I have noticed from my site analysis that lots of people are interested in the religion and caste of Anna Hazare. I think this might be just out of curiosity. Anna Hazare is a Hindu and believes Saint Dnyaneshwar and Swami Vivekananda as his teachers. In fact, he started his social work by reconstructing Saint Yadav Baba temple in Ralegan Siddhi. I am not sure about his caste but I think he is from Maratha caste. Majority of the people in Maharashtra are from Maratha caste. If You Like This Article, Then Please Share It           

Veteran social activist and anti-corruption movement leader Anna Hazare was detained on August 16, 2011, at 7:16 a.m. under section 107 of the Criminal Procedure Code. He was later arrested and sent to Tihar Jail. Other activists like Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi were also arrested and sent to Tihar jail. Mr. Anna Hazare had planned to go on an indefinite hunger strike at Jaiprakash Narayan Park in New Delhi. It is an open murder of democracy where a person just wanted to protest against corruption in a peaceful way. It seems that the UPA government is afraid of the…

Famous actress Nayantara converted to Hinduism. She was originally a Christian and her original name was Diana Mariam Kurian. The conversion took place in an Arya Samaj temple in Chennai on August 7, 2011. She preferred to continue with her screen name Nayantara henceforth. It is believed that she has converted to Hinduism to get married to the famous choreographer and actor, Prabhu Deva, who is a Hindu but the true reason is still unclear as she has maintained silence on this issue. Prabhu Deva has recently divorced her wife. I think it is her own decision and she is…

Padmanabha Swami Temple is a temple in the state of Kerala, India. There is a big statue of Lord Vishnu with a lotus in His left hand. The Sheshnaga is smelling the fragrance of that lotus. There is a Padmatirtha in front of the temple. This temple has recently been in news with the discovery of the treasure worth more than One Lac to Five Lac Crore Rupees or maybe even more. Because of this, it has become the richest temple in the world. The temple was not very famous before this news. This is not a discovery, the treasure…

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, a guru to the Beatles and over 6 million followers, died on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, at his home in Holland, a town of Vlodrop. Some of his famous followers were the Beatles, Beach Boys,  Singer Donovan, and actor Clint Eastwood. He was 91 years old. He died at about 7 p.m. when he was asleep. His original name was Mr. Mahesh Prasad Varma, and he was born reportedly on January 12, 1917, in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (India). He graduated in Physics from Allahabad University. He became a disciple of…

As published in the September issue of Elle Magazine Julia Roberts stated that she goes to a Hindu temple regularly and she is a practicing Hindu. Julia is a 42-year-old actress who has won Oscar for her film “Erin Brockovich.” Her two kids have been named Ganesh and Laxmi which are the names of two prominent Hindu deities. She had also renamed her production company to the name Red Om (Om is the sacred symbol of Hinduism). She had a close encounter with Hinduism during the shooting of the film “Eat, Pray, and Love” in which she is playing a…