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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 [...]

Tirupati: In a major development, Chittoor District Collector K Ramgopal has ordered demolition of unauthorised constructions by the controversial Heera International Islamic College, coming up near Chandragiri. The Collector in his order dated November 17 directed the Secretary of  Thondavada Grama Panchayat, under which the area where the multi-layer Islamic university is located, to immediately [...]

WASHINGTON: The first ever Diwali festival was celebrated at the US Congress today amidst chanting of Vedic mantras by a Hindu priest .Over two dozen influential lawmakers along with eminent Indian-Americans gathered at the Capitol Hill to lit the traditional ‘diyas’. The event — the first of its kind event at the Capitol Hill — [...]

  “Several Hindu organisations have taken up the issue and are protesting the setting up of this university. Interestingly, they have been receiving a lot of support from the local Muslims who say that this university is bad news. The Muslims who pray at the Tirupati temple feel that the town was peaceful and now [...]

This Stotra is from Durga Shaptashati, where Mother Goddess is invoked as the Destroyer of Demons/Negativities/Unjust Forces of Adharma or Unrighteousness. To bring an end to the forces of darkness, we invoke the Mother Principle, the One who nurtures, and who cannot bear to see Her children being persecuted by such evil forces. SHRI MAHISHASURA [...]

A nation’s theories about education depend upon its theories about man. Its definition and understanding of education depend upon its definition and understanding of man. If we regard man as a physical entity, our approach to education would be of one kind; if we regard man as a mental being, our approach would be of [...]

Drug addiction is arguably a social problem encouraged by the greater artificial life-style of our culture. It reflects a deeper seated weakness in our cultural life-style connected to a lack of spirituality and introspection.Hindu Dharma offers an inner technology of yoga, mantra and meditation for accessing higher states of consciousness, peace and happiness without [...]

As part of 150th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Swami Vivekananda, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai launches India's first Stereoscopic 3D Animated short Movie on Swami Vivekananda ( coming soon) [...]

In a brief discussion Dr Koenraad Elst and Ranbir Singh talk about the continuing unhealthy negative attitudes of the West in regards to Hindus.Also discussed are the role of the RSS and the BJP towards Hindu revivalism. [...]

Dr David Frawley’s: lecture on ‘Pluralism Within Hinduism' The 10th Rev. Dr. Stanley Samartha Memorial Lecture by the Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue (BIRD) Bangalore [...]