カテゴリー: Hinduism
Indian prime minister blames Sikh activists for clash in Brampton over which three people have been arrestedIndia’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has condemned a “deliberate attack” on a Hindu temple in Canada, blaming Sikh activists for the violent c…
The flow of knowledge to Europe on maths, astronomy and much more has gone unacknowledged by historians. In AD628, an Indian sage living on a mountain in Rajasthan made one of the world’s most important mathematical discoveries. The great mathematicia…
Police report says 250,000 people had gathered at a Hindu event in Uttar Pradesh that had a capacity of 80,000About 250,000 people had gathered at the Hindu religious congregation in northern India where 121 people died in a crowd crush, triple the cap…
Most of the dead are women or children, say officials, with suggestions a dust storm created panic as thousands were leaving a prayer meeting in Hathras, south-east of DelhiAt least 116 people, most of them women and children, have been killed in a cro…
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.This week, from 2020: For seven decades, India has been held together by its constitution, which promises equality …
A region known as ‘God’s land’ offers a glimpse of the future if Indian prime minister’s BJP party retains its powerFor centuries it has been known as the “land of the gods”. Stretching high up into the Himalayas, the Indian state of Uttarakhand is hom…
Bechan Baba has dedicated his life to Varanasi’s Anarwali mosque, where Hindus and Muslims come to pray – despite the historical disputes raging outsideIn the heart of Varanasi, where the sacred Ganges meanders by and incense smoke mingles with the fai…
Politically-inspired biopic of Indian politician who opposed Gandhi’s non-violence is hamstrung by its own lack of action Of all the hot takes you expect to see when you go to the cinema, the suggestion that Mahatma Gandhi was overrated is perhaps low …
Far-right Hindu nationalists are giving women prominence to mobilise others, but regressive patriarchal systems are embedded in their ideologyIt all started in the family WhatsApp group. A member of my extended family posted photos and videos of firewo…
Controversy in West Bengal centres around Akbar and Sita, named for a Hindu deity, being placed in the same enclosureAn Indian Hindu nationalist organisation has launched a court petition to stop two lions named after a Hindu deity and a 16th-century M…
Fears decision on Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi could increase religious tensions and inspire more claimsAn Indian court has ruled that Hindus can worship inside a contested mosque, a verdict that it is feared will increase religious tensions and galvani…
India’s prime minister inaugurated a new temple at the site of a demolished 16th-century mosque that was torn down by a mob of Hindu nationalists. Babri Masjid was destroyed in 1992 during a rampage that killed 17 people in the city of Ayodhya. The new…
Built on the site of a razed mosque, the Ram temple represents the culmination of the Hindu right’s century-long projectMukul Kesavan is a writer based in DelhiThe inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, the small north Indian city that Hindus belie…