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Rana Chandra Singh

Help needed with this article. Feel free. yousaf465'

An editor would like to make quite a number of significant changes to Template:Hinduism, an important template which appears on many articles. Please discuss at Template_talk:Hinduism#Reorganisation (it's more than a reorganization, as it includes many removals and additions). Priyanath ^talk 15:08, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please check out Saptashrangi

As part of an article merger I recently did some cleanup on that page. However, it's very possible that I botched something. Please take a look and improve the article wherever you can. @harej 22:53, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Call for editors to help manage religion related content

Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Religion#Coordination of activity. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 19:12, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Created stub for Tridevi

... because there were already (red) links to it in other articles, thus an obvious need; and because it is the counterpart to existing Trimurti. However, this is a very short article, one paragraph, as I didn't want to make stupid mistakes by overreaching. It would be nice to see it reach even half the length of the Trimurti article, but that will require more knowledgeable writers. — Sizzle Flambé (☎/✍) 18:22, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Angad kood

I have read about this is my schoolbook. When i was in my 4th or 5th standard there was a lesson in my Hindi textbook on Angad kood. I could not find any reference of this on internet. But the lesson Angad kood i liked so much that i remember it till date. So i request you to anyone please find a reference for this article and please provide your feedback if any one has read about this anywhere. Thanks and Regards. Premchanda (talk) 05:50, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edits on the page for Swami Shanti Kali Maharaj

I just viewed the page for Swami Shanti Kali, a martyred priest who worked in Tripura. There were a number of recent edits by a single person which are simply inexplicable. First, the link to the organization responsible for his death, NLFT, had been replaced by a link to an unrelated Hindu organization. Second, the entire section on his background had been altered with derogatory phrases being littered around in an essentially arbitrary manner. Finally, this person had edited the section on his death attributing it to a political party in India, apparently having forgotten that he had blamed it on a Hindu organization in the introduction. I went through and basically reverted to the last edit. I don't understand why someone would engage in such a meaningless act. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.187.114.241 (talk) 01:38, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Photographs of Gods/Goddesses

Most of the articles about Gods/Goddesses have photographs of paintings from different museums. But these paintings often do not portray the popular image of the Gods/Goddesses. They are not as per the iconography. Is it possible to replace these with photographs of Deities of temples. Is there any copyright issue involved here? Any other problem?--Sankarrukku (talk) 09:16, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Most temples do not allow photographs of the deities. So old (out of copyright) photographs need to be used to avoid copyright issues. Paintings from museums are reliable sources and depict accurate iconography pertaining to the era of creation of the paintings. Replacements of such paintings should be considered on case-to-case basis. If you can point out specific articles where iconography is inaccurate in your view, replacements can be found or WP:RS can be consulted to verify iconography. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 15:04, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

LGBT themes in Hindu mythology

This article has been nominated for GA. Please comment on the GA review page here. Thanks. --Nemonoman (talk) 18:02, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article has been passed as a GA. Please review your article rating -- it is currently listed as "C-Class". This should probably be changed. --Nemonoman (talk) 13:37, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

new article on the adhyatma ramayana

Reference in the Adhyatma Ramayana to the hunting and gathering community .

8-28 to 8-41 delineates that "In the forest nearby, Rama and Lakshmana hunted a permitted wild animal, cooked it, offered it, and took the meat for the day as meal"

pg 81, Adhyatma Ramayana by swami tapasyananda, Sri Ramakrishna Math.

This verse proves the nature of the vanvas of Sri Rama as hunters and gatherers and proves the non vegetarian nature of the Vishnu and Vishnavite community. In a frank unbiased investigation , is the need to know the switch to vegetarianism and the loss of many or 'permitted' animals with time. This is a call for research into the foods and diets of people in Hinduism and how it has changed with time, like for example are boar and buffalo permitted animals in Sri Ramas time? This would constitute beef and pork or probably not? With the country divided on these lines, maybe the research is useful? Anil.bheemaiah (talk) 06:58, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article is Adhyatma Ramayana-The Hunting and gathering community; I think the article needs several secondary sources to establish notability, at present looks tough to survive on wikipedia. --Nvineeth (talk) 08:02, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article is not yet completed and is primarily on sri rama hridayam or tattsvamasi the non dual nature of jivathma and paramathma that the adyatma ramayan is about, Guha the king of the hunters meets Rama on Rama's way to Dandaka. Rama does not accept anything offered by Guha but gathers fruits and roots himself(proving the purity of hunting gathering) and also hunts himself for food proving beyond doubt that Rama was a non vegetarian, Mata Sita also promises to offer plentifull offerings to Ganga including wine and meat. It proves that we were not vegetarian but became so, we are omnivorous. I am a vegetarian myself and a saint of Shankaracharya order , but after true god realisation much like Buddha realised that meat is also FOOD. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anil.bheemaiah (talk • contribs) 13:29, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dasara

