BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, April 5, 2022 (Hindustan Times): The Central government has told the Odisha government that its ordinance to bring the 11th-century Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar and its associated temples under a special law is outside the “legislative competence” of the state legislature and could lead to conflict with the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (AMASR…
FLUSHING, NEW YORK, April 4, 2022 (YouTube): View below the dedication of a section of Bowne Street in Flushing New York adjacent to the Hindu Temple Society of North America’s large Ganesha temple as “Ganesha Street.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_hjNgu7ERI
INDIA, April 5, 2022 (Star of Mysore): Thousands of devotees from Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and other districts took a holy dip at Triveni Sangama (confluence of three rivers — Cauvery, Kapila and Sphatika) in T. Narasipur taluk of Mysuru district as part of the Ugadi Festival Jatra on Saturday, the first day of the Hindu New Year. The Ugadi Jatra…
SRI LANKA, March 28, 2022 (BBC): The Veddas were traditionally forest dwellers, who foraged, hunted and lived in close-knit groups in caves in the dense jungles of Sri Lanka, relocating from one cave to another when someone from the group died. Gunabandilaaththo belongs to the Vedda community, the earliest known aboriginal people of Sri Lanka. Today, the Vedda live scattered…
KAUAI, HAWAII, April 3, 2022: The latest issue of our prow-of-the-ship journal, Hinduism Today, has gone to press and is now available online free of charge at http://www.hinduismtoday.com. You can also download our free Hinduism Today app and get the entire magazine in a mobile-friendly format for your device at http://bit.ly/HT-APP. Our Insight section, “Seven Dimensions of the Mind,” shares…
TELANGANA, INDIA, March 28, 2022 (The Print): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday will inaugurate the newly reconstructed Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district. Speaking to ANI, Geeta, Temple Executive Officer said, “After the formation of Telangana state, the government decided to reconstruct the Yadadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, under Yadagirigutta Temple Development Authority (YTDA).…
HOUSTON, TEXAS, March 26, 2022 (Houston Chronicle): Vibrant shades of dust flew in the air as thousands celebrated the start of spring during a traditional Hindu Holi festival in southwest Houston Saturday afternoon. While this atmosphere rivaled that of a music festival, the event draws on a deeper cultural connection as participants partake in a joyous color fight celebration at…
INDIA, March 27, 2022 (Verve Times): The Amarnath Yatra will start on June 30, 2022 with all Covid-19 protocols and culminate on the day of the Raksha Bandhan. The Amarnath Yatra will last for 43 days this year, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir informed today. On June 21 last year, the Jammu and Kashmir Government…
INDIA, March 27, 2022 (Global Circulate): The Hindu Calendar says that the pious occasion Chaitra Navratri is observed during the Shukla Paksha or Full Moon phase in the month of Chaitra. The nine days of worshiping Ma Durga will commence from Saturday 2 April 2022 and culminate on Monday, 11 April 2022. The celebration that takes place in the month…
RUSHIKONDA VISAKHAPATNAM, INDIA, March 24, 2022 (The Hindu): A series of rituals were performed, as per the tenets of Vaikhanasa Agama, in the auspicious Vrishabha Laganam (between 9.50 am and 10.20 am), in the newly-constructed Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple at Rushikonda, here on Wednesday. The day began with Suprabhatam, Kumbharadhaana, Nivedana, Homam and Maha Purnahuti between 5.30 a.m. and 8…