• consolidation aspect of Hinduism, in North India, especially Punjab in early 1900s, though it gradually spread across India. Shuddhi had a social reform agenda...
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    started the socio-political Shuddhi Movement that was derived from this ancient rite. The non-Hindu partner is converted to Hinduism through this purification...
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  • Shuddhi (film), a 2017 Indian Kannada-language film Shuddhi (Hinduism), type of conversion to Hinduism Purity in Buddhism Suddha (disambiguation) Sudi (disambiguation)...
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  • the core culture of Hinduism outside India. Religious leaders of some Hindu reform movements such as the Arya Samaj launched Shuddhi movement to proselytise...
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  • return Hinduism to its universality of the Vedas. To this end, the Arya Samaj started Shuddhi movement in early 20th century to bring back Hinduism to people...
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    wanted to develop missionary Hinduism based on the universality of the Vedas. To this end, the Arya Samaj started Shuddhi movement in the early 20th century...
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    Hindu deities are the gods and goddesses in Hinduism. Deities in Hinduism are as diverse as its traditions, and a Hindu can choose to be polytheistic...
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  • gaining mastery over these elements and purifying them is called Bhuta Shuddhi. Pancha Bhuta Stalam is representation of Pancha Bhuta for yogic practice...
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    The following is a list of converts to Hinduism from other religions or a non-religious background. Nayanthara Julia Roberts Sati Kazanova Russell Brand...
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    ritual of doing auspicious red mark(s) using kanku (kumkum) and rice. Hinduism has a long tradition of arti songs, simply referred to as arti, sung as...
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  • Ghar Wapsi (category Hinduism-related controversies)
    Christians and Muslims who were previously converted. The process is viewed as Shuddhi or "purification" rather than conversion, since they state, through Ghar...
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    Klaus K. (2008). Hinduism: A Beginner's Guide. Oneworld Publications. ISBN 978-1851685387. Nicholson, Andrew (2013). Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and...
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    and necks, as common serpents, or as half-human, half-snake beings in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Nagaraja is the title given to the king of the...
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  • his earlier work of the shuddhi movement (re-conversion to Hinduism), which he turned into an important force within Hinduism. In 1922, Dr. Ambedkar called...
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  • This is a list of materials with religious significance in Hinduism. For more information, see the linked articles. Agarwood or oud, resinous heartwood...
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    flowers, and water or food to the divine, is the essential ritual of Hinduism. For the worshipper, the divine is visible in the image, and the divinity...
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  • conversion of Hindus to Islam in India Ghar Wapsi List of converts to Hinduism Shuddhi (Hinduism) Mishra, Ishita (2 February 2015). "Minorities commission says...
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    auspicious ceremony", and refers to the funeral rites for the dead in Hinduism, which usually involves cremation of the body. This rite of passage is...
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    Dhyāna (Sanskrit: ध्यान) in Hinduism means contemplation and meditation. Dhyana is taken up in Yoga practices, and is a means to samadhi and self-knowledge...
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    commonly used in Ayurveda, and has a place within the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, in which devotees perform worship involving holy basil plants or leaves...
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    offering on an image or murti of a deity. This is common to religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. An abhiṣeka is conducted by priests by bathing the...
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    played a significant role during Shuddhi movement which was initiated by Arya Samaj to convert Muslims into Hinduism. The Jamat Raza-e-Mustafa prevented...
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  • Hindus. Shraddhanand led the Shuddhi movement that aimed to bring Hindus who had converted to other religions back to Hinduism. In 1893, the Arya Samaj members...
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    illustrated encyclopedia of Hinduism (1st ed.). New York: Rosen. p. 122. ISBN 0823922871. Retrieved 29 May 2022. Encyclopaedia of Hinduism. Sarup & Sons. 1999...
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    In Hinduism, the tilaka (Sanskrit: तिलक), colloquially known as a tika, is a mark worn usually on the forehead, at the point of the ajna chakra (third...
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  • community converted to Hinduism in the early part of the 20th century, during the course of the shuddhi movement. The shuddhi campaign among the Malkanas...
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    the Shuddhi movement to proselytize and reconvert Muslims and Christians back to Hinduism, while those such as the Brahmo Samaj suggested Hinduism to be...
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    Sadhu (category Titles and occupations in Hinduism)
    spelled saddhu, is a religious ascetic, mendicant or any holy person in Hinduism and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life. They are sometimes alternatively...
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  • (Bhakti). The chanting of mantras is the most popular form of worship in Hinduism. The Vedas are liturgical texts (mantras and hymns). Stuti is an umbrella...
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