Tag: British Hindu
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Hindus: most environmentally conscious of Britain’s faith groups
A report by Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life (IIFL) concluded that Hindus in the UK are most likely to engage in environmentally friendly behaviour than other religious groups. The report was based on a survey of Britain’s three largest religious communities; Christians, Muslims, and Hindus – Britain’s three largest religious communities, questioned…
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10-year-old Krish Arora beats Einstein in IQ test
Krish Arora; a 10-year-old British Hindu from Hounslow, has scored the maximum possible IQ of 162, placing him in the top 1% of the population and surpassing the estimated IQs of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking (160). From a young age, Krish was well ahead of his peers. He was reading fluently by age 4…
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St Albans; a new home for the Madhva Vaishnavas in the UK
22nd December 2024: Inauguration rituals took place at the new Venkata Krishna Vrundavan Mandir in St Albans. Located in a former church, this is the UK branch of the Sri Puthige Matha. The Puthige Matha is one of the Ashta-mathas, or eight monasteries established by Shri Madhcacharya, who lived either between 1199-1278 or 1230-1317 CE in…
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Hindu Chairman heralds new era for English Football Club
February 2024: Florida based entrepreneur Shilen Patel and his Father Kiran Patel acquired an 87.8% stake in West Bromwich Albion. Known locally as ‘the Baggies’, this West Midlands football club was formed in 1878. Shilen Patel, who also has a minority share in Italian Series A club, Bologna, is now the Chairman of West Bromwich…
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The Kashmiri Hindu Identity: 33 Years On
On 9th February 2023, Kings College London’s Hindu Society in collaboration with UCL Hindu Society and Imperial Hindu Society hosted an event on Kashmiri Identity at UCL. The evening featured an incredible presentation and Q and A from Kashmiri youth, who’s parents had witnessed and experienced first-hand the exodus in Kashmir during 1990. The event…
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1516 – Andrea Corsali and Ahimsa
Italian explorer Andrea Corsali references Gujaratis & the Hindu concept of Ahimsa in a letter Andrea Corsali worked for the Florentine Giuliano di Lorenzo de’ Medici, one of the wealthiest Italian families. The Medici dynasty had become famous through its trade routes and never ignored any new trade routes. Corsali was financed by the family…
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1202 – Fibonnaci
Liber Abaci triggers widespread adoption of the Hindu numeral system by Europe In the Liber Abaci (1202), Fibonacci introduced the so-called modus Indorum (method of the Indians), today known as the Hindu numeral system. The manuscript book advocated numeration with the digits 0–9 and place value. The book showed the practical use and value of…
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976 – Hindu numeral system adopted by Christian monks
In Christian Europe, the first mention and representation of Hindu numerals (from one to nine), is in the Codex Vigilanus, a collection of several historical documents from the Visigothic period in Spain, written in the year 976 by three monks of the Riojan monastery of San Martin de Albelda. Between 967 and 969, Gerbert of Aurillac discovered…
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200CE – Philostratus, The Greek Philosopher
Did Pythagorus study under Hindu Rishis in Bharat? The third-century CE philosopher, Philostratus, claimed that Pythagoras studied under the tutelage of Hindu Rishis in Bharat. “Many centuries ago, there lived a great teacher who was part of an ancient Guru Paramparaâ tradition. For nearly forty years he travelled extensively and studied at the feet of…
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200 BCE – Snakes and Ladders
Moksha Patam, or ‘Snakes and Ladders’, as it is known in English, gained popularity in the West in the 20th Century, having originated in Bharat as part of a family of dice board games, along with Gyan chauper and pachisi (present-day Ludo and Parcheesi). The game has a strong association with traditional Hindu philosophy contrasting…