Muslim artisans create elaborate Durga puja tableaux for Hindu festivals
Tag: Religion and Spirituality
Hindu Muslim Unity: Urdu poets celebrate Krishna
Many Sufis expressed love of God through Urdu poetry about Krishna
Hindu Muslim Unity: Religious Harmony not an option but a necessity
“There is no such thing as a self-made anything. Everybody depended on somebody else to get here, and stay here”
Hindu Muslim Unity: Muslims inaugurate Kali temple on Diwali
KOLKATA: As the country celebrated the festival of Diwali and Kali Puja, a mosque in West Bengal’s Birbhum district was busy celebrating communal harmony as they inaugurated a Hindu temple in the vicinity. The temple, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, was inaugurated on Sunday evening amid Kali Puja revelry in Basapara, located in the…
Bali or Bhakti: Animal Sacrifice in Hinduism
Some claim that for Kali and Durga meat is mahaprasad. But are blood offerings and animal sacrifice necessary to please God?
Hindu Muslim Unity: Interfaith Spouses Celebrate Ismaili Imamat Day
“The common thread which bonded interfaith families was their love for family and humanity.”
Hindu Muslim Unity: Sikh engineer creates Ramadan app
Kuldeep Singh Saini, a mechatronics engineer developed the app Ramadan 2016 which helps keep a track of the direction of prayer, iftar (meal after sunset), sehri (pre-dawn meal), prayer timings, and has been downloaded more than 500,000 times.
Hindu Muslim Unity: How Indus River cultures shaped Sufism
The strand of Sufism which emerged on the banks of Indus, consciously eschewed religious orthodoxy and, at times, even rebelled against it.
Hindu Muslim Unity: Hindu Family makes Tazias for Muharram
A tazia is a replica of Imam Hussain’s tomb. In Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu family makes Tazias during Muharram.
Hindu Muslim Unity: Muslim girls chant Sanskrit hymns
It’s a language traditionally associated with sacred Hindu texts. But about 100 Muslim girls in two Jharkhand schools have shattered the stereotype about Sanskrit, choosing the classical language over Urdu and Persian, saying it is much easier to learn and score good marks in.
Hindu Muslim Unity: Imam performs and fasts for Durga puja
Shahid Ali, a Muslim priest, performs rituals for Durga, fasts for Navratri, and is familiar with Hindu shastras
