A Hindu temple project, planned to be the biggest in the country, is emerging as the focal point of a bitter feud involving missing funds, allegations of fraud, and ever longer delays in estimated completion dates.

Work has been underway on the Shri Sanatan Mandir for many years. The temple is being built in Ealing Road in Wembley, and planning permission was first granted by the London Borough of Brent two decades ago in 1987. The original completion deadline was December 1999, and the estimated budget was £7.5million, due to be funded entirely by the British Hindu public.

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The opening of Britain’s first state funded Hindu school has once again been embroiled in controversy after the I-Foundation announced its definition of who they would consider to be a Hindu for their school’s selection procedure. Although the I-Foundation later retracted its position due to negative publicity amongst British Hindus, the disctinct impression has been given that the school represents a rigid viewpoint of a particular sect and is not truly representative of the Hindu community.

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HinduHistory.net is a sister project of Hindu Voice UK. It aims to make learning about the history of Hindu civilization both accessible and fun. The site will combine serious research and scholarship, yet…

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Hindus in Malaysia staged an unprecedented show of resentment against their government by staging a huge rally in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. The protest, which was banned in advance by the Malaysian authorities, is variously estimated to have had up a 100,000 turnout.

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The election results for Gujarat, the land of origin for over half of Britain’s Hindus, have been announced today, with the outcome of a very one-sided victory for the Bhratiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Although it was expected for the Narendra Modi (who has been the Chief Minister for the last 7 years) to hang on to power for his third term, the extent of the victory was not predicted by both opinion surveys and exit polls.

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Over two hundred studies and over 2,500 books and articles have been published so far which examine the effects of violence in entertainment media on human behaviour. It has been blamed for causing psychological damage to children and leading to a rise in violent youth culture. But there are other forms of media related influence on human behaviour that are hardly ever mentioned or discussed. Take the example of Hindi TV serials, which actually tend to affect our mothers and aunties rather than children and youth.

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Non-violence is the cardinal virtue recognized in Sanatana Dharma or any universal tradition. Non-violence is the supreme Dharma, the great law of life. To the extent that we fall from non-violence we cease to be truly religious and lose our connection with God.

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Am I a practicing Hindu? I’ve always thought myself to be, and so has virtually everyone who knows me – I pray at home everyday, perform the daily puja along with the members of my family, I have been involved in a number of Hindu community activities, I have helped friends organise Hindu society activities in universities, oh… and I occasionally write for Hindu Voice (maybe that counts for something too). But according to the definition announced by Britain’s first state-funded Hindu school, I would not quite make it - I’m not a vegetarian, I don’t go to a public temple regularly and I don’t abstain from alcohol in an absolute way.

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When considering a marital partner – which of the following do you consider as being important…

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Often touted as the model of a modern Islamic state many were surprised at the recent upsurge of Hindu protests in Malaysia. A nation with a ten per cent Indian population and thirty percent ethnic Chinese after all could hardly afford to be perceived as biased, or so I thought.

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