That's disappointing to hear about honestly!
I have a deep admiration for Hindu Spirituality, the wisdom of Hindu Gurus, Yoga, Hindu asceticism, and Ghandi is one of my top five favorite Religious figures.
The ultimate aim of Indian spirituality is to gain the Supreme Knowledge and become one with the Supreme Being.
Several spiritual paths have been prescribed to achieve this transformation. Love, nonviolence, good conduct and the law of dharma define the Hindu path. Hinduism explains that the soul has many lives until all Karmas are resolved and God realization is attained.
I thought that was what Hinduism was about, and in some ways found it more beautiful than what many Christians are preaching.
At the Heart of Hinduism is the monotheistic principle of Brahman. The entire universe is basically a representation of the Supreme Soul, and He is present in each and every thing, human and animal, animate and non-animate.
Brahma , the Creator , who is continuing to create new realities
Vishnu , the Preserver , who preserves these new creations.
Shiva , the Destroyer , who is its ultimate destroyer.
The Hindu gods are very much alive and live in temples, snow capped peaks, in rivers and oceans and above all in the very hearts and minds of the Hindus.
I admire the Sadus. I find them to be living a quite interesting rule of life.
A
sadhu (
IAST:
sādhu (male),
sādhvī (female)), also spelled
saddhu, is a religious
ascetic, mendicant (monk) or any holy person in
Hinduism and
Jainism who has renounced the worldly life.
[1][2][3] They are sometimes alternatively referred to as
jogi,
sannyasi or
vairagi.
[1]
It literally means one who practises a ″sadhana″ or keenly follows a path of spiritual discipline.
[4] Although the vast majority of sādhus are
yogīs, not all yogīs are sādhus. The sādhu is solely dedicated to achieving
mokṣa (liberation), the fourth and final
aśrama (stage of life), through meditation and contemplation of
Brahman. Sādhus often wear simple clothing, such
saffron-coloured clothing in Hinduism, white or nothing in Jainism, symbolising their
sannyāsa (renunciation of worldly possessions). A female mendicant in Hinduism and Jainism is often called a
sadhvi, or in some texts as
aryika
Sadhu - Wikipedia
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It's disappointing to hear that maybe these peaceful folks who renounced the world to pray, fast, and meditate, may indeed sometimes be fascist, bigoted, violent, and not so peaceful afterall? 
