Prema Yatra - Pilgrimage of Love

The rise of religious nationalism has led to an urgent need for religious traditions to critique themselves. In the past, there have been religious leaders who spoke out against hate and violence emanating from their own religions, but few of such leaders are present today. Hindu nationalism has taken root in India, and religious leaders are promoting this ideology instead of denouncing it.

Staff from Hindus for Human Rights, embarked on a prema yatra, a pilgrimage of love, to seek out Hindu religious leaders who were concerned about the state of affairs in India. They found that many leaders were deeply worried about the situation and spoke up against Hindu nationalism in explicitly religious terms.

However, they also encountered pervasive feelings of victimhood and resentment among Indian Hindus, linked to a demonization of India's Muslim minority. The report documents these conversations in-depth and uncovers the reasons for hope that religious diversity remains at the heart of what it means to be Hindu.

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