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Video : Sri Muneswarar Kaliyaman Hindu temple demolition, Kuala Lumpur

Video : Sri Muneswarar Kaliyaman Hindu temple demolition, Kuala Lumpur

Sri Muneswarar Kaliyaman Hindu temple being destroyed by Malaysian Government on 1st September 2013 [...]

September 4, 2013 HHR HHR Videos, Malaysia 0

Satyabhama : Krishna’s Warrior Wife

Satyabhama : Krishna’s Warrior Wife

Satyabhama is the only child of the Yadava chief Satrajit. Even though at the time it was more common to raise boys in martial arts and athletic pursuits the Bhagavatam Puranas teach an important lesson in equality with the introduction of Satyabhama in Krishna’s past times. Satyabhama was haughty and high-spirited and had very little [...]

August 29, 2013 HHR Understanding hinduism 0

Did Ramakrishna also practise other religions ? Part 2

Did Ramakrishna also practise other religions ? Part 2

The Ramakrishna debate, continued from part 1 The debate on the Ramakrishna Mission’s claim that Ramakrishna, the 19th-century Kali priest, also practiced Christianity and Islam, and that he distanced himself from Hinduism to found a new universal religion called Ramakrishnaism, has taken the form of some hostile reactions from sympathizers of the Mission. They may [...]

August 17, 2013 Dr Koenraad Elst Analysis/Insights 0

The ‘Saint’ Who Chopped Down Thor’s Sacred Tree

The ‘Saint’ Who Chopped Down Thor’s Sacred Tree

Jove's Oak ( Donar's Oak and therefore sometimes referred to as Thor's Oak) was a sacred tree of the Germanic pagans located in the region of Hesse, Germany. The Oak tree that once stood at the town of Geismar in central Germany was sacred to the pagan god Thor. We know this because the somewhat fanciful [...]

August 7, 2013 HHR Analysis/Insights, Archives, Indigenous/Pagan Voice 0

Did Ramakrishna also practise other religions ?

Did Ramakrishna also practise other religions ?

The central argument of the RK Mission for its non-Hindu character was that, unlike Hinduism, it upheld the ‘equal truth of all religions’ and the ‘equal respect for all religions’.  The latter slogan was popularized by Mahatma Gandhi as sarva-dharma-samabhâva, a formula officially approved and upheld in the BJP’s constitution.n 1983, RK Mission spokesman Swami [...]

August 2, 2013 Dr Koenraad Elst Analysis/Insights 1

Decrypting Vedic Symbolism

Decrypting Vedic Symbolism

Secret Knowledge: Traditional Levels of Vedic Interpretation   How do we approach cryptic mantras from ancient cultures, which are said to require special initiations in order to understand them? Can we assume that their evident meaning according to our present mindset of several thousand years later should be accurate? So far, that has been the [...]

July 31, 2013 Vamadev Shastri Spirituality/Culture 0

HHR Letter to British Museum over racially offensive and culturally insensitive exhibition on Hinduism

HHR Letter to British Museum over racially offensive and culturally insensitive exhibition on Hinduism

To the British Museum, The British Museum is treasure trove and educational centre of international repute. Daily, visitors stream into its environs to marvel at relics, some dating back millennia. Without a doubt the reputation which the institution has is justly deserved. After all, there are few such places where one could find such a [...]

July 18, 2013 HHR HHR Activities/Press releases 0

Kedarnath shrine was under snow for 400 years: Scientists

Kedarnath shrine was under snow for 400 years: Scientists

New Delhi: Scientists claim that Kedarnath temple was under snow for almost 400 years and say that most of the people are unaware of this fact. According to scientists of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Kedarnath temple survived being buried under the snow for almost 4oo years and so they are not surprised that [...]

July 1, 2013 HHR India, News updates 0

Hindu month in California and the lessons from the textbook controversy

Hindu month in California and the lessons from the textbook controversy

Already the younger generation asks what the California textbook affair was. Now that California has been endowed with a Hindu awareness month (in a resolution co-authored by the Hindu American Foundation, , the first one scheduled for this coming October, Hindus are enthusiastic that they will be able to show off their culture. But past [...]

June 29, 2013 Dr Koenraad Elst Analysis/Insights 1

Video : California ‘Hindu’ textbook controversy

Video : California ‘Hindu’ textbook controversy

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June 27, 2013 HHR HHR Videos 0
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