As per the discussion at User_talk:Fayenatic_london#Dussehra, it was noticed Dasara means

Navaratri in some states in the South like Mysore Dasara
Vijayadashami (Dussehra) elsewhere.

So I propose with Fayenatic london, the current content be merged in Navaratri and Vijayadashami, and Dasara be made a disambig. Suggestions? --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:39, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like a good idea. (And no one seems to object so far.) Shreevatsa (talk) 00:36, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kanhopatra GA nomination in progress

The Kanhopatra GA nomination is being considered. Your thoughts are welcomed on the GA review page. --Nemonoman (talk) 12:10, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Diwali

This article has seen recent edit-wars and move-wars, and is in real poor state. Could use some more time and attention. Abecedare (talk) 21:27, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The page is protected now, so comments about improvement must be left on talk page. I also have doubts about the File:Divali Diya.jpg that is used in the infobox. It was uploaded in June 2009, but it can be found all over the internet in pages dating to 2008 or earlier (just search images for "Diwali").The uploader's talk page has notices about other now-deleted copyrighted images. Can this be tagged for speedy deletion? Shreevatsa (talk) 00:36, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated the image for deletion. It's possible that the original source released it under a free license, but we'l need evidence of that if it is to be retained. I have also asked if the protection can be changed to semi-. Hopefully the article, which is likely to be getting a lot of views, can be improved soon. Abecedare (talk) 04:20, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The page is editable by auto-confirmed editors now. Abecedare (talk) 04:28, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Meanwhile, the other image seems dubious as well :( It seems to be from here and Flickr, where unfortunately it is "All rights reserved". It is possible that if asked nicely and told that it's for Wikipedia the Flickr user might rerelease it under CC-BY[-SA], but until then we must remove it. It also seems to have been uploaded overwriting an unrelated image of an actual office complex; so it needs just a "revert" on the page, not deletion... but I was hesitant to do it since it's still being used in the article prominently. Shreevatsa (talk) 14:10, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! I have deleted the copyrighted version and removed it from the article. With hundreds of million people celebrating Diwali, can't we find one free image of diwali lamps! Abecedare (talk) 14:19, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I uploaded a freely licensed image from Flickr and added it to the article. There may be other options available at commons:Category:Diwali. Abecedare (talk) 14:43, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There was already an existing category: commons:Category:Dipavali. Thanks!--Ekabhishek^talk 11:55, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Philadephia art museum

There are several good quality, high resolution, public domain images available at the Philadelphia art museum which can be used in Hinduism related articles. For ex:

To access the high resolution images, use the following format :

 http://www.philamuseum.org/images/cad/zoomers//<manuscript-number>.jpg

Where manuscript number is usually a set of numbers separated by dashes, for ex:

For painting Akrura's Mystic Vision of Krishna/Vishnu and Balarama/Adishesha the high resolution image is located at http://www.philamuseum.org/images/cad/zoomers//1994-148-483.jpg The manuscript number "1994-148-483" exists in the painting details page.
For Painting on Durga, the manuscript number is "2004-149-50" and the painting is located at http://www.philamuseum.org/images/cad/zoomers//2004-149-50.jpg

... and so on --Nvineeth (talk) 18:14, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Universal Society of Hinduism needs attention

Somebody started this. The refs are a complete mess, but I have no idea about the topic. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 14:53, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wendy Doniger's article needs attention.

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but since the issue involves Hinduism, racial attacks, removal of scholarly material citing BJP, I am posting it here. Will be helpful if a admin and more knowledgeable users can look into these problems at Wendy Doniger's article. Rgrds, Spdiffy (talk) 05:39, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]