Religious Intolerance of Tipu Sultan – Late P.C.N. RAJA
Tipu Sultan had, ruled his kingdom only for sixteen-and-a-half years, from December 7, 1782 to May 4, 1799. The...
Attacks to grab Hindu properties rising in Bangladesh
On May 11, 2014, a team comprising almost 200 radical Muslim youths led by Bajlur Rahman Nayeem, local leader...
Hindu’s Nishinath Tola festival observed in Narail
People of the Hindu community gather under the banyan tree with food and other offerings. A tradition of about two hundred years, the Nishinath Tola festival has...
Plea against MS Dhoni for insulting Hinduism
New Delhi: May 19, 2014 A Delhi court has directed recording of statement of a man who filed a complaint against...
Police stay alert for Hindu’s festival on Bali Island
The Bali Police are preparing to safeguard the island during the various religious holidays coming up in the next...
MS Dhoni accused of insulting Hindu religion, complainant asked to record statement
New Delhi: A Delhi court has directed recording of statement of a man who filed a complaint against Indian...
India’s Hindu nationalist group pins high hopes on Modi victory
NAGPUR, India– Young men gaze reverently at the flame-shaped memorial to a Hindu supremacist in the grounds of India’s...
The Dharma Santi Celebration Of Nyepi Holy Day For Hindus In Balikpapan
BALIKPAPAN, INDONESIA, May 5, 2014 (Kaltim Post): It’s not only Indonesia’s Muslims who have the halal bi-halal ceremony. Indonesian...
Significance of Colours in Hinduism
In Hinduism, colours play a vital role in the religion and culture. Different colours have different characters, but these different colours have a...
Lord Shiva in Hinduism
The position of Lord Shiva in Hinduism is second to no other deity, and such has been the case since...
Police inquire HJS activist to know the number of HJS activists in the city
Anti-Hindu police conspiring to check the number of HJS workers instead of taking any measures to stop the increasing...
You Can Use Karma Yoga to Succeed in Business
Yoga integrates the mind, body and spirit. Karma—a philosophy within yoga that has to do with service, selflessness, and...
RSS ideologue says BJP can now tackle Ram Mandir, Article 370
With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) getting majority in the Lok Sabha on its own, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh...
RSS expected to grow exponentially after Modi’s government
With Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) capturing power at the Centre with a thumping majority, its parent organisation, Rashtriya Swayamsevak...
Hindu activists, be prepared to fight a two-fold battle for establishing Hindu Rashtra
According to the saying, ‘What you sow so shall you reap’, Congress sow the seeds of corruption, inactivity and...
Excellent project started today by Sringeri Sharadha Peetam to propagate the teachings of Adi Shankara
Over a century ago, the 33rd Jagadguru of Sringeri, Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Narasimha Bharati Mahaswamiji led the first ever...
Zakir’s Arrest: Hindu Munnani Faces Threat
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4th Hindu Youth Awards in Houston
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Modi Tells India’s Hindu Heartland He’s Doing God’s Work
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Hindu Munnani office gets threat letter
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Hindu Temple sessions help to teach the teachers
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15,000 Hindu devotees turn up for Gangotri, Yamnotri re-opening
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Supreme Court gets Hindu’s prayer right
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Pakistan tells Indian journalists to leave within a week
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Indian election front-runner could curb beef exports
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Hindu temple consecrated in Bothell
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Qaisar linked to killing of 108 people, monstly Hindus
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Houston Exhibits Hindu Gods
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4th Hindu Youth Awards in Houston
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Modi’s biographers say he’s equal part Hindutva, development
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Hindu Nationalist Leader “Modi” must deliver on Ram temple: RSS leader
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Hindu Nationalist Leader “Modi” can’t be blamed for Assam violence: Shiv Sena
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Intellectuals writes letter to BJP PM Candidate Narendra Modi for setting up Hindu University at Puri
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Hindu house vandalised, looted in Dinajpur, Bangladesh
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Hindu & Hindutva: Name & Nationalism – Swami Vigyananand
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Modi will move India closer to Japan and China, US expert on Sangh Parivar says
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Devout Hindus converge at Meenakshi temple in Madurai to witness celestial wedding of deities May 11, 1:18 pm
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India Hindus See Post-Election Awakening
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Kerala celebrates Hindu’s festival Pooram
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Hindu Rights Movement demands return, rehab of religious places
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First Afghan Hindu appointed Afghanistan’s special envoy
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Slide Show: ‘Lest Hindus forget history and are consigned to another millennium of subjugation and slavery’ – PremParkash Batra
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Sacred Mothers To Celebrate An Interfaith Mother’s Day
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Hindu Temple of Canton health fair draws hundreds
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My Hindutva agenda will not change: Yogi Adityanath
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Pakistan’s Hindu minorities face surge of violence
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Hindus face surge of violence in Pakistan
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Last rites performed by girl rare in Hinduism, it’s pre-decided here in case of Nirmala Deshpande
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My Hindutva agenda will not change: Yogi Adityanath
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For years I did not know what opportunities to practice equanimity I had missed, till I finally got a...
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Bali Government to Pay for Hindu Priests’ Insurance
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Buds, leaves and other parts of the Mango’s tree are of spiritual importance in Hinduism
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The New Hindu Toolbox
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Making Hinduism A World Religion: Before and After Swami Vivekananda
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Muslims Attack Hindus In Bloodthirsty Rampage Claiming Someone Defamed Their Idol Mo.
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Hindu housholds, temple attacked in Bangladesh
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Shiv Sena slams Congress for charge against Hindu Nationalist Leader “Modi”
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Hindus unite against conversion attempts at Jite, Dist. Raigad
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Hindus should shake off their slavish mentality and unite for removing names of invaders’
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California’s Reedley City Council opening with Hindu prayer 1st time in 100 years
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Significance Of Hindu’s Temple Bells
The sound of a bell is considered auspicious in many cultures around the world. Bells are also significant in...
New Hindu Temple in the Twin Cities Almost Complete
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Berbice Hindu Society inaugurates mandir at New Amsterdam
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Only Hindu’s cremation ground faces neglect in Pak
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First recorded words on Gramophone were in Sanskrit and on the Vedas
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Supreme God within Hinduism – Lord SHIVA
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Interfaith group ‘worried’ that ex-judge can have such ‘racist’ views against Hindus
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Belief in the afterlife varies by Hinduism
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Esoteric Hinduism And The Numinous: An Interview With Craig Williams
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Hindu Nationalist Leader “Modi” raise Hindu migration issue
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Now wave turn to Hindu Nationalist Leader “Modi” directly
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Temple a ‘dream’ for Twin City Indian residents
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Sacred Cow and Bull Get Married in Lavish Hindu Wedding
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Global Hindu Conference 2014 to Host Seminars on Hindu Historiography
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Hindus celebrated Shree Hanuman Jayanti worldwide
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Shakuntala: from Mahabharata, with love in Hinduism
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Indian imprint on Faith in Hinduism
For the first time, the cream of treasures have been gathered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New...
Ganga (cow) & Parkash (bull) married as per Hindu Ceremony, thousands of villagers participated
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Hinduism is the third-largest religion in Indonesia. Currently, around 1.7 percent of the Indonesian population adheres to Hinduism, which in absolute terms...
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Introduction Deity Hanumān (Māruti) has intense desire to attain Shrīrām. This means attaining His grace. The same desire is present in every human’s...
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All the three sacred epics of Hinduism (the Ramayanam, the Bharatam and the Bhagavatam) deal with the main concept,...
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India’s Modi: Hindu nationalist tipped to be PM
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