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Jai Shri Ram, or else: Hindu nationalism strangles India’s democracy
27 Mar 2024 16:59 GMT
… as symbolic hubs of Hindu identity and pilgrimage, enabling the BJP to … Hinduism’s chief deities. The RSS and BJP organized increasingly violent “pilgrimages … ” to Ayodhya.
When a Hindu mob finally destroyed …
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How Easter Also Became A Holy Time For Some Hindus And Muslims In South Africa
26 Mar 2024 06:59 GMT
… has remained an important pilgrimage site. Easter weekend has … of these pilgrims are not Catholic, but rather Hindus who … (The Holy Shepherdess”). For Hindu pilgrims, she is Siparee Mai (Mother … it is likely that Hindu pilgrims visit Siparee Mai during …
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Documenting Hindu temples of Pakistan
24 Mar 2024 03:56 GMT
… Hindu right politics in India and considered as pilgrimage … or deliberately restricted to Hindu pilgrims. This has led … making it accessible for pilgrims and worshippers and bringing … active participation of Pakistani Hindus in their establishment, maintenance …
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‘We pray for them every day’: This Ramadan, Zeinab hopes for peace in Gaza
28 Mar 2024 22:55 GMT
… Victoria’s population, ahead of Hindus (3.5 per cent) … in diverse religions like Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Buddhism,” she … , or charitable giving.
A pilgrim’s story
Muslims are expected … Zeinab Mourad has made the pilgrimage to Mecca three times, including …
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Trump’s new Bible — and a new identity for Jesus?
28 Mar 2024 21:05 GMT
… her own India, where the Hindu-nationalist government is increasingly oppressing … ”: She decided to make a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Her essay is … finds there — a community of pilgrims, many coming from places where …
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Opinion | Umesh Upadhyay’s Book Offers Insight into Western Media’s Dubious Agenda on India
28 Mar 2024 18:20 GMT
… the country, in which several pilgrims had perished, was reported in … declared PM Narendra Modi a ‘Hindu nationalist’ and his government … as a Hindu nationalist government. So, they … centred on the country’s Hindu majority.” It then went …
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The Sabarmati Report teaser: Vikrant Massey plays a journalist investigating the Godhra incident
28 Mar 2024 10:19 GMT
… incident from 2002 when 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya died in … but an attack on the pilgrims. As they struggle to gather …
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York doctor travels far and wide to see the 'breathtaking' eclipses
28 Mar 2024 08:53 GMT
… myth comes from Indian culture. Hindus believed that a cunning demon … to attract the thousands of pilgrims seeking to experience totality. The …
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Religion news 28 March 2024
28 Mar 2024 08:14 GMT
… with Orthodox, Buddhist and Hindu religious orders across Britain. … s popular TV programme “Pilgrimage” is screened from tomorrow, … known personalities on a pilgrimage across North Wales. The … the Llyn peninsula. The pilgrims include wildlife presenter Michaela …
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What is the Stations of the Cross ritual, and why do Christians still perform it at Easter?
28 Mar 2024 06:06 GMT
… of Esther; meanwhile, the Hindu festival of Holi begins. … Associate Professor, New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity … and contemplative exercise, as pilgrims stop and pray, … roots in early Christian pilgrims visiting Jerusalem to …