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9 unusual facts about The Hindu


Afanasy Nikitin

The Indian national newspaper, The Hindu, filed several reports of the expedition's progress.

Chikungunya outbreaks

On 24 August 2006, The Hindu newspaper reported that the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Kerala had reported 1.1 million (11 lakh) cases.

Faridkot, Okara

On 24 November 2009, The Hindu reported that a journalist from Islamabad who tried to interview people in Faridkot was threatened by plainclothes men and asked to leave.

On 6 December 2008, The Hindu and numerous other media outlets reported that Mohammad Ajmal Amir, son of Mohammad Amir Iman, an alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist captured alive during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, is from this village, rather than from Faridkot near Khanewal and Multan.

On 12 December 2008 The Hindu reported that his father in Faridkot confirmed Ajmal Kasab was his son.

G. K. Reddy

Later, he was Chief of Bureau for The Hindu until his death from cancer in 1987 while he was in New York.

Nanoor

The Hindu wrote, “On a long term, the killings, symbolising the birth of a new theatre of violence after Keshpur in district Midnapore - where deaths and maiming in political clashes have become a bizarre routine - constitute an extremely disturbing augury for the society in Bengal.

Pedavadlapudi

Representatives of The Hindu and the school management were present on the occasion and stressed on the importance of every student reading a newspaper.

R. A. Padmanabhan

He has worked in various newspapers, dailies and magazines like The Hindu, Dhinamani Kadhir, Ananda Vikadan, and Hindustan.


2005 Delhi bombings

According to The Hindu website, the eyewitnesses claim that the bomb was placed in a white colour Maruti van whose front and rear mirrors were shattered due to the explosion.

Kanimozhi

Before her entry into politics, Kanimozhi was involved in journalism, such as sub editor for The Hindu, editor in charge of Kungumam (a Tamil weekly magazine belonging to the Sun group), and a features editor for a Singapore-based Tamil newspaper called Tamil Murasu.

Karri Sriram

He has been a columnist for The Hindu and wrote a fortnightly column, Sedition and Perdition, for The New Indian Express.

Ponvayal

Randor Guy, a critic from The Hindu praised Ponvayal for its "interesting storyline, humorous dialogue by ATK and performances by Sarangapani, Manohar, Ramachandran, Mynavathi and Muthulakshmi," while concluding that the film would be "remembered for the interesting storyline, catchy music and dances by Susheela."

Saad bin Laden

On 24 July 2009, The Hindu reported that senior Taliban spokesmen claimed Saad bin Laden was not killed, or even hurt, during the missile attack.

T. P. Rajeevan

Anita Nair in a review appeared in the Hindu said that the collection would dazzle the reader even as one skimmed through it.

Then Nilavu

V. Balasubramaniam of The Hindu said, "A. M. Rajah's tryst with composing includes super duper hit songs from the films "Kalyana Parisu," "Aadi Perukku" and "Then Nilavu.

When Strangers meet

His vigorous marketing techniques were compared to the likes of Chetan Bhagat, Amish tripathi, Ravinder Singh & Durjoy Dutta in a cover story by The Hindu.


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1950 Barisal Riots

The Hindu jewellery shops were looted in the presence of police officers.

2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence

In India, activists of Gairik Bharat burned an effigy of Sheikh Hasina in Silchar, in protest against her failure to protect the Hindu minorities in Bangladesh.

Abdul Subhan Qureshi

Police sources told The Hindu that he participated in the October,1999 SIMI conference where Sheikh Yasin, the head of the Hamas and the Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad, were among those who delivered speeches through a telephone network.

Adinath

Adinath Shiva, a title of the Hindu deity Shiva (sometimes used)

Annamalaiyar Temple

Widespread protests and litigation with the Supreme Court of India, however, led the Archaeological Survey to cede the temple back to the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board.

Annie Rix Militz

At the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, she met the Hindu teacher Swami Vivekananda, an event that influenced her to turn away from her formerly Christian view of New Thought to become inclusively interfaith.

