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“Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore”: Skeletons of Roopkund Lake of Chamoli, India - legend of Nanda Devi so enraged at outsiders who defiled her mountain sanctuary that she rained death upon them by flinging hailstones “hard as iron”
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A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them
"It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see": Chand Baori - A fascinating story of the largest and deepest stepwell in India, Abhaneri Stepwell that consists 3,500 narrow steps over 13 stories and extends 30 metres into the ground
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Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell
"You are what you believe in. You become that which you believe you can become": J Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical Physicist recited a quote from Bhagavad Gita after witnessing first Nuclear explosion - "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"
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The line, from the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad-Gita, has come to define Robert Oppenheimer, but its meaning is more complex than many realise
"There is always more spirit in attack than in defence": VHP released a statement, "If Jihadi violence continues, there will be a reaction, and Hindus won’t be responsible for it", cases of Jihadi violence and beheadings to be tried in fast-track courts
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All cases of recent Jihadi violence and beheadings, including the slaying of Praveen Nettaru in South Kannada district in Karnataka, should be tried in fast-track courts to ensure speedy justice to the victims' families and the Hindu society, said the VHP leader
Kashi symbolizes the unshakeable plasticity and unity of Hindus - presence of Padmesvara stones and Padmesvara inscription in the Lal Darwaza mosque, attests further that Kashi’s Islamic monuments are built on temple remains
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Aurangzeb tried to erase Varanasi’s existence by renaming it “Muhammadabad” and issued coins in that name. His demolition of Kashi Visheshwara made Shivaji Maharaj’s mother Jijabai so furious that she challenged him to capture Sinhagad – changing the course of history forever
‘Casteless Hindu’ is Not a Paradox. It is The keystone of ‘Ghar Wapsi’ and Hindutva
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Major opposition to Shraddhanand’s Shuddhi movement came from Islamist groups. A fanatic, Abdul Rashid, killed Shraddhanand on 23 December 1926 and confessed that he did it to save Islam in the wake of Hindu conversions of Malkana Rajputs
Lack of awareness among Hindus of it's Sanatan Culture is the root cause of Academic Hinduphobia: Demand for Hindu Rashtra is the need of the hour
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There was an ominous silence of official state authority figures on the obviously Hinduphobic event being held by the academia which was said to be sponsored by 38 universities most from the US and also a few from Canada, UK, and Germany
Any caste discrimination as it exists today is a legacy of feudalism, colonialism and social stagnation: true picture of Hindu social structure
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Dharma stresses on duties and responsibilities of humans towards their self and towards society, and not on rights that one group supposedly enjoys over the other
Hindus saved Sikh Gurus, provided weapons training and donated for Gurudwaras: Shattering the Hindu Vs Sikh narrative
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While Hindus always supported the Sikh Gurus, obeyed their orders and helped them, there were some Sikhs who had sided with the Mughals against their own people. One such was Ram Rai, the seventh Guru Har Rai's eldest son, who had joined the Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb
Why is Hindu Religious Leaders' Unity Required?
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If a nation wants to protect its people and borders from enemies, the only way to do so is to be united physically, mentally, socially, financially, and, most importantly, religiously