"I fully respect that many Hindu-origin people will prefer the speed and convenience of crematoria but for practicing Hindus like me, receiving last rites is quite literally a matter of life and death, " he said.
Over 3, 000 soldiers were sent to the western state of Gujarat, in India , in an effort to prevent widespread violence after suspected Islamic militants killed over 30 people in a Hindu temple.
On the first day of the 55-day Hindu festival, an estimated 8 million people bathed at the merging point of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers.
The most lively and downright fun of all Hindu festivals, the occasion is marked by people running through the streets throwing water and colored powder in all directions.
The gainers are Congress, India's main opposition party, which did well mainly in the Hindu-majority Jammu region, and the People's Democratic Party, whose base is the Muslim-dominated Kashmir Valley.
The blast, near an office of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), left 16 people injured.
The blast, which took place near an office of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), left 16 people injured.
Of the 58 people asphyxiated or burned to death, many were Hindu devotees, returning from a gathering at the contested site of a temple in the holy town of Ayodhya.
Thousands of people flock here to give thanks to Muruga, the Hindu god of war.
Mr Thackeray was blamed for inciting tensions between Hindu and Muslim communities during the 1993 Mumbai riots in which about 900 people died.
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More than 60, 000 people have attended the first day of a two-day Hindu festival in Hertfordshire to celebrate the birth of Krishna, organisers said.
His supporters insist that some 30, 000 people had flocked at the venue but a report in The Hindu newspaper said "it did not look more than 3, 000".
Careful observation of the Hindu Kush-Himalayas region, an area where climate change could bring major impacts to people, have been relatively scanty, due to the difficulty of doing science in remote areas, compounded by political disagreements.
The ancient Hindu gathering takes place in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, attracting tens of millions of people.
Stone-throwing emerged as the main form of Kashmiri protest in 2008, when more than 50 people died in unrest over land allocated for an annual pilgrimage to Amarnath, a Hindu shrine in a mainly Muslim area of the state.
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