Shuddhi is Sanskrit for purification . It is a term used to describe a Hindu religious movement aimed at the religious conversion of non-Hindus of Indian origin to Hinduism .
14-517: [REDACTED] Look up śuddhi or sa:शुद्धि in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shuddhi or Suddhi ( lit. ' purity/purification ' ) may refer to: Shuddhi (Hinduism) , type of conversion to Hinduism Purity in Buddhism Shuddhi (2015 film) , an unrealized Indian film by Karan Malhotra Shuddhi (2017 film) ,
28-704: A Jat . In Bihar, the Malkana are mainly concentrated in the erstwhile Shahabad district . In 1923, there were a recorded 1300 Malkanas in Shahabad alone. They adopted Islam due to Sufi saints. Because of being plundered by foreign invaders they adopted Islam . Arya Samaj Swami Shraddhanand 's Shuddhi movement aimed at converting them to Hinduism , which led to Abdul Rashid, who shot him dead in Delhi. Many Muslim leaders attempted to counter this leading to religious tensions in Shahabad, Gaya and Munger. There were splits in
42-471: A 2017 Indian Kannada-language film Shuddhi (2023 film) , a film about leprosy patients in India See also [ edit ] Suddha (disambiguation) Sudi (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shuddhi . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
56-824: A considerable number of Catholic Gaudas to declare willingness to come into the Hindu fold, and a Shuddhi ceremony was carefully prepared. On 23 February 1928, many Catholic Gaudes in Goa were re-converted to Hinduism notwithstanding the opposition of the Church and the Portuguese government. The converts were given Sanskrit Hindu names, but the Portuguese government put impediments in their way to get legal sanction for their new Hindu names. 4851 Catholic Gaudes from Tiswadi , 2174 from Ponda , 250 from Bicholim and 329 from Sattari were re-converted to Hinduism after nearly 400 years. The total number of
70-562: A flashpoint between Hindus and Muslims as Hindus were the recipients of the violence. . Mahatma Gandhi made a comment on Swami Shraddhananda in an article titled 'Hindu-Muslim-Tensions: Causes and Resistance' in the May 29, 1922 issue of Young India . Swami Shraddhananda has also become a character of disbelief. I know that his speeches are often provocative. Just as most Muslims think that every non-Muslim will one day convert to Islam, Shraddhananda also believes that every Muslim can be initiated into
84-594: The Barelvi movement's Jama'at Raza-e-Mustafa which attempted to counter the efforts of the Shuddhi movement to convert Muslims to Hinduism in British India. Malkana The Malkana are a Muslim ethnic group found in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar of India. In Agra District , the Malkana claimed descent from a number of Hindu castes . Those of Kiraoli , where they occupy five villages, claim descent from
98-468: The Aryan religion. Shraddhananda Ji is fearless and brave. He alone has built a great Brahmacharya Ashram (Gurukul) in the holy Ganges. But they are in a hurry and it will move soon. He inherited it from the Aryan society. Gandhi further wrote Dayanand that "he narrowed one of the most liberal and tolerant religions of the world." Swami responded to Gandhi's article that "If Arya Samaji is true to themselves, then
112-459: The allegations of Mahatma Gandhi or any other person and invasions also cannot obstruct the trends of Arya Samaj." Shraddhanand followingly kept moving towards his goal. The main point of contention was the reconversion of Malkana Rajputs in western United Province. As a result, the movement became controversial and antagonized the Muslims populace and also led to the assassination of the leader of
126-535: The community, with many members of the community converted to Hinduism in the early part of the 20th century, during the course of the shuddhi movement. The shuddhi campaign among the Malkanas, was launched in early 1923 and led by the Arya Samaj under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya . This re-conversion campaign reached its peak by the end of 1927, by which time some 1,63,000 Malkana Muslims are said to have been brought into
140-562: The converts to Hinduism was 7815. The existing Hindu Gauda community refused to accept these neo-Hindus back into their fold because their Catholic ancestors had not maintained caste purity, and the neo-Hindus were now alienated by their former Catholic coreligionists. These neo-Hindus developed into a separate endogamous community, and are now referred to as Nav-Hindu Gaudas (New Hindu Gaudas). However, in Northern India this movement faced stiff opposition from Islamic organizations such as
154-429: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shuddhi&oldid=1257712035 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Shuddhi (Hinduism) The socio-political movement, derived from ancient rite of shuddhikaran , or purification
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#1732851821005168-417: The mainstream community by elevating their position, and instilling self-confidence and self-determination in them. The movement strove to reduce the conversions of Hindus to Islam and Christianity, which were underway at the time. In 1923, Swami Shraddhanand founded the 'Bhartiya Hindu Shuddhi Mahasabha' (Indian Hindu Purification Council) and pushed the agenda of reconversion, which eventually created
182-558: The movement, Swami Shraddhanand by a Muslim in 1926. After Swami Shraddhanand died this movement continued. In the late 1920s, prominent Goan Hindu Brahmins requested Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, the prelate of a Vaishnava Ashram in Masur , Satara district ; to actively campaign for the 're-conversion' of Catholic Gaudas to Hinduism. Masurkar accepted, and together with his disciples, subsequently toured Gauda villages singing devotional bhakti songs and performing pujas . These means led
196-588: Was started by the Arya Samaj , and its founder Swami Dayanand Saraswati and his followers like Swami Shraddhanand , who also worked on the Sangathan consolidation aspect of Hinduism, in North India , especially Punjab in early 1900s, though it gradually spread across India. Shuddhi had a social reform agenda behind its rationale and was aimed at abolishing the practise of untouchability by converting outcasts from other religions to Hinduism and integrating them into
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