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‘Hurts Sentiments’: India Condemns Demolition Of Hindu Deity Statue In Thailand-Cambodia Clashes | World News

‘Hurts Sentiments’: India Condemns Demolition Of Hindu Deity Statue In Thailand-Cambodia Clashes | World News

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Last Updated:December 24, 2025, 20:52 IST MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that Hindu and Buddhist deities are deeply revered across the region and form part of a shared civilisational heritage. Videos shared on social media platforms showed Thailand’s army using an excavator to demolish the nine-metre Hindu deity statue. (X) India on Wednesday condemned the demolition of a Hindu deity’s statue in a Cambodian temple complex by Thailand military amid ongoing border clashes, saying that such actions hurt the sentiments of devotees around the world. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the statue had been built in recent times and was located in a region impacted by the continuing tensions between the two neighbouring countries. “We have seen reports on the demolition of a statue of a Hindu religious deity, built in recent times, and located in an area affected by the ongoing Thai-Cambodia border dispute,” Jaiswal said. He said that Hindu and Buddhist deities are deeply revered across the region and form part of a shared civilisational heritage. He said …

From the steppes with shamanism: The Hu makes hits with praises to the sky deity

From the steppes with shamanism: The Hu makes hits with praises to the sky deity

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— An eight-man heavy metal band from Mongolia known as The Hu has done what few thought could happen in the 21st century: Create a new genre of folk-metal music. Decked out in black war regalia out of the 13th century, they sing invocations to a Mongolian sky deity and odes to 13th century warlord Genghis Khan. From the steppes with shamanism: The Hu makes hits with praises to the sky deity Not that anyone seems to really notice. At a recent performance opening for heavy metal superstars Iron Maiden at the Tacoma Dome in Washington state, the band’s lead singers, winging their long black hair to the raucous beat, belt out their lyrics in a deep guttural drone-like style known as throat singing. In Mongolian. Their success — The Hu is the first Mongolian band to top a Billboard chart , with the remaining 10% evangelical Christians, Tengrists/shamans, Muslims, Mormons and a sliver of Catholics. In the Mongolian tradition, shamans use rituals and trance states to communicate with the dead or spiritual beings. Although …

‘I sat before the deity and…’ – India TV

‘I sat before the deity and…’ – India TV

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Image Source : PTI (FILE) Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Sunday said that he had prayed to God for a resolution to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute and expressed confidence that if one has faith, God will find a way. He was addressing residents of his native Kanhersar village in Khed taluka where he was felicitated. ‘I sat before the deity…’ “Very often we have cases (to adjudicate) but we don’t arrive at a solution. Something similar happened during the Ayodhya (Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute) which was in front of me for three months. I sat before the deity and told him he needs to find a solution,” he said. Asserting that he prays regularly, the CJI said, “Believe me, if you have faith, God will always find a way.” Supreme Court Ayodhya verdict  A momentous chapter in the Ayodhya dispute unfolded on November 9, 2019, when the Supreme Court, led by then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, delivered a landmark judgment. CJI Gogoi settled a …

Kerala guv Arif Mohammad Khan visits Ayodhya’s Ram Temple, bows down before deity | Watch video | Latest News India

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Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan visited the Ram temple in Uttar Pradesh Ayodhya on Wednesday. Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.(X/RajBhawan) In a video posted on X, Kerala Raj Bhawan said the governor visited the Ram Temple and had a darshan. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! The handle also posted a video of Khan bowing before the idol of Ram Lalla as chants of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ echo in the background. Later, Khan told reported that he visited Ayodhya twice earlier in January. “I came to Ayodhya twice in January. The feeling at that time is the same even today,” Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said, according to news agency PTI. He further said: “I have come to Ayodhya many times. It is not just a matter of happiness for us, instead it is a matter of pride, that coming to Ayodhya and worshipping Shriram.” the governor told reporters. Last week, Khan addressed a seminar on …

55 Hindu deity sculptures found inside Gyanvapi complex: ASI survey report on mosque | Lucknow News

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A total of 55 stone sculptures were found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex during the survey conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India, including 15 “Shiva linga”, three sculptures of “Vishnu”, three of “Ganesha”, two of “Nandi”, two of “Krishna”, and and five of “Hanuman”, the ASI report states. The ASI, tasked by the Varanasi district court to ascertain whether the mosque was “constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple”, has concluded that a temple “appears to have been destroyed in the 17th century, during the reign of Aurangzeb and part of it… modified and reused in the existing structure”. The ASI report — it’s in four volumes — was made public Thursday after copies of it were handed over to Hindu and Muslim litigants by the court. As per Volume 3, one “Makara” stone sculpture, one “Dwarpala”, one “Apasmara Purusha”, one “Votive shrine”, 14 “fragments”, and seven “miscellaneous” stone sculptures were also found during the ASI survey. A total of 259 “stone objects” were found, including the 55 stone sculptures, 21 household …