Reforms such as The Caste Disabilities Removal Act, 1850, the Hindu Widows ' Remarriage Act, 1856, the Hindu Inheritance ( Removal of Disabilities ) Act, 1928, the Hindu law of Inheritance ( Amendment ) Act, 1929, the Hindu Gains of Learning Act, 1930, the Hindu Women's Right to Property Act, 1937, the Hindu Married Women's Right to separate Residence and Maintenance Act, 1946 were all enacted to give relief to those who are not content to abide by ancient shastras.

He is a christian dalit, a member of the Dalit Freedom Network and a major figure in the movement against the Hindu Caste System.

Mount Meru of Hindu traditions has clearly mythical aspects, being described as 84, 000 Yojanas high, and having the Sun along with all its planets in the Solar System revolve around it as one unit.

The word " Somavanshi Kshatriya " means the second caste in the hierarchy of the Hindu Varna System.

This culture was fostered in its wake by the Zamindari system, the Dayabhaga System the Hindu Joint Family System, the Mitakshara System, the Muslim Zenana System, the Protestant spirit of free capitalist enterprise, the Mughal-inspired feudal system and the Nautch.

Modern Hindu Law as given by the Judicial System.

The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition.

A person is merged with the God or ultimate power when he discharges only & only good Karmas in last birth and the same is called as " Moksha " or " Nirvana ", which is the ultimate goal of a true Hindu.

Other countries with large Hindu populations include Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Fiji and the island of Bali.

* The Marwari New Year is celebrated on the day of the festival of Diwali, which is the last day Krishna Paksha of Ashvin month & also last day of the Ashvin month of Hindu calendar.

Popular stairway trails include the Stairway Trails in Bernal Heights, East-San Francisco, and the stairs at many hilltop Hindu temples such as the Palani Murugan Temple located in Tirumala, used during pilgrimage & Machu Picchu.

On the eve of independence in 1947, India ( including present day Pakistan & Bangladesh ) contained more than 600 princely states, each with its own ruler, often styled Raja or Thakur ( if the ruler were Hindu ) or Nawab ( if he were Muslim ), with a host of less current titles as well.

* The Marwari New Year is celebrated on the day of the festival of Diwali, which is the last day Krishna Paksha of Ashvin month & also last day of the Ashvin month of Hindu calendar.

Charitable & Hindu Religious Institutions & Endowments Act ( 1987 ) superseded the 1979 Act.

Hindu Rites, Rituals, Customs & Traditions.

Schools in the neighbourhood include Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bala Vidya Mandir, The Hindu Senior Secondary School, Bharath Senior Secondary School, Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School, Sishya, St Johns English School & Junior College, The School K. F. I.

at Taxila, an ancient center of Vedic & Buddhist learning, were probably an old sect of Hindu Naga sadhus.

Darshi ( Hindu By Religion ) ( Retd. PCS & Joint Secretary of Punjab Government During 1984 ), Chattar Singh Jiwan Singh, ISBN = 81-7601-468-0

* Katz, Nathan ; & Goldberg, Ellen S ; ( 1993 ) The Last Jews of Cochin: Jewish Identity in Hindu India.

* Passage to Peshawar: Pakistan: Between the Hindu Kush and the Arabian Sea, Simon & Schuster, 1983, ISBN 0-671-60539-9, ISBN 978-0-671-60539-1

In 1947, the major English newspaper in India were the Times of India ( Bombay ), Statesman ( Calcutta ), Hindu ( Madras ), Hindustan Times ( New Delhi ), Indian Express ( Bombay & Madras ) Amrita Bazaar Patrika ( Calcutta ).

During the long struggle for India ’ s Independence, the major English newspaper that served the national cause were the Hindu ( 1878 ), Amrita Bazaar Patrika ( 1868 ), & Hindustan Times ( 1924 ).

They are some of the earliest Hindu caves in the region and are dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva & Goddess Jogeshwari.

Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die: Death Stories of Tibetan, Hindu & Zen Masters.

