HIndu Temples: What Happened to Them

Essays

Here it is: A Ready Reckoner of Aurangzeb’s Industrial-Scale Temple Destructions

Here it is: A Ready Reckoner of Aurangzeb’s Industrial-Scale Temple Destructions

A partial list of Hindu Temples destroyed by the Mughal king Aurangzeb

Romila Thapar's Haughty Screed and Sita Ram Goel's Scholarly Bulldozer

Romila Thapar's Haughty Screed and Sita Ram Goel's Scholarly Bulldozer

How Sita Ram Goel combined pristine scholarship with fearlessness in a spirit of cultural and national service.

Sita Ram Goel’s Letter to Romila Thapar is a Fine Model for Dealing with Left-Liberals: An Introduction

Sita Ram Goel’s Letter to Romila Thapar is a Fine Model for Dealing with Left-Liberals: An Introduction

Sita Ram Goel's letter to Romila Thapar is an exemplary work that combines solid historical scholarship and fearlessness in confronting a powerful opponent

Why Sita Ram Goel's Challenge Became a Nightmare for Marxist Historians

Why Sita Ram Goel's Challenge Became a Nightmare for Marxist Historians

The fearless history scholar and Marxist critic Sita Ram Goel challenged Romila Thapar and Marxist historians to prove their wild assertions about medieval Indian History

What Sitaram ji Said: An Introduction

What Sitaram ji Said: An Introduction

Without doubt, Ram Swarup, Sitaram Goel and Arun Shourie (before he irreversibly slid down the oily wall of slathered ambition and reached his current position) occupy places of deserved eminence in the pantheon of what is crudely known as Hindu revivalism after India attained freedom from about a thousand years

What Happens when a Hindu Temple is Destroyed

What Happens when a Hindu Temple is Destroyed

In the previous part of this series, we saw how Hindu temples show a remarkable sense of unbroken continuity and cultural unity in that they are still a living memory. The majestic Somanatha Devalaya that was rebuilt in 1951 is a superb testimony to this inherited knowledge-heritage, traditions, and