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The Conversation

What the failed attack on an Illinois temple reveals about anti‑Hindu hate in the United States

Hostility toward Hindu worship practices draws on a long history of prejudice portraying the faith’s followers as idolaters, argues a scholar of Hindu studies.

New India Abroad

ટોરોન્ટોના મંદિરમાં શ્રી નીલકંઠ વર્ણીની મૂર્તિની પ્રાણપ્રતિષ્ઠા

માત્ર 11 વર્ષની ઉંમરે માતા-પિતાના અવસાન બાદ તેમણે ઘરનો ત્યાગ કરી અસાધારણ આધ્યાત્મિક યાત્રા શરૂ કરી હતી.

Newsweek

How a jammed rifle halted teen’s alleged Hindu temple attack

The 19-year-old Taco Bell cashier is accused in Chicago-area Hindu temple shooting plot as gun jams.

RNS

An attack on the Hindu temple and the growing politics of places of worship

(RNS) — An attempted terrorist attack against a Hindu temple near Chicago shows the growing prominence of minority places of worship in the West. That prominence brings greater visibility and new risks.

India Tribune

Guinness World Records Recognises World’s Longest Biography by a Single Author

Press ReleaseA monumental 13-volume biography spanning 8,848 pages and comprising 2,146,447 words on His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the Longest Biography by a Single Author. Authored by Sanskrit…

The Indian EYE

Guinness World Records Recognises World’s Longest Biography by a Single Author

Our Bureau London A monumental 13-volume biography spanning 8,848 pages and comprising 2,146,447 words on His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records...

Bitter Winter

BAPS, Women, and the Eiffel Tower: A False “Cult” Scandal

Remember the “Indian cult” who asked female employees to be removed during its visit to the Tour Eiffel? It was fake news, an official report says.

YouTube

Debate With Arnab LIVE: France Clears BAPS, No Demand To Exclude Women Staff

Debate With Arnab LIVE: France Clears BAPS, No Demand To Exclude Women StaffOnly Arnab talks about it. A Paris city investigation has cleared BAPS in the Eiffel Tower women staff row. The General Inspectorate of the City of Paris found no explicit request…

Hindustan Times

Eiffel Tower probe clears BAPS, finds ‘no explicit request’ from delegation to remove female staff

The findings came after a probe by the General Inspectorate of the City of Paris (IGVP), which highlighted a “collective dysfunction.” | World News

The Times of India

‘No explicit request’: BAPS gets clean chit in Eiffel Tower women staff row

BAPS France on Thursday welcomed the findings of an investigation that found no explicit request from the religious group to remove or exclude female staff during its delegation’s visit to the Eiffel Tower.

NDTV

Hindu Group BAPS Didn't Ask For Eiffel Women Employees To Be Removed: Probe

According to a report by Le Parisien, the General Inspectorate of Public Safety said that there was no "explicit request from the Hindu religious delegation to exclude women from the entire procession."

The Conversation

What the Eiffel Tower controversy reveals about a Hindu monastic practice – known as ‘brahmacharya’

‘Brahmacharya’ is a monastic discipline centered on controlling the senses and directing attention toward spiritual practice.

Firstpost

BAPS’ ‘Eiffelgate’ episode underscores the challenge of cultural translation

The BAPS Eiffel Tower controversy reveals the difficulty of translating religious practice across cultures