Comments on: Hindu influence in Indonesia

By: Thai Culture

Thai Culture — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:17:30 +0000

Thai Culture…

Hindu influence in Indonesia | LK Advani’s Blog is a great post about thai culture facts I recently read….

By: ubhatt

ubhatt — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:48:45 +0000

Four days are not enough to have even an idea of India’s influence on Indonesia !! It was not only Hindu influence but also Buddhist and Islamic. Islam was brought to Indonesia by Gujarati Vohra traders. King Ashok’s daughter visited Indonesia to spread Buddhism. Buddhism and Hinduism existed together for centuries. Names of all Kings of its history are Sanskrit names such as Udayan, Sriwijaya, Shailendra.

Valmiki Ramayana mentions monkeys sent to Javadwipa and Suvarnadwipa in search of Sitajee. Even today there are rivers Saryu, Narmada, mountain Sumeru and places associated with Lord Ram’s killing of Bali etc. Shadow puppet plays with stories of Ramayan and Mahabharat are common in Java. Prevailing religion is mostly Islam but its culture is Hindu. In modern history, a “Gujarati”’s led a fight against foreign occupation in Kudus. Also it was Biju Patnaik who piloted an aeroplane to bring Soekarno safely out of hands of Dutch. Bolywood films, songs and stars are very popular.

By: amit alok

amit alok — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:25:26 +0000

Indeed enlightening and satisfying! Thanks Advani ji!

By: Saurav

Saurav — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:17:53 +0000

Mananiya Advaniji,

Thank you for sharing your experience.

But i will like to share some more.

#Balinese do not only have Hindu ancestry but they are Hindu themselves. Officially Bali is 93.5% Hindu, I don’t know if Any Indian State that has this percent of Hindus.

# Some survey by a group had listed top 10 temples ( Hindu) in the world , third on the list was Candi Prembanam in Java, Indonesia, First was Angkor Wat in Cambodia. though , those places had Hardly any official Hindus.

#Their National Carrier(airline) Is named after Garuda- The Vahana of Lord Vishnu.

any interested person can search for Hindu Bali in facebook and u will get a page which gives information on Bali.

By: Vinodh

Vinodh — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:37:46 +0000

Sir,

Really surprising to see these informations, thanks for sharing.

By: dayala dass

dayala dass — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:00:23 +0000

Hinduism, no doubt, has influenced the whole world but its expansion and its duration was halted due to its caste sustem which is still being practised. No propagation and conversion machinery was ever deployed by Hindus but in any case, our Sanathana dharma would sustain and survive through any changes because it is the only ORIGINAL channel to reach out to the omni-intelligent, omni-present and the omni-potent.

Dayala Dass

By: pk mishra

pk mishra — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:18:54 +0000

Respected Advani ji,

Thanks for the information about Indonesia. Though I had heard about Indian influence on the culture of Indonesia but I was not aware of specific instances- such as photo of Ganeshji on the not of 20000 rupiah and Hanumanji being on the Indonesian army insignia etc.

Historically India has left great impression on all neighbouring countries. In fact, some Chineses leader had commented that though India had not attacked millitarily but its culture had attacked China continuously.

It was good to read this blog.

By: Dileep Mantena

Dileep Mantena — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:18:38 +0000

Mananiya Advaniji

Many thanks for sharing your Indonesia trip details with pictures. I was pleasantly surprised to see Lord Ganesha’s picture on their state currency.

-Dileep Mantena

By: Prashant

Prashant — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:57:05 +0000

Hari Om,

Indeed it was nice to know your experience. We have always been cherishing the Hindu culture prevailing in other countries. But, it is very unfortunate to see the negative thoughts and acts against our culture in our rashtra only.

Jai Hind

Prashant Patil

By: Dr Anil Agarwal

Dr Anil Agarwal — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:02:21 +0000

I felt good to read that Indonesia is a country where Lord Ganesha’s picture is printed on the state currency. I want to thank you that you have shown the picture of that currency note worth 20,000. The picture enhances the value of the facts. The share of Hindu’s population is merely 2 per cent in the country still the statues of the characters of Mahabharata and Ramayana are also there. The word Indonesia is originated from Indus which also has relations with the word ‘Hindu’.

India was partially or sometimes fully ruled and influenced by invaders for about one thousand years even then India could succeed in saving its cultural and religious heritage. At the time of independence, India was declared democratic and secular country but somehow Hindus couldn’t regain their dignity till now in India.