Indonesian President Jokowi creates country’s first Hindu state university

Hindus in Bali pray during the Galungan Festival at Pura Jagatnatha Temple, Denpasar, Bali. - Photo from Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA (Jakarta Post/ANN): President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has issued a presidential regulation (Perpres) turning the Hindu Dharma State Institute (IHDN) in Denpasar, Bali into the country’s first Hindu state university.

The regulation stated that the new university, named I Gusti Bagus Sugriwa State Hindu University (UHN), would “administer Hindu higher education programs” as well as other types of higher education programs “to support Hindu higher education programs.”