Some Hindus sacrifice animals as an act of religious devotion - though the majority do not Sri Lanka's government has agreed to ban the ritual sacrifice of animals and birds at Hindu temples on ...

"This is the real Sri Lanka." Lukshan Wattuhewa gestures ... One example she cites is the destruction of a Hindu shrine and temple in the north-east of the country, which were replaced by Buddhist ...

“The Building of a ‘New’ Identity: Mandapams of Jaffna Temples” is the theme of the National Trust lecture for August by Prof. T. Sanathanan. The lecture will be on Thursday, August 29 at 6 p.m. at ...

Atishi becomes Delhi’s third woman Chief Minister; Quad summit to announce joint coast guard exercises, and more in The Hindu ...

U.S. lawmakers express outrage over vandalism of temple in New York More than two dozen top American lawmakers have expressed ...

Both had escaped Sri Lanka ... the festival, temple idols are carried to the sea for a ceremonial bath and devotees wash away their sins. Nearly 13 percent of Sri Lankans are Hindu, including ...

KAPAA, Hawaii — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built ... which ruled parts of what is now ...

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Hindu nationalism and the Hindu faith are two distinct concepts; the former is a political ideology, while the latter is a ...

Located in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, Jaffna is a Tamil-influenced city. Where facts related to Tamil heritage are ...

The Maldives, Mauritius, the Seychelles or Sri Lanka, which should you visit? Our writer compares the winter-sun favourites ...

The 282 objects looted from southern Bali, known as the Puputan Badung collection, were taken in the context of fierce ...