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Hindu Civilization

Somnath at 75: The temple that powered India’s maritime economy and global trade, defied invaders, and rebuilt Hindu civilisation

75 years after its reconstruction, Somnath Temple stands as a powerful symbol of India’s civilisational revival, maritime resurgence and enduring cultural confidence.

Basant returns to Lahore, but why are Pakistanis reluctant to acknowledge the Hindu cultural roots of the festival?

Pakistan’s relationship with its pre-Islamic past has always been uneasy. Hindu temples are neglected, Indian history is marginalised in textbooks, and ancient cultural continuities are treated as ideological liabilities. Yet Basant poses a problem: it is too deeply embedded in Punjabi social life to be discarded altogether.

Bangkok Post op-ed criticises demolition of Vishnu statue by Thailand military, condemns Thai media’s celebration and mocking

The op-ed added that the media's sneering displayed a 'narrow, ego-centric worldview that only recognises its own sacred symbols'.

Maha Kumbh 2025 is India’s spiritual infrastructure, a global lesson in leadership, management and sustainability: Gautam Adani

Therefore, the next time you hear about India's growth story, remember: our most successful project isn't a massive port or a renewable energy park – it's a spiritual gathering that has run successfully for centuries, serving millions without depleting resources or losing its soul.

Goddess Benzaiten: For ages, the Japanese have worshipped this Buddhist manifestation of the Hindu deity Maa Saraswati

Did you know that the Japanese Buddhist goddess Benzaiten has origins in the Hindu goddess Maa Saraswati and shares a lot of the same characteristics

‘He brought life to a sleeping civilisation, awakened Bharat to rise above caste boundaries’: What PM Modi said about Adi Shankara at Kedarnath

PM Modi discussed how Adi Shankara awakened the 'Chetana'(consciousness) of a civilisation that was forgetting its own roots and made us Indians aware of our origins, our spiritual destination and in that way, he revived Dharma throughout India.

Hinduism will be finished in another century, columnist Abhijit Iyer Mitra predicts. Read why he thinks so

Abhijit draws from history to show parallels between what is happening in modern post-independence India and what happened to the religions of pre-Christian Europe and pre-Islamic Iran and Egypt, which are relegated to museums now.

Sangh and Hindu interests: A note on the RSS by a Sanghi who never went to a Shakha

Does the Sangh not see even the existentialist threats the Hindu society faces?

Hindus Under Siege: From ancient history to modernity, and the changing nature of the foes of our Civilisation

A Hindu nationalist government with absolute majority in power, in the second most populous country on earth, for the second consecutive term. Can we ever be under threat?

‘I, Narendra Damodardas Modi, on behalf of my country and its people’: Read what the PM’s ‘Sankalpa’ at Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan meant

PM Modi today did the Shilanyas and Bhoomi Pujan for the proposed Ram Mandir at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya.

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