The new Hindu communities in Java tend to be concentrated around recently built temples ('pura') or around archaeological temple sites ('candi') which are being reclaimed as places of Hindu worship.
Hindu worship of the divine Mother can be traced back to pre-vedic, prehistoric India.
View of Gopuram (Temple Tower) is one of the important rituals of Hindu worship along with view of Kodimaram (Temple flag mast).
It was the first film of "Pleasing God" trilogy of films about Hindu worship produced by Harvard's Film Study Center.
Hindu worship is, in fact, very much about direct visual and physical contact with the divine, as the 125 objects on view here suggest.
Ever since the installation of the Ram idols in 1949, whether by Mr. Parmahans or not, Muslims have been barred from the mosque and only Hindu worship has been permitted.
A local Hindu movement is struggling to gain control of a newly excavated temple building which they wish to see restored as a site of active Hindu worship.
Hindu worship was widely accepted even as part of the Buddhist religious practices.
A common feature among new Hindu communities in Java is that they tend to rally around recently built temples (pura) or around archaeological temple sites (candi) which are being reclaimed as places of Hindu worship.
The booty was beyond imagination and it whetted the Sultan's appetite to rob similar places of Hindu worship.