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By Sankrant Sanu On Thursday, January 5th, 2017
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Discrimination against Hindu Institutions-Talk by J Sai Deepak

J Sai Deepak, the Delhi based litigator who practices primarily before the Delhi High Court, delivered a talk at the Press Club of India. The talk was organized by the Srijan Foundation on the topic: Freeing Hindu More...

By Angirasa Srestha On Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017
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Access to Ritual & Knowledge in Hinduism: The case of veda and āgama

One of the most prevalent misconceptions extant in modern discourse is that the brāhmaṇa-s monopolized “religious resources” at the expense of others. Now, broadly speaking, we can identify two types of the More...

By Swami Ganeshaswarupananda On Monday, January 2nd, 2017
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Traditional Hindu vs. Western perspectives

When one studies any topic in the world, there exist two distinct entities – the one who is studying (Study-er) and the studied (Object of study) The topic being studied may be a language or a branch of pure science/technology, More...

By Sankrant Sanu On Saturday, December 31st, 2016
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Best of 2016: IndiaFacts’ articles that made a difference

2016 has been exciting and a very fulfilling year at IndiaFacts. We have published a large number of well-researched semi-academic articles focusing on a number of key areas in Indology, Hinduism, Cross-civilizational More...

By Shashi Kiran On Friday, December 30th, 2016
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Reflections on Hindu Spiritual and Service Fair 2016

The Hindu Spiritual and service fair organized annually across the country in several cities offers a kaleidoscope view of various Hindu organizations and their activities. The HSSF fair comes to Bangalore usually More...

By Shubham Verma On Wednesday, December 28th, 2016
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बौद्ध और वैदिक परंपरा का पारस्परिक संबंध

 प्रस्तावना तथा भूमिका : भारतवर्ष एक ऐसी भूमि रही है जिसने सदियों से कई महान विचारों More...

By Dimple Kaul and True Indology On Monday, December 26th, 2016
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No Peace, Only Pieces – The Sufi Mission in Kashmir!

The article has been republished from author’s blog with permission. Of late, eminent intellectuals, perfumed or otherwise, have been raising a stink about how as a society we should be ashamed of the many things More...

By Abhinav Agarwal On Thursday, December 22nd, 2016
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બળ કે કળ ?

[contextly_sidebar id=”RlZoa8mDip7en47PX3a93AUQTXuSFUZ4″] This article has been translated into Gujarati by Hiren Dave. મહાભારતની આ કથા નું સંધાન હરિવંશ More...

By Svechchachari On Wednesday, December 21st, 2016
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Nath, Siddhacharyas, and Sabar Tantra

During the medieval era, roughly between the 9th and 13th century, there arose a group of spiritual adepts known popularly as the Nath Siddhas. Some accounts believe they were from North West India, but there is More...

By Sankrant Sanu On Tuesday, December 20th, 2016
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Bhakti brings Happiness: A discourse by Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha

This is the English translation of the Anugraha Bhashanam delivered originally in Tamil by 35th Peethadhipati of Sringeri, Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal during 1982 Chennai Vijaya Yatra. The discourse More...