The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir & Complex in Lilburn, _Georgia ( USA ) is a great example of how traditional Hindu architectural elements have been combined with modern building codes and construction techiques.

Following the partition in 1947, Gujral & Jaggi found themselves as one of many Hindu refugees fleeing to India to escape the rioting and upheaval.

A predominantly Hindu last name, it is found most commonly in the states of coastal areas of Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh, is a common surname in the states of Maharashtra, India.

( 2004 ) A Short history of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu Realm, Crows Nest, NSW: Allan & Unwin.

Likewise a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala, India is the Tabuh Rah blood offering to Theyyam gods, despite being forbidden in the Vedic philosophy of sattvic Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, Theyyam deities are propitiated through the cock sacrifice where the religious cockfight is a religious exercise of offering blood to the Theyyam gods.

In modern Hinduism slaughter according to the rituals permitted in the Vedic scriptures has become less common, though, the world's largest animal sacrifice occurs at Gadhimai, a Hindu festival which takes place every 5 years.

Indian Hindu artisans from the period of the Chola empire in Tamil Nadu, used bronze to create intricate statues via the lost wax casting method with ornate detailing depicting the Gods of Hinduism mostly, but also the lifestyle of the period.

A subject of much scholarship by sociologists and anthropologists, the Hindu caste system is sometimes used as an analogical basis for the study of caste-like social divisions existing outside Hinduism and India.

Brahma | Brahmā, the Hinduism | Hindu Deva ( Hinduism ) | deva of creation, emerges from a Nelumbo nucifera | lotus risen from the navel of Vishnu | Viṣņu, who lies with Lakshmi on the serpent Ananta Shesha

Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism are called Hindu Dharma, Buddha-Dharma, Jain-Dharma and Sikh dharma, respectively.

In Hinduism, Sacred Feminine or Shaktism is one of the three major Hindu denominations of worship along with Vishnu and Shiva.

The term ‘ Hindu ’ came to include persons professing any Indian religion ( i. e. Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism or Sikhism ) after India became an independent country

Contemporary Hinduism is mostly monistic, or in some instances monotheistic ( see Hindu views on monotheism ).

Over several thousand years, Jain influence on Hindu rituals has been observed and similarly the concept of non-violence has been incorporated into Hinduism.

The Hindu scholar, Lokmanya Tilak credited Jainism with influencing Hinduism and thus leading to the cessation of animal sacrifice in Vedic rituals.

Theistic schools of Hinduism such as Vedanta thus disagree with the Buddhist and Jain views and other Hindu views that karma is merely a law of cause and effect but rather is also dependent on the will of a personal supreme God.

Gandhi and Ambedkar often clashed because Ambedkar sought to remove the Dalits out of the Hindu community, while Gandhi tried to save Hinduism by exorcising untouchability.

Hinduism cannot be said to be purely polytheistic, as all great Hindu religious leaders have repeatedly stressed that while God's forms are many and the ways to communicate with him are many, God is one.

* Manu ( Hinduism ), Hindu progenitor of mankind

According to Karel Werner's Popular Dictionary of Hinduism, " ost Hindu places of pilgrimage are associated with legendary events from the lives of various gods ....

In her book, Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia, she writes that " As for Hinduism, the hierarchical principles of the Brahmanical social order have always been contested from within Hindu society, suggesting that equality has been and continues to be both valued and practiced.

Hoysala temples were not limited to any specific organised tradition of Hinduism and encouraged pilgrims of different Hindu devotional movements.

* In Hinduism, all festival are according to the Hindu calendar, based on the Vikram Samvat, which also functions as the national calendar of Nepal and Bangladesh.

The symbol was also introduced to Balinese Hinduism by Hindu kings.

Shantidas Adhikari was a Hindu preacher from Sylhet who converted King Pamheiba of Manipur to Hinduism in 1717 ..

While this branch of Indian philosophy is today not considered to be part of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy, some describe it as a atheistic or materialistic philosophical movement within Hinduism.