There had been an earthquake in India, its epicentre in Bhuj in the western state of Gurjarat, the motherland of Cardiff's Indian population. In the coming hours, hundreds of people would gather at the Shree Swaminarayan Temple in Riverside, desperate to know what had happened; desperate ...
Maya WarrierUniversity of Wales LampeterSpringerInternational Journal of Hindu StudiesWarrier, M., 'The Temple Bull Controversy at Skanda Vale and the Construction of Hindu Identity in Britain', Hindu Studies, Volume 13, Number 3, (2010) pp. 261-278....
189. The well-known temple at Kāli Ghāṭ near Calcutta and other shrines of the goddess are during this night drenched with the blood of goats, and buffaloes, sacrificed in honour of the sanguinary goddess. Rāma-līlā, 'Rāma-play, ‘is celebrated in some parts of India on the day...
of rampant Hinduphobia in the UK. Between 2020 and 2021 there were 5,627 religious hate crimesrecorded by police in England and Wales. Just under half of these crimes, 2,703, were committed against Muslims, 1,288 against Jews, 521 against Christians and 166 were against Hindus. In Leiceste...