Hindu News

There seems no difference between the Colombo Hindu College Ratmalana and any other school, except for the armed police officers guarding the gate.

Dancer Zakir Hussain's latest thematic dance production, 'Yethiraja Vaibhavam,' on Ramanuja, the 11th century spiritual leader and social reformer, was premiered at Brahma Gana Sabha recently.

By Shobha Hosur Hinduism is the world's oldest religion, dating back to 4000 B.C., and it is the third largest with nearly 900 million believers.

People in eastern India are flocking to a temple to worship a turtle with natural markings on its shell resembling the eyes of Hindu deity Lord Jaganath , one of the incarnations of Vishnu.

Nobody goes to church anymore. They all stopped when they all got to college, the fire extinguisher of religion.

The Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization will build a memorial to Canadian soldiers who have lost their lives in the eight-year-old mission in Afghanistan.

Even as Vande Mataram is once again being debated, discussed and dissected after a fatwa on singing the national song was re-endorsed by an Islamic seminary here, there is a madrassa in a little village tucked away in Uttar Pradesh where children begin their day with 'Sujalam, Sufalam....'. An exemplar of communal harmony - Niyamatuloom - the ...

By Fakir Hassen and Yogas Nair The faith of two Hindu families, one a Johannesburg priest hugely sceptical of so-called miracles, and another in Durban, has been reaffirmed after both their homes were blessed with divine signs in recent days.

A feud has broken out between worshippers of a Central mandir and officials of a Hindu organisation.

By Prof. Kancha Ilaiah ==================== With the other students in my small village school, I used to sing the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram as a boy.

It seems those pesky, intolerant, religious extremists in India are at again. Last month they made a big fuss about Valentine's Day which has no religious meaning for me nor most of the rest of the Western World; that is, unless one defines getting laid as a religious experience:-) But of course, like many of our commercial holidays, Valentine's ...

The 'auspicious' day also happens to be 'Dev Diwali' -PHOTO: NAGARA GOPAL Time to pray: Devotees performing puja on the auspicious day of Karthika Purnima at a Sivalayam in the city on Monday.

The Goa government could have partially footed the bill for the Diwali eve low intensity blast that was carried out by two members of the rightwing Hindu outfit Sanatan Sanstha , an official said.

A Guy felt insulted he said he was Kirat Dont call me Hindu . Another said we dont worship or believe in Ram .another said Shiv Krishna are all import from Vedic invaders Dalit And Adivasia Considerd themselves fromAfrica and hate Fair Aryan Brahmin telling them what to do so i am not hindu they say Then some of them invent NonHindu religion Arya ...

The Buddha preached equality for all, even women. AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz This is part three in a series of posts about religion and feminism.

'Hindu terror is less potent vis-a-vis jihadi' IANS PANAJI: The Goa police believe there is a difference between jihadi terrorism and right wing Hindu terrorism.

Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Friday distanced himself from statements of his spokesperson Thursday, accusing right wing Hindu organisation Sanatan Sanstha of 'breeding terrorism' and 'dividing society'. Speaking to reporters at his official residence here, Kamat said: 'I have not seen or heard the comments.

One Indian Hindu research professor, in his stunning book, claims that the description of Avatar found in the holy books of Hindu religion is in fact that of the Prophet Muhammad .

New Delhi, Oct. 30 : A Spanish couple, inspired by Indian culture, married in accordance with Hindu rituals in Agra, the city of the world famous Taj Mahal.

MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here on Tuesday stayed the trial in a criminal case in which a caste Hindu was accused of setting his Dalit employee on fire in Melur taluk on January 14, 2000.