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{{Hindu politics}}

'''{{IAST|Viśva Hindu Pariṣad}}''' ([[Devanāgarī]]: विश्व हिन्दू परिषद, {{lang-en|World Hindu Council}}), which is usually known more simply as the '''VHP''', is an international [[Hindu]] organization, which was founded in [[India]] in 1964<ref name="Kurien2001">{{cite journal | last = Kurien |first = Prema|title = Religion, ethnicity and politics: Hindu and Muslim Indian immigrants in the United States|journal = Ethnic and Racial Studies|volume = 24 | issue = 2 |pages = 268|year = 2001}}</ref>. Its slogan is "धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः ''Dharmo rakṣati rakṣitaḥ''", which is supposed to mean "[[Dharma]] protects its protector". Its symbol is the [[banyan]] tree. It has been '''alleged''' that VHP is a [[militant]] organisation with terror acts carried out against [[Christians]]<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ohdbj0duEM</ref> as well as [[Muslims]]<ref>http://www.flonnet.com/fl2012/stories/20030620003210000.htm</ref>

==History==