Questions tagged [hinduism]
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Did the Indian Mathematician Aryabhata state that the earth was round and calculate diameter of earth
Aryabhata was a genius mathematician, no doubt. But there is also the books about astronomy supposedly written by him. It is believed by Indians that he stated that earth was round. He belonged to 476 AD.
The claims that state what Aryabhata stated…
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Was the Nazi Hakenkreuz logo based on the Indic swastika?
"Swastika" is sanskrit word for an ancient geometrical symbol, broadly used in Indic cultures. Amongst countries that were involved with World War II, it is associated with the Nazi flag, designed by Adolf Hitler, which used a stylised swastika…
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Is RSS offering Rs 500000 to Muslims to convert to Hinduism?
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is a right-wing, Hindu nationalist, volunteer organisation in India.
Manu Joseph posted on Facebook:
500,000 Indian Rupees is around $US7,500.
A random Quora user argues it is fake:
What you telling is non-sense…
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Is there a Hindu cult in India that drink cow urine to cure diseases?
Dailymail.co.uk claims that
A growing cult of Hindu worshippers in India claim that drinking fresh cow urine will help cure them of all diseases ...
This report by Mirror.co.uk says:
Many say the recent increase in the number of people drinking…
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Did the vedas accurately describe the planetary system like elliptical orbits and Sun being the centre?
There is a book called 108 eternal truths which claims many things which have been proved wrong on this site.
It makes the following claims about vedas describing the planetary system.
The Vedas are the most holy books for Hindus.
All three are from…
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Does this statue outside a school in India depict a Hindu Brahmin begging in front of Virgin Mary?
This video was circulating on social media with the following caption:
At the entrance of St. Mary's H. S., Manapparai, Tiruchy, Tamilnadu, a brahmin is depicted as begging in front of Virgin Mary. Should Co-existance and secularism mean…
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Are the various claims regarding Ancient Indian Science made in the AICTE/MHRD new book "Bharatiya Vidya Sar" for a Indian Elective Course true?
This question is based on the following petition and this and this news article.
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The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has proposed a new textbook that will discuss the ‘Indian knowledge system’ via a number of…
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Is the Hindu deity Ganesha considered vegetarian by Hindus?
In Meat and Livestock Australia criticised for advert of vegetarian Hindu God Ganesha, it's claimed that the Hindu deity Ganesha is regarded as vegetarian:
Indian Society of Western Australia spokesman Nitin Vashisht said the ad was…
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Can blindfolded people read and see through extra sensory perception?
I recently learnt about a guru in India who claims to open the 'third eye' for his disciples through a training program (that costs $10,000).
Though this sounds clearly fake, I cannot decode the 'trick' that enables the children to read whatever is…
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Did ancient Hindu texts describe the existence of photons as early as 3100 BCE?
BooksFact.com is a popular Vedic blog (17K YouTube followed, 3K FB followers). In 2014, they published an article that claims that the Bhagavata_Purana was written 5100 years and contains a description of Gauge bosons (using a term they translate to…
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Did the Garuda Purana explain the formation of embryo and consciousness before modern science?
The Garuda Purana is an Hindu text. Here is a chapter translated in 1911.
There is a widespread belief among Hindus that it accurately describes the formation of embryos and consciousness, and did so before modern science.
For example, this Quora…
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Is this cow urine study published in NCBI valid?
The cow is regarded as a sacred animal in Hinduism, and as expected, there are a lot of people in India (including very prominent religious leaders and politicians) who want to show that even its urine (and dung) has the potential for treating all…
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Are the quotes mentioned relating to weapons similar to nuclear weapons correct translations?
These are some quotes by Hindus which suggest that there were mentions of nuclear weapons in Ancient India.
These are copy and pasted across many sites without citing sources or telling us where it is from.
I'm asking for multiple quotes which are…
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Do "all" present-day Subcontinental Muslims have a "Hindu" ancestry?
Indian Muslims have Hindu ancestry: Subramanian Swamy
RSS may remind Muslims of their Hindu ancestry
I think by "Hindu" the interviewee referred to religion, not the gene. I think, he tried to tell us that at one point or another each and every…
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