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Examining the historicity of Cheraman legend

On April 3 2016, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted According to oral tradition, Cheraman Perumal was the Chera King & a contemporary of the Holy Prophet.Cheraman Perumal went to Arabia and embraced Islam after meeting the Holy Prophet at Mecca.The mosque has an ancient oil lamp that is always kept burning and believed to […]

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Akbar slays Hindu sannyasis

“Whichever side may be slain, Islam is the gainer” Akbar slaughtering Hindu sannyasis. A miniature from Akbarnama complied c.1590 This miniature depicts Akbar and Mughal army slaying sannaysis who had come to bathe in the sacred place of kurukshetra near Thanesar This incident happened c.1567 when a group of sannyasis(referred to as puri by Abdul […]