budget of $230 million, 'Avatar', a digital 3-D science fiction feature film, is directed and written by. In it, a band of humans, two centuries in the future, are battling against a distant planet's indigenous population.to attach a disclaimer in the beginning and end of his forthcoming film “Avatar”, saying that it has nothing to do with Hinduism or its concepts.Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement...
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Hundreds of Adivasis from villages in Maharashtra’s Thane district were “reconverted” to Hinduism at a “purification” ceremony in Thane (west) on Monday.“Today 795 Adivasi (tribal) families were reconverted to Hinduism. We are not having a religious conversion here — it’s a process of purification,” said Jagatguru Swami Narendracharya Maharaj. “We taught them the precepts of the Hindu religion and...
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Nevada (U.S.), Nov 9 (ANI): Hindus have urged James Cameron to attach a disclaimer in the starting and end of his upcoming film 'Avatar' explaining that it has no relationship with Hinduism or its concepts.Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that "avatar" was one of the central themes of Hinduism and insensitive handling of faith traditions sometimes resulted...
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Hundreds of Adivasis from villages in Maharashtra’s Thane district were “reconverted” to Hinduism at a “purification” ceremony in Thane (west) on Monday.“Today 795 Adivasi (tribal) families were reconverted to Hinduism. We are not having a religious conversion here — it’s a process of purification,” said Jagatguru Swami Narendracharya Maharaj. “We taught them the precepts of the Hindu religion and...
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Hindus have urged James Cameron to attach a disclaimer in the starting and end of his upcoming film 'Avatar' explaining that it has no relationship with Hinduism or its concepts.Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that "avatar" was one of the central themes of Hinduism and insensitive handling of faith traditions sometimes resulted in pillaging serious spiritual...
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Indiana, Nov 9: An American University has approved a course on Hinduism which aims at giving its students a comprehensive understanding of the religion and its rise.DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana which is a private, national liberal arts college approved the course titled 'Modern Hinduism', dealing with religion's rise from the colonial period to present day.“The main objective is to encourage...
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many as 6,000 people from remote parts of the district will return to the fold of Hinduism under the supervision of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Shree Swami Narendracharya Maharaj at a religious programme here tomorrow.The spokesman of Swami Narendra Maharaj group, which is organising the event, told newspersons today that more than half a dozen Pandits, including revered Gurus, from Ayodhya will perform...
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A group of 6,000 persons will bereconverted to Hinduism at a function to be held heretomorrow.Spokesman of Swami Narendra Maharaj group today toldreporters that with this, the goal of bringing back one lakhpersons into Hinduism from Christian community will becompleted.He said that various organisations have helped toidentify these "hapless people, who were forced to convertinto Christianity.""So far,...
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Wendy Doniger delivered a lecture on Hinduism in London in 2003. As she propounded her favourite thesis on the intimate relationship between Lakshman and his sister-in-law Sita in the Ramayana, someone from the audience (probably an irate Hindu fanatic who mistook an intellectual discourse on the relationship between two characters in an epic for profane thoughts being hurled at his venerable gods...
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Hindus have applauded prestigious University of Colorado-Boulder (UCB) in USA for planning a meditation room. It will reportedly provide yoga mats and prayer rugs to students. The university already offers instruction in Hinduism.HINDUS HAVE applauded prestigious University of Colorado-Boulder (UCB) in USA for planning a “meditation room”.Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today,...
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