Tag: Hindu

Video of Indian Hindu monk speaking on Muslims is edited

A manipulated video shared online appears to show Yogi Adityanath, a politician from India’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying Muslims have the “first right” to the country’s resources. The original clip, however, shows him quoting India’s former prime minister Manmohan Singh and accusing the opposition party of stoking divisions between Muslims and […]

Powerful Hindu Group That Spawned Modi Party Slams His Campaign

(Bloomberg) — India’s powerful Hindu right-wing group that helped shape the Bharatiya Janata Party criticized the election campaign for being divisive and too reliant on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity. Most Read from Bloomberg The campaign lacked “decorum,” with lies being spread to sow tension between communities, Mohan Bhagwat, leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, […]

Oxford University to return bronze sculpture of Hindu saint to India

LONDON (AP) — Oxford University has agreed to return a 500-year-old bronze sculpture of a Hindu poet and saint to India, the university’s Ashmolean Museum said. The Indian High Commission in the U.K. made a claim four years ago for the bronze figure of Tirumankai Alvar that was allegedly looted from a temple. Vijay Kumar, […]

Video shows chicken shop outside defunct Hindu temple in Pakistan, not India

A video showing a defunct Hindu temple in Muslim-majority Pakistan has been repeatedly shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it was located in India’s southern Kerala state and contained a chicken shop “inaugurated” by opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. A human rights activist told AFP the temple was no longer in use as […]

A Hindu festival in southwestern Pakistan brings a mountainous region to life

HINGLAJ, Pakistan (AP) — The ascent of steep mud volcanoes marks the start of Hindu pilgrims’ religious rituals in southwestern Pakistan. They climb hundreds of stairs or clamber over rocks to reach the summit, tossing coconuts and rose petals into the shallow crater while seeking divine permission to visit Hinglaj Mata, an ancient cave temple […]

Indians vote in huge election dominated by jobs, Hindu pride and Modi

By Krishn Kaushik, Praveen Paramasivam and YP Rajesh KAIRANA/CHENNAI, India (Reuters) -A substantial number of Indians voted on Friday in the first phase of the world’s largest election, authorities said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a historic third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare and Hindu nationalism. The vote pits […]