UNITED STATES, December 13, 2021 (Religion News, by Deepti Hajela): When Sushma Dwivedi started seriously thinking about performing wedding rites and other Hindu religious blessings in New York City and elsewhere, she knew who she needed to talk to — her grandmother. Together, they went through the mantras that are recited by pandits, the priests who perform Hindu religious rituals,…
UNITED STATES, December 15, 2021 (Press Release): Bhumi Global, an international, Hindu-based nonprofit committed to climate action that works in collaboration with the United Nations, is looking for interns to work alongside staff and volunteers to implement key facets of the organization’s programs and initiatives. Interns would get hands-on experience in Bhumi’s workstreams, including communications, operations, finance, development, strategic partnerships/outreach…
VARANASI, INDIA, December 13, 2021 (Outlook India): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the Kashi Vishwanath corridor during his two-day visit to Varanasi. PM Modi is visiting Varanasi to inaugurate the first phase of the construction of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor. “At a special program in Kashi, the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham project will be inaugurated. This will add…
TIRUPATI, INDIA, December 9, 2021 (The Hindu): The nine-day annual Kartheeka Brahmotsavam at Sri Padmavathi Ammavari temple in Tiruchanur came to a grand close with the observance of Panchami Theertham on Wednesday. In view of COVID-19 restrictions, the event marking Her appearance was held in a makeshift pond and not in the regular Padma Sarovaram tank situated outside the temple,…
LONDON, ENGLAND, December 11, 2021 (Indian Express): An ancient Indian statue of a Goddess missing from a temple in Uttar Pradesh, presumed stolen over 40 years ago, will soon find its way back home to India after it was discovered in a garden in a country home in England. The Yogini, which refers to the divine feminine in Hinduism, dates…
INDIA, December 2, 2021 (Firstpost, by Francois Gautier): As Swami Vivekananda rightly said, “No nation can move forward unless it looks squarely at its own history.” However, what I have observed in India is that even now, after eight years of the BJP government, the education that is given to children is basically a British leftover. That is, you learn…
INDONESIA, November 15, 2019 (Opindia): Hindus across Indonesia turned up in large numbers to attend the abhiseka ceremony performed at Prambanan Temple on November 12, which is the largest Hindu temple site in Indonesia and the second-largest in Southeast Asia. Built in the 9th century, the Prambanan Temple, located between Sleman, Yogyakarta, and Klaten, Central Java in Indonesia is the…
SRI LANKA, November 24, 2021 (YouTube): We all see grand temples built in stone. We admire them in awe and we wonder how they were built and sculpted with so many stories built into them. This YouTube video was filmed at the Thiruketeeshwarar temple in Sri Lanka which is undergoing an expansion. Sthapati Selvanathan and Smt. Ponni Selvanathan explain how…
UNITED KINGDOM, November 30, 2021 (BBC): A councillor has called on schools to offer meditation classes to disruptive pupils rather than putting them in detention. Shuguftah Quddoos, who represents the Berridge ward at Nottingham City Council, made the suggestion during a discussion about exclusion rates at secondary schools. Nottingham has one of the highest exclusion rates in England. The idea…
FIJI, October 2, 2021 (The Australia Today): Indo-Fijian Pastor Rajesh Goundar of El-Shaddai Assemblies of God Church in Lautoka is seeking forgiveness for his actions in demolishing a Hindu God’s statue at a home. A video of this incident has gone viral in Fiji where some people can be clearly seen breaking and removing the statue of Bhagwan Hanuman. Pastor…