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His holiness, the Dalai Lama inaugurating the Tibetan Pavilion at The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum of Indian History. It is a project by NGO FACT-India under the guidance of spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. More on SHIVAJI : Shivaji Maharaj the great Hindu human rights activist The Epic 27 Year War That Saved Hinduism [...]

Puducherry:  The  Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi and 22 others have been acquitted in Puducherry in the 2004 murder of a Kancheepuram temple employee. A Sankararaman, the manager of the Varadarajaperumal temple in Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, was allegedly murdered on September 3, 2004, in the temple premises.  Sankararaman had allegedly written several letters to publications claiming [...]

The common language of Hinduism must depart from the dominance of Shankaran Advaita Amidst the globalization of diverse philosophies, Hindus are trying to establish a unique place for themselves. This requires a unique terminology that explains Hinduism, not in a Western framework but on its own terms. Some of our leaders are attempting such a [...]

Scientists are getting close to proving what yogis have held to be true for centuries — yoga and meditation can ward off stress and disease. John Denninger, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, is leading a five-year study on how the ancient practices affect genes and brain activity in the chronically stressed. His latest work [...]

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh on Sunday defended the Uttar Pradesh government’s notification providing for a compensation of Rs. 5 lakh only to Muslims affected in the recent Muzzaffarnagar communal riots. “Injustice cannot be done to those Muslim families who have lost not only their members but all possessions and did not want to return [...]

In a shocking incident, a video recorded during the counting of ‘hundi’ collection at a famous temple in the district allegedly revealed that an official pocketed over Rs.1 lakh. According to a reliable source in the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, the hundi collection at Sri Saduragiri Sundara Mahalingam Temple was counted by the [...]

A Christian woman residing in the Hindu-majority island of Bali was sentenced to 14-months in prison for calling Hindu offerings “dirty and disgusting,” the Supreme Court recently announced. “The defendant Rusgiani, who is also known as Yohana, has been proven validly and convincingly guilty of purposefully and publicly expressing herself in a way to ignite [...]

Iftekhar Murtaza of Los Angeles was found guilty of two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of conspiracy on Friday. Prosecutors said the 29-year-old killed his ex-girlfriend’s Hindu family because they disapproved of her dating a Muslim. A jury found Iftekhar Murtaza, 29, guilty of two counts of murder, one [...]

When Nepal, a Hindu kingdom for two and a half centuries, abolished its monarchy five years ago, the country’s royalists appeared on the brink of political extinction. But as the Himalayan nation heads to elections on Tuesday, a royalist party has galvanized support around a different agenda: Hinduism. The Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal, which continues to [...]

KATHMANDU: An abandoned puppy rescued from a rubbish dump in India has trekked to Everest Base Camp, becoming what is believed to be the first dog to tackle the peak, his owner said Wednesday. Former professional golfer Joanne Lefson told AFP she adopted the 11-month-old dog, called Rupee, in the mountainous Indian town of Leh [...]