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AP PHOTOS: Indian pilgrims throng Nepal’s most revered Hindu temple, Pashupatinath
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of Indian pilgrims arrive at daybreak at Pashupatinath, the most revered Hindu temple in Nepal, after traveling long distances in buses.
Removal of Netflix Film Shows Advancing Power of India’s Hindu Right Wing
The trailer for “Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food” promised a sunny if melodramatic story of uplift in a south Indian temple town. A priest’s daughter enters a cooking tournament, but social obstacles complicate her inevitable rise to the top. Annapoorani’s father, a Brahmin sitting at the top of Hindu society’s caste ladder, doesn’t want her to cook meat, a taboo in their lineage. There is even the hint of a Hindu-Muslim romantic subplot.
Annapoorani: Netflix removes Nayanthara film after backlash from Hindu groups
An Indian film that received backlash for "hurting Hindu religious sentiments" has been removed from Netflix, days after it began streaming.
India court restores life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men who raped a Muslim woman in 2002 riots
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Monday restored life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men who raped a Muslim woman during deadly religious rioting two decades ago and asked the convicts to surrender to the authorities within two weeks.