If Muslims considered the destruction of temples bad, there should have been an elaborate and pervasive condemnation of it in their literary and oral traditions.
At a press briefing Tuesday, jointly addressed by foreign ministers Jaishankar and Penny Wong, the Indian minister called Sunday’s incident in Brampton ‘deeply concerning’.
Courses by Mumbai University & Welingkar Institute aim to improve administration of temples, especially those run by smaller trusts that struggle with crowd control, fund management.
Another centre to open in Faridabad to meet domestic requirements, says VHP president Alok Kumar, adding that aim is to 'explain Hindu scriptures to youth in language they understand'.
TN-based trust argues that while law provides for temples to voluntarily contribute surplus funds to Common Good Fund, this has become mandatory in practice, with predetermined amounts.
11th century site claimed by both Hindus & Muslims. On Hindu Front for Justice’s plea, court says it’s ‘constitutional as well as statutory obligation of ASI to have scientific survey’.
The very fact that the temples that were targeted included the ones at places like Mathura and Varanasi point to a motive that transcends mere politics and suggests an element of religious fervour.
Sadhguru expresses anguish over poor management of state-run Hindu temples, appeals to government that will be elected in upcoming general election to restore them to devotees.
In his column, Professor Patrick Olivelle argues Dharmashastra literature shows a disinterest in the idea of temples for rituals. We provide instances to the contrary.
The bill proposes to collect 5 per cent funds from temple with annual income between Rs 10 lakh to 1 crore; and 10 per cent from temples over 1 crore income, to be put into a Common Pool Fund.
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Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
“They shouldn’t take a recourse to the clever application of historical relativism to argue that the past can’t be judged by the standards of the present. If they do so, they would be complicit in the crimes of the past” — I’m noting down these lines for whenever someone argues along the lines of, today’s Indian Muslims can’t be held responsible for the crimes of the invaders of yore.
This is a solid article with a coherent argument, but it’s too wishful. An acknowledgment of this kind and the need for closure need you to be empathetic, and anyone who takes one religion too seriously becomes incapable of empathy – especially towards the perpetual ‘other’ that is the infidel.
Another intellectually stimulating and thoughtful article by the most brilliant scholar, at least to my knowledge, of subjects that few would dare touch. Mr. Khaldun Bharati is one of a kind. He seems to have a phenomenal grip on all relevant historical facts that have anything to do with the issue he puts his mind to. I always learn something new and important and surprising from his writings. Prior to reading this article I was completely ignorant of the fact that the Persian word बुत derives from the idol of Buddha and बुत-शिकनी from the smashing of it. And it’s hard to argue with any of Mr. Bharati’s arguments presented here. He is such an enlightened, knowledgeable and decent individual… How I wish his voice could be heard far and wide!
This is a very thoughtfully written article. I just came back from northern Indian trip where all major temples have destruction stories to share. Acknowledgement could bring some closure to the past atrocities.
The author is 100% correct in his assessment. I had written a comment few days back about good old “paschataap”. Where is it to be seen in the Muslims ? On the contrary, you have people silently and some times very overtly glorifying the invaders in the Indian subcontinent in the name of Islam and at the same time shedding tears for Gaza all in the name of invasion and Islam ! What sort of a deranged and intellectually corrupt argument is this ? Everyone knows how Islam came to be in the subcontinent. It was on the back of loot, plunder , murder ! There are no two ways about it. And some “distorians” were busy painting the invaders as having merged into the Indian society and becoming one of us. Question is why did they need to force their cult upon the residents of Bharat who since millenia had been worshipping idols ? And why were plunderers coming back again and again to destroy the same temples if it had already been plundered once ? Distorians also try to portray this as robbery but the argument falls flat when you see Holy wars being documented in history to plunder and break temples. even today you can see sculptures with broken parts of deities and the Muslims of this land who shed so much tears for Gaza are conspicuosly silent on this. It is also not lost on anybody that the majority of them who voted to partition country on the bigoted religious lines stayed back in India. If this is not moral corruption pray what is ! Muslims in India need to be vocal about their feelings against invasion. If not, then be prepared to be exposed one generation after another.
“They shouldn’t take a recourse to the clever application of historical relativism to argue that the past can’t be judged by the standards of the present. If they do so, they would be complicit in the crimes of the past” — I’m noting down these lines for whenever someone argues along the lines of, today’s Indian Muslims can’t be held responsible for the crimes of the invaders of yore.
This is a solid article with a coherent argument, but it’s too wishful. An acknowledgment of this kind and the need for closure need you to be empathetic, and anyone who takes one religion too seriously becomes incapable of empathy – especially towards the perpetual ‘other’ that is the infidel.
Another intellectually stimulating and thoughtful article by the most brilliant scholar, at least to my knowledge, of subjects that few would dare touch. Mr. Khaldun Bharati is one of a kind. He seems to have a phenomenal grip on all relevant historical facts that have anything to do with the issue he puts his mind to. I always learn something new and important and surprising from his writings. Prior to reading this article I was completely ignorant of the fact that the Persian word बुत derives from the idol of Buddha and बुत-शिकनी from the smashing of it. And it’s hard to argue with any of Mr. Bharati’s arguments presented here. He is such an enlightened, knowledgeable and decent individual… How I wish his voice could be heard far and wide!
This is a very thoughtfully written article. I just came back from northern Indian trip where all major temples have destruction stories to share. Acknowledgement could bring some closure to the past atrocities.
The author is 100% correct in his assessment. I had written a comment few days back about good old “paschataap”. Where is it to be seen in the Muslims ? On the contrary, you have people silently and some times very overtly glorifying the invaders in the Indian subcontinent in the name of Islam and at the same time shedding tears for Gaza all in the name of invasion and Islam ! What sort of a deranged and intellectually corrupt argument is this ? Everyone knows how Islam came to be in the subcontinent. It was on the back of loot, plunder , murder ! There are no two ways about it. And some “distorians” were busy painting the invaders as having merged into the Indian society and becoming one of us. Question is why did they need to force their cult upon the residents of Bharat who since millenia had been worshipping idols ? And why were plunderers coming back again and again to destroy the same temples if it had already been plundered once ? Distorians also try to portray this as robbery but the argument falls flat when you see Holy wars being documented in history to plunder and break temples. even today you can see sculptures with broken parts of deities and the Muslims of this land who shed so much tears for Gaza are conspicuosly silent on this. It is also not lost on anybody that the majority of them who voted to partition country on the bigoted religious lines stayed back in India. If this is not moral corruption pray what is ! Muslims in India need to be vocal about their feelings against invasion. If not, then be prepared to be exposed one generation after another.