Right to worship: Muslim group backs Hindu women over Shani Shingnapur temple row – Firstpost
New Delhi: A Muslim women’s group on Tuesday came out in support of women’s entry into the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra, charging “male-dominated bodies” which run shrines with bias. The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan said it supports demands by Hindu women to be allowed to enter the chabutra or sanctum sanctorum More...
Kanchi seer ‘sidelined’ at Rameswaram temple | Deccan chronicle
Rameswaram temple (Photo: rameswaram.co.in) Rameswaram: Even as the consecration of the Sri Ramanathaswamy temple here was performed on a grand scale with utmost religious fervour on Wednesday, a controversy More...
Sabarimala Discreet, Not Discriminatory – सिर्फ़ NEWS
The ancient shrine of Sabarimala on the Western Ghats in the Pathanamthitta District of Kerala, famous for being one of the largest pilgrimage places with over 100 million devotees visiting every year, finds itself More...
Hindu Way of Life is a Science of Salvation – The New Indian Express
There really is no such thing as Hindu-ism. This term and concept was coined only in recent times. The Hindu civilisation was born on the banks of the river Sindhu, which is known as Indus today. When the Persians More...
Among the unbelievers : Leisure – India Today
Being Hindu is not an easy identity to explain. It cannot be described according to a simple doctrine of faith, belief or creed. It includes religion and spirituality but extends to many intricate aspects of knowledge More...
Nataraja temple to be managed by priest, not by Tamil Nadu govt.
NEW DELHI: The famous Nataraja temple in the town of Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu will be managed by priests and not by the state government, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered. A bench of justices B S Chauhan More...
Hindu temples in southern India enforce western clothing ban |The Guardian
Madras high court has ordered temple authorities in Tamil Nadu to refuse entry to people in jeans, shorts and other garments Hindu temples in southern India have begun turning away devotees wearing western clothes More...
Hinduism has room for all forms of belief: SC – Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought to dispel the notion about rigidity of Hinduism harboured in certain quarters and said it was the “collective wisdom and inspiration of the centuries” More...
Gold Monetisation Scheme: Should Hindu Temples be wary? – Aseema
By Kiran Bettadpur The neutrality of the State towards religion though cannot be violated. Neutrality would clearly imply that the State cannot do anything which discriminates in favour of or against a particular More...
Hinduism is very tolerant: Mehbooba Mufti – Times of India
NEW DELHI: PDP MP and an alliance partner of the BJP, Mehbooba Mufti, who still has her seat in the opposition benches, told Lok Sabha on Friday that Muslims who rejected the two-nation theory and stayed back and More...