Gaṇeśa and ‘Republic’ Share the Same Sanskrit Word
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Why a 500-Year-Old Hindu Sect Sent Salman Khan to Jail
539 years ago, a guru in the Rajasthan desert gave his followers a code: never cut a living tree, never kill an animal. In 1730, 363 Bishnois were beheaded rather than let a king's men fell their sacred khejri trees. Tha...
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