India Pride Project – Bringing Stolen Artefacts Back to India
Valuable artefacts like idols and sculptures used to be stolen, and are still smuggled out, from Indian temples, other monuments. It is important they be returned to their rightful owners and communities. Some More...
हस्तलिपि/ MANUSCRIPT
ManuScript – Scripts written manually, whose fonts were/are as good as any machine language, paper made out of wood & ink obtained naturally from flowers & other ingredients. To compile one book it took More...
My name is Kavea and I am vegetarian. – The Modern Hindu
“What about protein?” “Is it because you worship cows?” Voices immediately chime up to ask these questions as soon as people realize that I am vegetarian. Especially being surrounded by future doctors, More...
Even While Calling Out Hinduphobia, It’s Important to Develop A Hinduism Lite – Swarajya
What connects the murder of Mohammed Akhlaq (killed over beef in Dadri, UP), the lawyer violence against JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, the posters in Delhi to kill or maim the latter, the Godse worship More...
Brahmins Are The Jews Of India – Jakob De Roover | Hindu Human Rights
The contemporary stereotypes about Brahmins and the story about Brahminism … originate in Christian theology. They reproduce Protestant images of the priests of false religion. When European missionaries and More...
Vande Mataram library to challenge Sheldon Pollock’s Murty Classical Library of India – The American Bazar
Dr. Sampadananda Mishra is planning to set up the new library. By Sreekanth A. Nair Dr. Sampadananda Mishra, director of the Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Indian Culture at the Sri Aurobindo Society in Puducherry, More...
18 lakh take holy dip on Shivratri
Over 18 lakh pilgrims took a holy dip in the Ganga on the occasion of Shivratri and fifth festive bath of Ardh Kumbh here today. Pilgrims in large numbers thronged the sanctum-sanctorum of Braham Kund, Har-ki-Pauri More...
Mahashivaratri marked with fervour – The Himalayan Times
A Sadhu smokes marijuana placed in a chillum in the Pashupati area in Kathmandu on Sunday, March 6, 2016. Photo: Skanda Gautam Thousands of devotees from different parts of the country as well as from India, More...
A Look at the Hindu Maha Shivaratri Festival – World Religion News
The Hindu Customs and Traditions of Maha Shivaratri. On March 7, 2016, Hindus around the world will celebrate the Maha Shivaratri Festival. It’s an occasion celebrated in honor of Shiva, part of the Hindu Trinity More...
Maha Shivratri: Why world’s largest particle physics lab CERN has a statue of Lord Shiva | DNA
Many Hindus celebrate Maha Shivratri on March 7 in accordance with the Hindu calendar to venerate Lord Shiva who is considered one of the most important deities in the religion. Interestingly, Shiva, who is also More...