Hindu Chants

Being sworn in as a Lok Sabha MP for the second time, BJP leader Ravi Kishan ended his oath by invoking a yogi, chanting a Hindu religious mantra and shouting a slogan hailing the Bhojpuri language and the people who speak it.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the grand old party earlier had a problem with 'Lord Ram' and now it has vowed to lock those who chant "Jai Bajrang Bali".

Muslims offering namaz at a designated open site in Gurgaon's Sector 37 were interrupted once again by right-wing Hindu groups, with tensions mounting as they performed a 'prayer' that claimed to commemorate the 26/11 terror attacks.

Mamata Banerjee's rendition of Hindu chants was mocked today by her one-time aide turned BJP rival Suvendu Adhikari, who slammed the Bengal Chief Minister's "I am a Hindu girl" comment.

The 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival ended on Thursday, with thousands across Mumbai taking idols of the Hindu god for immersion as part of the visarjan ceremony while raising chants of "Ganapati Bappa Morya".

Elaborate rituals for the June 27 grand wedding of the Mysuru's titular Maharaja Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraj began on Friday at the Ambi Vilas Palace in Mysuru amid chanting of Vedic hymns and invocation of Hindu goddess Chamundeshwari, a palace official said.

Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid faced protests on Saturday as he arrived in Kolkata to attend a programme. The protests were organised by a group called 'Hindu Samithi'. The protesters were carrying the BJP flags and asked Umar Khalid to chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.

A group of students at an Ivy League University near New York protested a performance by one of its white graduates, accusing her of "cultural appropriation" as she performed Hindu chants and meditation at an event on campus.

Hundreds of schools in Ahmedabad have received a government circular that orders them to perform prayers and chants for Saraswati puja on Saturday.

Faced with taunts by opposition benches that he was busy chanting 'Na Mo', Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the term means 'namaskar' to God in Hindu religion.

Keeping up a unique tradition, Hindu homes and temples in Kerala began to reverberate with the chant of 'Adhyatma Ramayanam' as the month of 'Karkitakam' of Malayalam calendar dawned on Wednesday.

At the Kanchi Shankaracharya's camp, a 24-hour mantra jaap (chanting of hyms) echoes across sector 6 of the 70-sq km large kumbh city. Adjacent to the Kanchi Peeth camp, the SGPC team at the kumbh prepares for the afternoon langar (community lunch). Hundreds of pilgrims, visitors and homeless at the kumbh have already queued up for the lunch. Acros...

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are set to tie the knot amid the chanting of mantras in India and an ashram in Rajasthan could be the venue.

Amid chanting of vedic hymns, a Hindu temple, built at a cost of 2 million pounds, has been opened in Wellingborough, Northampton of the UK.

Being sworn in as a Lok Sabha MP for the second time, BJP leader Ravi Kishan ended his oath by invoking a yogi, chanting a Hindu religious mantra and shouting a slogan hailing the Bhojpuri language and the people who speak it.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the grand old party earlier had a problem with 'Lord Ram' and now it has vowed to lock those who chant "Jai Bajrang Bali".

Muslims offering namaz at a designated open site in Gurgaon's Sector 37 were interrupted once again by right-wing Hindu groups, with tensions mounting as they performed a 'prayer' that claimed to commemorate the 26/11 terror attacks.

Mamata Banerjee's rendition of Hindu chants was mocked today by her one-time aide turned BJP rival Suvendu Adhikari, who slammed the Bengal Chief Minister's "I am a Hindu girl" comment.

The 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival ended on Thursday, with thousands across Mumbai taking idols of the Hindu god for immersion as part of the visarjan ceremony while raising chants of "Ganapati Bappa Morya".

Elaborate rituals for the June 27 grand wedding of the Mysuru's titular Maharaja Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraj began on Friday at the Ambi Vilas Palace in Mysuru amid chanting of Vedic hymns and invocation of Hindu goddess Chamundeshwari, a palace official said.

Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid faced protests on Saturday as he arrived in Kolkata to attend a programme. The protests were organised by a group called 'Hindu Samithi'. The protesters were carrying the BJP flags and asked Umar Khalid to chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.

A group of students at an Ivy League University near New York protested a performance by one of its white graduates, accusing her of "cultural appropriation" as she performed Hindu chants and meditation at an event on campus.

Hundreds of schools in Ahmedabad have received a government circular that orders them to perform prayers and chants for Saraswati puja on Saturday.

Faced with taunts by opposition benches that he was busy chanting 'Na Mo', Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the term means 'namaskar' to God in Hindu religion.

Keeping up a unique tradition, Hindu homes and temples in Kerala began to reverberate with the chant of 'Adhyatma Ramayanam' as the month of 'Karkitakam' of Malayalam calendar dawned on Wednesday.

At the Kanchi Shankaracharya's camp, a 24-hour mantra jaap (chanting of hyms) echoes across sector 6 of the 70-sq km large kumbh city. Adjacent to the Kanchi Peeth camp, the SGPC team at the kumbh prepares for the afternoon langar (community lunch). Hundreds of pilgrims, visitors and homeless at the kumbh have already queued up for the lunch. Acros...

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are set to tie the knot amid the chanting of mantras in India and an ashram in Rajasthan could be the venue.

Amid chanting of vedic hymns, a Hindu temple, built at a cost of 2 million pounds, has been opened in Wellingborough, Northampton of the UK.