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Telangana Govt Issues Ban Orders On Swami Paripoornanda For 6 Months

In what could be a bizarre act by the Telangana government, it has externed Swami Paripoornanda from Hyderabad for six months allegedly making provocative statements. The spiritual leader, who was placed under house arrest here ahead of his proposed ‘Dharmagraha Yatra,’ (padayatra) for two days later yesterday was externed. Swami Paripoornanda is popular for his discourses and vocal expressions on various issues. Though the Swami has been spelling out his thoughts on different issue never […]

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July 12, 2018

Sindhi Spiritual Guru Dada Vaswani Passes Away

Spiritual leader Dada Vaswani today passed away at the age of 99 in Pune. He was chief of Sadhu Vaswani Mission in Pune that is named after his uncle TL Vaswani. Acclaimed as a humanitarian, philosopher, educator, orator and non-sectarian spiritual leader, Vaswani was also known for promoting vegetarianism and animal rights. Vaswani was born on August 2, 1918 in Pakistan’s Hyderabad city in a Sindhi family. He studied MSc in Physics and also worked […]

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July 12, 2018

1st Anniversary of RW : Religion is the opium of the people – Karl Marx

“1st Anniversary of Religion World” Religion is the opium of the people – Karl Marx I was first apprehensive about the working assignment with Religion World. Mainly because we were are all of the opinion that religion is all about faith and spirituality. Like Marx mentioned it was a path to take people on a high. With these in mind, I said let me give it a shot and try to say there is more […]

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July 8, 2018

International Religious News Updates (1st Week of July, 2018)

International Religious News Updates (1st Week of July, 2018) ========= Malaysia : Zakir Naik will not be Deported, says Malayasia PM Controversial Muslim preacher Zakir Naik will not be deported as he has been granted a permanent resident status here. Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told a media conference on Friday that Zakir shall remain in Malaysia for now. Several groups previously urged the government to deport Zakir following his alleged tendecies to make […]

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July 7, 2018

Emirates reinstate ‘Hindu Meal Option’

Emirates airline after a lot of uproar and strong opposition of its decision of not providing the ‘Hindu meal’ for its passengers, it has decided to reinstate the option in its flights. Earlier in the Week the airline had announced that it will no longer serve “Hindu meal option” on its flights and the passengers can choose from variety of its other vegetarian meals to meet their religious dietary requirements. But now the Emirates airlines […]

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July 7, 2018

SC declares Non –Hindus be allowed in Shri Jagannath Temple

Recently Supreme Court has asked the temple management to reconsider the centuries-old tradition of not allowing non-Hindus to enter Shri Jagannath Temple at Puri in Odisha, making it accessible to everyone irrespective of their faith, A Bench, which was hearing a PIL filed by Mrinalini Padhi highlighting the problems faced by devotee said. “The temple management may consider, subject to regulatory measures, with regard to dress code, giving of an appropriate declaration or compliance with […]

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July 7, 2018

Jain Temples in South India : Dharmanath Temple, Kerala

The weekly feature on Religion World – Jain Temples in South India is back after a fortnight , which gives you glimpses of different Jain shrines in the this part of the country. Rarely people are aware that Jainism has been prevalent in South India since Maurya dynasty. It became popular over the years and it was the Vijayanagar empire that made it more popular. With Vijayanagar empire giving the much needed impetus to Jainism, […]

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July 4, 2018

Badriya Juma Masjid is the world’s first “ZERO Energy” Eco Friendly Green Mosque

Located at Kodi village near Kundapur in Udupi district of Karnataka, the building design is an evolution in core Islamic Architecture integrating epitomized sustainable technologies. Syed Mohamed Beary, Chairman of construction giant, Bearys Group & IGBC who is passionate about sustainable developments built the structure on his ancestral land (15,000 sqft area) at a cost of Rs. 2 crore. He said that he wanted to change the perception of the Islam as the ancient, troubled, […]

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July 4, 2018

Communal Tension prevails in Bareilly Village

On a day when people of Bihar displayed communal Harmony, a village in Bareilly had to bear Communal tension. Communal Tension prevailed in Raituiya village after four persons allegedly beat a temple priest and damaged the idols. According to the news reports, District Magistrate Virendra Kumar Singh had said that out of the four accused, three were arrested in the night and damaged idols have been removed and process is on to install the new […]

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July 4, 2018

Muslim Community in Gaya donate Land for Temple

Muslim Community in Gaya donate Land for Temple People of Bihar have proved once again that it is opportunistic politics that make religion an issue otherwise people do know how to coexist. In a beautiful display of communal harmony, people from the Muslim community donated money and land for constructing a temple in Bihar’s Gaya district of Guraru area. Mansood Ahmed, one of the locals, contributed six decimal land while another donated Rs. 3.5 lakh […]

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July 4, 2018

South India Religious News Updates (1st Week of July)

South India Religious News Updates (1st Week of July) Kerala : “Oushadha Biksha Yatra” – A unique campaign seeking herbs A unique mission aimed at collecting medicines and herbs from various temples to prepare the special monsoon season Ayurvedic preparation, which will be served to the people for mental and physical health in the month of Karkitakam of the Malayalam calendar, started Last week. “Oushadha Biksha Yatra, the mission that is set to revive an […]

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July 3, 2018

‘International Yoga day’ celebrations in brief from South India

‘International Yoga day’ celebrations in brief from South India Thousands of people across the country have geared up to celebrate the fourth edition of the International Yoga Day, with mass sessions of exercise and meditation, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the celebrations from Uttarakhand. Yoga is beautiful because it has the best of our past and presents and a ray of hope for our future, PM Modi said at the opening address of the […]

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June 21, 2018