Aouda

The daughter of a Bombay Parsi merchant, she was married against her will to the Hindu ruler of Bundelkhand, an Indian princely state.

Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached

The inspirational sloka was Swamiji's message to the Hindus to get out of their hypnotized state of mind.

Arya Samaj in Suriname

The arrival of Arya Samaj preachers in Suriname, in 1929, caused a rift in the Hindu community, between the followers of Sanatan Dharm and the Ārya Samāj.

Bradford Lakshmi Narayan Hindu Temple

The temple is unusual in housing most of the major deities revered by the Hindu community, in addition to Lakshmi Narayan, the main deities.

C. R. Pattabhi Raman

As Pattabhiraman was born after a Naga Prathistha yagna or a sacrifice to the Hindu god Nāga by Seethamma who had earlier suffered two miscarriages, Pattabhiraman was initially named Nagaraj.

Cadambathur Tiruvenkatacharlu Rajagopal

He showed that the series for tan1x discovered by James Gregory and those for sin x and cos x discovered by Isaac Newton were known to the Hindu mathematicians 150 years earlier.

Charles Keeler

In 1910 he took a worldwide poetry reading tour; he read before Queen Liliuokalani in Hawaii and the Emperor of Japan, and was a house guest of the Hindu poet Sarojini Naidu in Hyderabad, India.

Continuity thesis

He sees specific influences in Alhazen's physical optical theory, Chinese mechanical technologies leading to the perception of the world as a machine, the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, which carried implicitly a new mode of mathematical atomic thinking, and the heliocentrism rooted in in ancient Egyptian religious ideas associated with Hermeticism.

Denison's barb

Equally if not more important breeding efforts have been carried out by Chester Zoo and two amateur fish-lovers from Chennai, Venkatesh and Murali (as reported by The Hindu in October 2008).

Doleshwor Mahadeva Temple

The Hindu activist Bharat Jangam had been researching and claiming that Doleshwar Mahadev is the head part of Kedarnath based on the surprising links between Kedarnath and Doleshwor.

Gibraltar Hindu Temple

In 2012, the Mayor of Gibraltar, Anthony Lima, made the news when he announced that he was inviting the Hindu community into Gibraltar City Hall to celebrate the Hindu festival of Deepavali.

H. V. Sheshadri

He was one of the most important leaders of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and devoted his entire life for promoting the Hindu cause.

Harsidhhi

Harsidhhi, a contracted form or, at its very least, a form of "Harshad Amba" - The Happy Mother, is considered one of the aspect of Amba and Kalika, the Hindu Devi.

Hindu Higher Secondary School

The schools roots are in two boys' schools in the Triplicane area of Madras, the Dravida Pathasala (Pathasala means school in Sanskrit) for Tamil boys and the Hindu Balura Pathsala for Telugu boys.

Hinduism in Goa

In the 16th century most Hindus fled the Portuguese territories to the territories held by the Hindu rajas of Sonde and the Canara and Malabar Coast where significant communities of Konkani Goan Hindus still survive until today.Very few Hindus continued to exist in the Portuguese held Velha conquistas.

Holiest sites in Sufi Islam

In some parts of the Islamic world, such as in Pakistan, these festivals are multi-day events and even draw members of the Hindu minority who often revere the Muslim saint, such as in the case of the famous Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sindh, Pakistan - an important example of religious syncretism that blurs the distinction between members of different religions.

Journey to Everest

As they struggle with their decision of whether to continue on their trek, their faith comes into the fore as they experience the Hindu/Buddhist world of Kathmandu, Nepal, face the challenges of the Everest Region, and discover the depths of who they are as Christians in a life-altering way.

K. Pathmanaban

His remains were cremated at the Hindu crematorium in Cheras and the ashes were taken to Port Dickson to be scattered in the sea according to Hindu rites.

Kalakala

Kalantaka or Kalakala, aspect of the Hindu god Shiva as destroyer of Death

Khalsa Mahima

Guru Gobind Singh explains the role of the Saint Soldiers (Sant Sipahi) to the Hindu Brahmins.

