After 300 years of exclusion, Dalit families in West Bengal finally enter into the Gidheshwar Shiv Temple, marking a historic ...

As district administration representatives led by Katwa sub-divisional officer Ahimsa Jain and the “upper-caste” representatives watched, the Dalits performed their long-awaited puja. Five villagers ...

In a significant move, 130 Dalit families in West Bengal were finally allowed to enter the Gidheshwar Shiv Temple after being ...

Palitana, a tiny temple city in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, is the world's first vegetarian city, where sale and consumption of meat ...

Breaking the shackles of caste-based discrimination, practiced in a rural pocket of West Bengal for nearly three centuries, representatives of 130 Dalit families for the first time set feet inside the ...

Dalit families in a West Bengal village have been allowed to worship at the Gidheshwar Shiv Temple for the first time in ...

Story continues below this ad Speaking to The Indian Express, Katwa Sub-divisional Officer (SDO) Ahimsa Jain said, “In a meeting today, it was decided that they will offer prayers at the temple from ...

It was a team effort, says Katwa Sub-divisional Officer (SDO) Ahimsa Jain. “Such discrimination cannot be allowed. We held multiple meetings keeping in mind that it’s a sensitive issue and finally ...

Jainism emphasizes non-violence (ahimsa) and compassion towards all living beings. Monk Protests: The decision came after Jain monks went on a hunger strike, demanding a ban on animal slaughter and ...