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INDIA, July 11, 2021 (Scroll.in): With travel paralysed by the Covid-19 pandemic struck, technology still allows us to visit far-flung places vicariously. It isn’t just museums and galleries that have made their spaces accessible digitally. Even the very specific tirtha yatra or pilgrimage, which is intrinsically tied to physical presence, is substituted online. More Hindu temples are embracing the concept…

KAUAI, HAWAII, July 9, 2021 (Hinduism Today by Lavina Melwani): The flourishing of Hinduism in America has generated many questions. How does one answer them? A snapshot of our history in America can start by showing how far we’ve come. When the first Indian immigrants came to America in the 1900s, all were simply known as “the Hindoos”–no matter what…

JAKARTA, INDONESIA, February 14, 2020 (tanda-baco.co.id): | The Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan today attended the laying of the first stone for the house of worship for Hindus, especially ethnic Tamils, on Jalan Bedugul, Kalideres, West Jakarta on land donated by the government. The event was also attended by the Indian Ambassador to Indonesia, Pradeep Kumar Rawat, and various parties from…

TAMIL NADU, INDIA, July 5, 2021 (News Bricks): The curfew with additional relaxations in Tamil Nadu has come into effect from this morning. Temples across the state were opened for the darshans and prayers of devotees from early morning. Many relaxations are widened across the state from today. Since the temples were reopened after two months, the devotees came to…

KAUAI, HAWAII, July 5, 2021 (Hinduism Today): Welcome to Lion Sage, a spiritual adventure for children. Adapting an earlier work by Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, called Mystic Mouse, the editors of Hinduism today magazine enlisted Ashley Moore in California to redraw all of the art, adding color and her creative ability to tell stories with graphics. Lion Sage is a child’s version…

INDIA, June 29, 2021 (Pew Research): India’s massive population is diverse as well as devout. Not only do most of the world’s Hindus, Jains and Sikhs live in India, but it also is home to one of the world’s largest Muslim populations and to millions of Christians and Buddhists. A new Pew Research Center report, based on a face-to-face survey…

KAUAI, HAWAII, July 3, 2021 (Hinduism Today by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami): The COVID-19 pandemic is proving itself a time when the daily difficulties faced by individuals and families are far greater than usual. Under the stresses of lockdown, masks and social distancing, life may be overly focused on the current moment’s challenges without giving adequate thought to the future. Seeing…