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The Story of Shivaji’s Coronation
First published on December 15, 2015The Coronation …“By the beginning of 1673 the idea of a public coronation began to materialize, and when preparations were fully completed, the event...
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Bridging Faiths, Uniting Hearts: Innovating Interfaith Dialogue on Campus
An Inspiring Journey with Hindu Muslim Harmony Fellows Sharing Stories of Fostering Peace and Understanding
Mira Road: Mosque clerics welcome people from across religion and caste to Jama Masjid Al Shams this Ramzan
Muzaffar Hussain, a former legislator and managing trustee of the mosque extended the invitation for all, to unite people of different religions on one platform and tear down barriers between communities
Sufidar Trust, Walajah Big Mosque: The 4 decades long tradition of Hindus serving Iftar meals to Muslims during Ramzan
As a testament of the philosophy of religious unity, a temple honouring the teachings of Sufi saint Shahenshah Baba Nebhraj Sahib by preparing Iftar meals for 1200 Muslims
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala to Malerkotla in Punjab, spontaneous community initiatives celebrate harmony & syncretism
Examples of interfaith solidarity and harmony arise from Kerala to Punjab as collective efforts by communities on-ground spread love in an era which has witnessed perpetrated hatred.
Hatred towards Muslims will not do any good to us or the nation says Kerala BJP leader C.K. Padmanabhan
Claiming that 'My Hindutva is that of Swami Vivekananda and (Kerala social reformer) Sree Narayana Guru. I don’t need anyone else’s (Hindutva), he adds that, “ Our nation’s strength is our unity and its beauty is our multiculturalism'
The Fire next time: an impassioned plea to the nation for communal sanity
From the archives of Communalism Combat, No. 20, March 1996
Incidents of everyday harmony from Punjab to Lakshadweep Islands
India’s diverse communities and their aspirations for a diverse and harmonious society is revealed in the multiple events of interfaith harmony organised by citizens from West Bengal to Punjab, and from Lakshadweep to Tamil Nadu.
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Who is afraid of the writings of Babasaheb Ambedkar?
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Temples should propagate equal respect to all religions: Gandhi on inaugurating Birla Temple
Satyapal Malik, the ex-Governor of many states stated that...
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