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AUSTRALIA, June 22, 2022 (The London Economic): The Parliament of Victoria, Australia’s second-most populous state, passed laws late on Tuesday that set penalties of US$15,150 and 12 months in prison for displaying the Nazi swastika, or Hakenkreuz (“hooked cross”). Dvir Abramovich, chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission, which fights antisemitism, said on Wednesday he expects Australia’s most populous state, New South…

PADUA, ITALY, June 21, 2022 (Facebook, translated from Italian of original source): There is the fire that destroys, which manifests itself in the form of fire, such as the one that on the night between 4 and 5 November 2021, which devastated the Hindu temple Shree Salasar Mandir, a place of worship so loved by the Hindus of Padua province…

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua): At least two civilians were killed and three security forces wounded on Saturday after three explosions hit a Sikh-Hindu temple in Police District 4 in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, according to multiple sources. “We heard a huge blast which struck the gate of a temple in Kart-e-Parwan neighborhood at around 6 a.m. local time.…

BERLIN, GERMANY, June 19, 2022 (Facebook): A charming news video in German has been released on the nearly completed Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple Berlin. The temple’s Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/SGHTBERLIN/ And the news video posted here: https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=677137700244002&_rdr

HYDERABAD, INDIA, June 10, 2020 (Gulf News): Sri Venkateshwara temple of Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh, the world’s richest Hindu temple, has created a new record for earnings. The income of the temple from the contributions of the pilgrims for a single month hit a record Rs 1.3 billion (US$16.6 million) in the month of May, Tirumala Tirupati Devsthanam (TTD) Executive…

NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 10, 2022 (News Able): After a two-year hiatus, the Amarnath Yatra will resume on June 30. The 43-day journey to Amarnath’s Himalayan temple will conclude on August 11. For the first time this year, pilgrims may take a helicopter directly from Srinagar to the annual Hindu pilgrimage. The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Jammu…