the world hindu congress on friday renounced the word hinduism, contending that the term reflected oppressive and discriminatory and embraced ‘hindutva’ and ‘hindu dharma’ to refer to the “eternal” religion. the third world hindu congress (whc) adopted a declaration here asserting that the word ‘hindutva’ was more accurate as it includes the gamut of all that the word ‘hindu’ implies. “in the term “hindu dharma”, the first word, i.e, ‘hindu’ is an unbounded word. it signifies all that is sanatan or eternal.