hindu idols

In a major cultural development, the United States is set to return three priceless bronze sculptures that were stolen from Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu decades ago. These sacred Dieties — including a rare 10th-century Shiva Nataraja, a 12th-century Somaskanda, and a 16th-century Saint Sundarar with Paravai are not just works of art, but deeply [...]

Our Lord and Saviour Modi seem to have peeved off some Hindus when asking the audience if Incredible India is in those Stones and Murthis ? [...]

Police arrested five minors boys on charges of vandalising more than 25 idols and sculptures at the Periyanayaki Amman temple near Tiruvarur on Tuesday. The boys were arrested after they broke the cement idols to steal iron rods kept inside the sculptures to buy liquor bottles. [...]

Masked miscreants attacked a temple and desecrated at least six Deities at Gurudashpur upazila in Natore early today. At least eight masked men entered the temple at Chachkoir village in the upazila and vandalised six Deities including Deities of Durga, Saraswati, Laxmi and Kartik around 4:30am, Madhab Sheel, president of the area’s Puja Celebration Committee [...]

Much of India’s treasures have been looted and are either displayed in museums or in private collections around the world .On a visit to the British Museum one Hindu finds something very interesting…. In January of 2011 I went to the British Museum in London. For a lifelong student of history it was a dream [...]

Eight newly made idols of Hindu gods and goddesses were vandalised in northern Bangladesh today, prompting police to launch an investigation. Police said unidentified persons broke into the Sarbojanin puja ‘mandap’ at Chandrakala village in Natore district early this morning and disfigured the idols of Durga, Lakshmi, Ganesh and Kartik. The incident occurred as the [...]

Sri Ramakrishna was one day taunted by a sceptic that the Kali he worshipped at Dakshineshwar was only a slab of black stone carved into a bizarre female figure and decked with glittering trinkets. The saint was taken aback. So far he had not cared to see the sacred icon in its supreme spiritual splendour. [...]