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Maha Kumbh Mela: What is the Hindu ‘festival of festivals’ that draws millions to northern India?
The Hindu festival that turned deadly in northern India on Wednesday is a religious gathering with deep spiritual meaning for devotees who come by the millions to take a cleansing dip in waters they consider sacred. CBC | World News
Read More »Millions gather in northern India for massive 6-week Hindu festival
Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, is held every 12 years in the northern city of Prayagraj, as Hindus believe bathing in sacred rivers brings salvation from the cycle of birth and death, and the absolution of sins. Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said 35 million people took part this week. CBC | World News
Read More »Bots and Indian TV push fake news about Canada in wake of Hindu temple clashes
A wave of misinformation about Canadian institutions is being amplified by suspected bot accounts on social media and by pro-Modi news outlets in India, raising concerns it could imperil relations between Sikhs and Hindus in Canada. CBC | World News
Read More »Why Modi’s Hindu nationalism is a harder sell in India’s south
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Read More »India’s Hindu nationalists are petitioning courts to tear down mosques and replace them with temples
Gvanvapi mosque in the holy city of Varanasi is one of hundreds of mosques and other Muslim sites being targeted by Hindu nationalist groups in India. The petitioners say they want to restore previously destroyed Hindu holy sites, but some historians accuse the groups of aggressively attempting to rewrite history. CBC | World News
Read More »Colours abound during Hindu festival of Holi
Millions of people observed the Hindu festival of Holi on Monday by dancing, sharing food and drink and showering each other with coloured powders. The festival marks the arrival of spring in India, Nepal, different South Asian countries and other parts of the world. CBC | World News
Read More »‘Burn UK cinemas’ Hindu leader tells followers to attack theatres showing Bollywood film
ALL UK cinemas screening a controversial Bollywood film should be “burnt down”, the leader of a Hindu nationalist group has said. Daily Express :: News Feed
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