Vedic Age: Forget going back to it!
Vedic Age seems to be the Utopia that some Hindus hang on to. All the modern ills of society, they claim, can be cured by a return to the Vedic traditions.
I vehemently disagree! Vedic Age does appear in our legends and histories as a time when the society did have lesser problems. But the major [...]
Orissa temples highly Xenophobic
Temples in Orissa practise xenophobia and are extremely rigid about it. The priests in these temples think it is their right to deny foreigners entry into the temples, and are even unrepentant about this.
It was very sad to read that the Thai princess, Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, was denied entry into the Puri Jagannath temple just [...]