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Vijayadashami

Crime

Tamil Nadu: Extremists burn effigy of Lord Ram, raise slogans hailing Ravan, 4 arrested after video of desecration of Hindu deity goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2025

In the video, a group of men can be seen burning an effigy of Lord Ram wearing a garland of slippers.

Culture and History

“I want to stay in Kashi”: When Goddess Durga refused to leave Varanasi 260 years ago — Read about the ancient tradition wherein the...

सौम्या सिंह - 2 October, 2025

While Indians living in countries like the US, Canada, and Europe often import fibreglass idols of Goddess Durga, not meant to be immersed, the idol in Kashi is not immersed because of the Goddess's command.

News Reports

RSS centenary celebrations: ‘Diversity has become a reason for division’, ‘United Hindu society is a guarantee of security’ – Org Chief Mohan Bhagwat calls...

OpIndia Staff - 2 October, 2025

At RSS centenary celebrations, Mohan Bhagwat highlighted swadeshi and self-reliance as India’s path forward, cautioned against lawlessness and violent protests, emphasised Hindu unity, and underlined environmental warnings from the Himalayas while recalling the Pahalgam terror attack.

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CJI Gavai’s mother attacks Dussehra as a festival ‘harming social consciousness’: Turns RSS Vijaydashami invite into a Hinduphobia rant, but son Rajendra insists ‘she...

Shraddha Pandey - 29 September, 2025

However, her late husband Ramkrishna Suryabhan Gavai also known as Dadasaheb Gavai, a senior leader of the Republican Party of India (RPI), attended the valedictory ceremony of the Sangh Shiksha Varg in Nagpur as the chief guest in the year 1981.

OpIndia Explains

Why is Shastra Puja performed on Vijayadashmi, and the significance it holds for PM Modi

Anurag - 5 October, 2022

Shastra Puja involves worshipping Goddess Lakshmi, Parvati, and Saraswati to seek their blessings for strength and power.

News Reports

AIIMS issues advisory after the offensive Ram Leela play receives multiple complaints

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2021

Multiple people had filed complaint to AIIMS after clips of an offensive skit on Ram Leela performed by students went viral on social media.

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Complaint filed against AIIMS Delhi students who had performed a derogatory Ramleela skit

OpIndia Staff - 17 October, 2021

A complaint has been filed by the Kalinga Rights Forum against the derogatory Ram Leela skit performed by AIIMS students

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Dharma, Hindu Temples, Ayurveda, population control, and social unity: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s speech on Vijayadashami

OpIndia Staff - 15 October, 2021

Mohan Bhagwat reiterated that the Hindu society must become united, strong, vigilant and active in a way that they neither threaten anyone's existence nor fear others.

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