Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hinduism/Vaishnavism

Appeal to improve Vaishnavism related Bangaldeshi articles content

Vaishnavism in Bangladesh has strong tradition but poor representation on Wikipedia. Editors are rrequested to improve and add articles wherever possible like

• important topics needing Articles to be created: Mahanam Sampraday, Prabhu Jagadbandhu, Hari Thakur, Hari Thakur temple, Gopalganj, Basudev temple, Faridpur, ISCKON in Bangladesh,Rath Yatra in Dhaka etc
• Articles needing improvement: Comilla Jagannath Temple, Jagannath Temple,Pabna, Dhamrai Jagannath Rath, Swami Bagh Temple, Mahanambrata Brahmachari, Sri Angan,

regards sids 13:19, 22 August 2012 (UTC)(talk)

Discussion at Talk:Tirumala Venkateswara Temple

You are invited to join the discussion at [[Talk:Tirumala Venkateswara Temple]]. Pavan 17:28, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Please participate in the RFC discussion of whether Thondaiman has built the Tirumala Temple. Pavan 17:28, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

New Afds

• Note Ten new Afds have been listed at, Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Religion. The articles are; Living Essence Foundation, Madhukar (author), Nancy Freeman Patchen, Swami Sundaranand, Linda Johnsen, Luc Venet, William McKay Aitken, Yogi Marlon, Anthony Fernandes, and Vaishnava Center for Enlightenment. Please review. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 00:51, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
• Note Six new Afds have been listed at, Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Hinduism. These articles are; Lisa M. Wolfe, Tirtha and Kshetra, Shivom Tirth, Swami Vishnu Tirtha, Yogiraj Bharat Bhushan and Yoga Shri Pith. Please review. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 00:31, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism of Swaminarayan pages

A user by the name of User: Vadtal acharya has been vandalising the Laxminarayan Dev Gadi and Acharya Maharajshree Rakeshprasad Pande pages consistently in the last few days. Iv reverted him a few times but he keeps vandalising the pages. Earlier it was done by an IP, but now its by this user. Around The Globe^{सत्यमेव जयते} 13:34, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Arjuna's Penance

Today I noticed that this article had been redirected to Descent of the Ganges (Mahabalipuram). As there was no discussion on redirecting the page, I reverted and made note of it on the talk page. An important issue to note is that there are many artistic and religious depictions of Arjuna's Penance - not just the one at Mahabalipuram. For further info here is a one telling of it, The Story of Arjuna's Penance, in J. W. Coombes book The Seven Pagodas. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 21:18, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

New Category

The Category:People who have been considered avatars was created after discussion about inclusion of Swaminarayan (and possibly others of similar status) into such potential category as well as its associated list, List of people who have been considered avatars. The category is currently being considered for deletion. --Shruti14 ^{t c s} 14:54, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

• Comment The category, Category:People considered avatars by their followers, is under discussion for deletion. Please review. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 02:39, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Swamithope pathi

The temple is not a mainstream Vishnu temple, not even a direct Vishnu temple at all, but of Ayya Vaikundar, who Ayyavazhis believe to be an avatar of Vishnu. Now, Ayyavazhi is a new religion as per references on the article, so why it be included in Hindu temples? Even if considered a Hindu sect, not part of mainstream Hindu faith. So i think it should not mentioned at Template:Famous Vishnu temples, or Template:Hindu holy cities. Please add your comments to build a consensus on the issue, of inclusion of Swamithope in the templates. --Redtigerxyz (talk) 05:06, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Sanskrit revival

Sanskrit revival - as this is a phenomenon relevant to the 20th and 21st century, the subject should be expanded to reflect this transition from one century to another. As this is a large subject, the addition of many editors from diverse perspectives would benefit the expansion of this article. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 18:51, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

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Hariprasad Pande and Premvati

Concerning the two articles above, do any editors know of any good sourced besides the works of Raymond Brady Williams? As they are both up for Afd, I looked for sources but the only texts I found were Raymond Brady Williams's books and essays. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 00:52, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

The "Islamic" avatars of Vishnu!

Hello, I'm referring to this article:https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Dashavatara_of_Vishnu#In_other_religions How can one actually include this section within the 10 avatars of Vishnu? I fail to understand the logic here. I'm deleting this section. Please explain why it should be included since:

1. it only represents vague fringe views of Islamists
2. Siddiq Hussain, one of the guys referenced is the leader of a movement called "Deendar Anjuman".

How can his views be taken seriously? Here for example: http://frontierindia.scriptmania.com/FNV13PAGE10.htm

I'm deleting this section. Please discuss in the talk page if you think it is worthy of inclusion and substantiate your claims.freewit (talk) 06:50, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Swaminarayan temples navbox templates

Query moved to here for more discussion. VasuVR (talk, contribs) 09:34, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

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Any one interested??? Please include your name below: Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 15:21, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

• Ism schism (talk) 15:33, 1 March 2009 (UTC) Thanks.

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Vaishnavism articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release

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Ayyavazhi a branch of Vaishnavism?

According to some information I got at the reliable sources noticeboardhere, Ayyavazhi may be an alternate name for the Vaikunta branch of Vaishnavism. If this is true, it would help to note that, and maybe merge or at least link some of the related content together. John Carter (talk) 21:32, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

New AfD

I have put up a recent article on Vaisnava related topic for AfD. Your comments or votes are appreciated. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sri Devananda Gaudiya Math. Thanks, Wikid^as© 23:10, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Afd Swami Prakashanand Saraswati

Swami Prakashanand Saraswati has been in the news, which has led me to believe he is now notable. At this point, I think he has finally become worthy of an article due to news coverage. I have posted a new article that is under construction. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 05:04, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Proposed move of Vithoba

Proposed move discussion of a featured article Vithoba to Vitthal is going on here Talk:Vithoba#Requested move 29 July 2015. Comments are requested for that. Thank you. --Human3015^{Send WikiLove}  13:46, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Vandalism of Sudarshan Chakra in "Astra"

The page "astra" contained description of Sudarshan chakra,and just like trishula,and a few personal weapons of the hindu trinity,the description used to read,"cannot be stopped by anyone",thus stating the infallibility of the weapon.In a way,this was just and logical as the personal weapons of the holy trinity operate their command only and cannot be used or stopped by the other two or anyone else for the matter.When I found recently,that the description on sudarshan chakra read "cannot be stopped by anyone else other than Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva",I felt the edit was sectarian,disruptive and also made the article unbalanced.So I edited that part referencing from wikipedia page "Ambarisha" which states both Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva were unable to stop sudarshana. 1.adamstraw99 (talk · contribs) has been continuously deleting that referenced part 2.he also edited the description from "thee most powerful weapon" to his opinion "one of the most powerful weapons" without citing any source,against wikipedia policy assert 3.He has also edited the page to describe trishul twice,specially once at the very beginning,for reasons unknown,which is also disruptive.please check [1] and take necessary action to protect the segment from vandalism. I have already requested page protection,but that has been denied.Ankisur2 (talk) 21:10, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

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