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...16th century mosque in the north Indian town of Ayodhya, which they insisted was the birthplace of the Hindu deity Ram. Those demonstrations led to the worst outbreak of sectarian violence since the 1947 Partition that created India and Pakistan. The party has been at the forefront of Amarnath controversy in Jammu, and with its announcement that it will undertake nationwide strikes over the issue, it is set to make Shiva's cave a presence in the general elections...
High up in the stunning Kashmir Valley lies a natural cave called Amarnath, where stalagmites form during the summer months. Devout Hindus believe this cave to be one of the holiest sites of their religion, and that the largest of the ice formations is a Shiva Lingam, the symbol of Lord Shiva. Hindu mythology has it that Shiva - the destroyer in the Hindu Trinity that includes Brahma the creator and Vishnu the preserver - imparted the secrets of creation to his consort, Parvati, in Amarnath. Each year, during the months of July and August, hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims from...
Ironically, the Amarnath cave has long been one of many symbols of Hindu-Muslim camaraderie. Legend has it that the cave was discovered by a Muslim shepherd, and Muslim vendors benefited from the religious tourism for years until 2000, when the cave was put under the authority of the government-run Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, the agency in charge of the shelters for pilgrims. Now, commentators see political opportunism at work across the political spectrum, not just the BJP. The move by the state's Congress government to allot 100 acres of forest land to the SASB, just months before...
...arrest of two militants armed with grenades in Srinagar late Sunday. He says the pair had rigged a motorbike with explosives that they planned to set off on Boulevard Road, next to queues of Hindus waiting to board buses to take them to a cave shrine at Amarnath...
...ouster of Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic [WORLD, Oct. 16] was a triumph of justice over greed and deception. There could never be adequate punishment in any court for Milosevic. But his defeat is proof that when people unite, energy is released that conquers evil. CHITRA AMARNATH New Delhi...