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Nepal’s burgeoning Christian community’s demand for a burial ground seemed headed for a collision with the Hindus with the Supreme Court Wednesday deciding to resolve two separate suits together.
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When King Gyanendra’s army-backed reign ended three years ago followed by the abolition of monarchy in the world’s only Hindu kingdom, it did not come as a surprise to the Himalayan nation’s devout Hindus. “It was on the cards,” says Upendra Dahal, a Brahmin priest who also dabbles in astrology at the revered Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu. “The gods were against him and sent him omens.”
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Embroiled in a raging controversy for issuing a controversial message to the nation last month, Nepal’s King Gyanendra has hit the headlines again for sending a second message to a pro-monarchy Hindu meeting in India.
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Hindu organisations Tuesday continued their protest against Nepal’s secularisation, once the world’s only Hindu kingdom, with parts of southern Nepal being shut down as protesters called a 48-hour closure.
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Fourteen years after godman Rajneesh aka Osho’s death, a Nepalese disciple who spread the movement in this Himalayan kingdom plans to focus on India, the goal being an Osho centre in each village.
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