RELIGION

The last twelve years of Baha’u’llah’s life were spent in this house in Acre even though he was still formally a prisoner of the Ottoman Empire. He stayed in the mansion until his death in his seventy-fifth year in Acre in 1892. His shrine is located next to this house. The whole area was called Al-Bahjá (Place of Delight).

Abdu’l-Bahá, the eldest son and successor of Bahá'u'lláh, is a prominent figure in the Bahá’í Faith.

True freedom means balance between the soul that we are and the body that we have acquired to play our role. Till we realise for what role we came to this earth & execute same, people continue to feel the suffocation like a prison.

The Om Mahashakti Peeth spiritual healing center presently under construction near Bangalore will be a unique, one of its kind places in the world when its complete in 2019. It will not be called a temple, but is going to be a laboratory where the cosmic powers do the healing. It is one of those places that make you realize that there is so much that humans alone can’t do and need a divine intervention.

It’s a proven fact that the universal, spiritual and moral values form the essence of religious teachings and the common goal of every seeker. But the question is that when will humans realise these values and embody this spirituality? When will religion or dharma find its true expression in human beings?

The Uttar Pradesh government has chalked out a first-of-its-kind plan to take a group of Hindus and Muslims on a joint pilgrimage.

The Iranian government has been a willing participant in the circulation of hate material against Baha'is. Top officials and government media outlets regularly spew anti-Baha'i propaganda- such items has in fact increased dramatically this year.

Baha'is are officially restricted from engaging in certain types of businesses in Iran. For instance Baha'is are specificallly banned from "high-earning" and "sensitive" categories like press, jewelry, photography, computer, Internet-related businesses, and the food industry.

Anandpur Sahib was the place where the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, baptized five men (Panj Piaras) and founded Khalsa Panth which later transformed itself as the modern day Sikh religion. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) wants to celebrate the 350th-anniversary of Sri Anandpur Sahib in a manner befitting its status in Sikh history.

Muslims in Bihar, in a stellar demonstration of communal harmony, have donated land to help build the world's largest Hindu temple which will have the capacity to seat a staggering 20,000 people.

Swayambhunath temple, is among the oldest religious sites in Nepal, is revered by both Buddhists and Hindus.

If current trends continue, Muslims will nearly equal the number of Christians around the world by 2050 …