Kumbha of Mewar

A very tall and powerful man, he was about 7 feet tall; he held the Hindu flag flying high in an age when several Hindu kings like Kapilendradeva of east India, Deva Raya II of south India and Man Singh Tomar of central India defeated the Turkic invaders in different parts of India and expanded their kingdoms.

Lady Brabourne College

Lady Brabourne took the initiative in establishing this institution following complaints from Muslim girls that they were discriminated by the Hindu establishment at the elite Bethune College, which is incidentally the first women's college in India.

Lakshminarasimha Temple, Haranhalli

The sanctum of the three shrines contain an image of the Hindu god Vishnu; Venugopala, Keshava and Lakshminarasimha.

Manasa

Manasa is ceremonially worshipped on Nag Panchami - a festival of snake worship in the Hindu month of Shravan (July–August).

Mangilal Arya

Arya devoted his career to Arya Samaj, the Hindu reform movement of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, working as a freedom fighter and social reformer.

Muktagachha Shiva temple

The Hindu Rabidas community perform a two-day-long Kattyani Puja, locally known as the 'Shat' Puja, in the Bengali month of Kartik.

Palwankar Baloo

The (high-caste) Brahmins in the Hindu side were against it, but some Telugu members argued for his inclusion, as did Captain Greig.

Phalgu

The 15 days of the waning moon during the Hindu month of Ashvin are known as pitrapaksh.

Phnom Kulen

Carvings include a stone representation of the Hindu god Vishnu lying on his serpent Ananta, with his wife Lakshmi at his feet.

Production of Caminho das Índias

Using the cities of Jaipur, Jodhpur and Mumbai as references, the art director built 42 shops and a complete temple in honor of the Hindu god Shiva, in addition to the façades and entries of a movie theater and the terracota-colored households of the four main Indian families of the story.

Pushpaka

Pushpaka Vimana, a flying chariot mentioned in the Hindu epic Ramayana

Ranabai

On the samadhi site at Harnawa village there is an annual grand fair organized every year on the Hindu calendar date bhadva sudi teras, when devotees come from far off places.

Rinchan

The Hindu Brahmin Pandits did not accept Rinchin into Hinduism due to his race and ethnic origin.

Rudra veena

As Rudra is a name for the Hindu god Shiva, rudra vina literally means "the veena dear to Shiva".

Rushcart

There is a curious similarity between this festival and the Hindu festival of the chariot of Jagannath.

Siddhivinayak Temple, Siddhatek

The Ganesh Chaturthi festival is celebrated from the first to the fifth day of the Hindu month of Bhadrapada, where Ganesh Chaturthi is the fourth day.

Sri Kodandaramaswami Temple

Sri Kodandaramaswami Temple, Tirupati, located in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, is a temple dedicated to the Hindu deities Sita, Rama and Lakshmana.

Sudra

Shudra, one of the Varnas in the traditional four-section division in the Hindu caste system created by Lord Krishna

The Garden of One Thousand Buddhas

The statue of Tara can be used for the Hindu practice of darshan, similar to Buddhist deity-visualization meditations, wherein a worshiper focuses intensely on the symbolism of a temple's principal deity.

The Hindu Friday Review Music Festival

The Hindu Friday Review Music Festival is an annual music festival held in Chennai, India.

Timothy Rub

He also developed a touring exhibitions program that sent exhibitions from the museum to Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul, Munich, and a number of venues in North America, and was responsible for a number of new acquisitions, including a 10th-century Chola temple sculpture of the Hindu god Shiva.

Visvanatha Sastriyar

Notable among them were a Chola-era mythological Mavaikuruvanji and Kurunathar Killividudutu a panegyric on the Hindu god Skanda.

Waheguru

Bhai Gurdas at one place in his Varan (I.49) construes "vahiguru" as an acrostic using the first consonants of the names of four divine incarnations of the Hindu tradition appearing in four successive eons.

Waithali

According to the Anandacandra Inscription, carved in 729 AD, the subjects of the Waithali Kingdom practiced Mahayana Buddhism, and proclaims that the ruling dynasty of the kingdom were descendants of the Hindu god, Shiva.