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If you go to an ancient temple here, looking for Lathidhari Bhagwan, or god with the walking stick, don’t be surprised to find an idol of Mahatma Gandhi. The legendary Indian leader’s statue sits alongside that of other Hindu deities at the Kali Temple in Chai Tola.
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A court order to excavate and ascertain if a temple existed at the site of a razed mosque in Ayodhya revives a long-standing debate about a large number of monuments across India with a disputed history. The Ayodhya temple-mosque row is only the most prominent. Hindu activists contend that thousands of temples were demolished and mosques erected in their place in a succession of invasions that racked medieval India.
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Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his deputy L.K. Advani Tuesday made a strong pitch for Hindutva, justifying it as a grand vision that absorbed the thinking of all humanity and did not belong to one community.
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Hindu and Muslim leaders Thursday criticised the Indian government’s move to seek the removal of a Supreme Court ban on any religious activity at the site of the razed Babri mosque in Ayodhya, stating this was no solution to the temple-mosque dispute.
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The Pentecostal church is flourishing in Kerala, apparently due to the growing infighting in the traditional churches.
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In the world of Muslim seminaries in India, the Maulana Azad Islamic Awakening Centre in the capital is almost an oddity. The centre is fairly well maintained compared to other ‘madrassas’. But like any other madrassa, the Maulana Azad Centre for Islamic Awakening is caught between conflicting pressures to stick to tradition and embrace modernity.
For the background of the dispute regarding the Mahabodhi Temple which is mentioned in this letter, see the article published in the French section of this website on 24 August 2002. To, Madam Mary Robinson Her Excellency The High Commissioner For Human Rights United Nations Geneva Switzerland Subject : Request to direct the Government of […]
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