JAIPUR, INDIA, May 26, 2023 (CNN): In 2015, India launched an ambitious plan dubbed the National Smart Cities Mission, aimed at making 100 urban centers more livable and sustainable through innovative and inclusive solutions. Among the 100 cities selected was Jaipur, the northwestern desert capital of Rajasthan. But while the Smart City project concept was aimed at modernizing India, historians…
FORT MCMURRAY, CANADA, May 25, 2023 (Fort McMurray Today): The opening of the Sanatan Mandir Cultural Center was celebrated with a three-day ceremony of prayers, blessings, dancing and feasting. The ceremony also ends 13 years of fundraising and volunteer work to build the temple, which was done mostly by the faithful. In a city filled with engineers and trades people,…
NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 27, 2023 (Doordarshan): Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally accepted the Sengol symbol of just rule from the leaders of Tamil Nadu’s 21 Aadheenams, centers of spiritual authority in the Saivite tradition. View: https://youtu.be/8Nv-Zf653Wg
INDIA, May 26, 2023 (Transcontinental Times):: In a remarkable archaeological discovery, the ancient temple of Bhagwan Nageshwara was unearthed in June 2020 in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, shedding light on a long-lost piece of history and captivating the local community. Located in the heart of Nellore, the temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, is a testament to the region’s rich cultural and…
MONROE, NEW JERSEY, May 16, 2023 (The South Asian Times): The Om Sri Sai Balaji Temple & Cultural Center based in Monroe, NJ, marked a milestone May 14, 2023, with the Bhoomi Pooja (groundbreaking ceremony) for its highly anticipated temple with a 25 foot image of Lord Hanuman. A massive gathering of devotees, community members, and guests attended the event…
INDIA, May 24, 2023 (The Commune Mag): The date was June 3, 1947. Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, proposed a plan which had been finalized and India was to be reborn as a sovereign independent nation on August 15, 1947. History was being created and it needed to be symbolized by a historic event. So, Lord Mountbatten asked…
WUPPERTAL, GERMANY, May 19, 2023 (Wuppertaler-Rundschau, translated from German): The annual temple festival took place in the Wuppertal Hindu temple at Hünefeldstrasse 63b. The highlight was the public procession on Saturday (May 20, 2023) from 11 a.m. Since May 12, the temple festival has extended over a total of ten days, with the ninth day being particularly noteworthy. During the…
INDIA, May 21, 2023 (press release): The World Hindu Congress 2023, Bangkok, Thailand will be held from 24th – 26th November 2023. The theme is Jayasya Aayatanam Dharmaḥ, meaning “Dharma, the Abode of Victory.” Seven parallel thematic conferences to articulate the values, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit of Hindus in all their vibrance and glory will constitute this WHC. The conferences…
FIJI, May 16, 2023 (Eurasia Review.com by Kalinga Seneviratne): In an emotionally charged “Reconciliation and Thanksgiving” service organized by Fiji’s Methodist Church—the country’s largest Christian denomination—the President of the church Reverend Ili Vunisuwai and Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka apologized to the Indo-Fijian community for the suffering and insults they have endured in Fiji’s post- independence-era, paving the way to what…
USA, April 24, 2023 (Commonwealth Magazine, by Paul Lauritzen): In April 2018, my wife of thirty-eight years died from complications of ovarian cancer. During her three-year ordeal, it seemed that every twist and turn of the disease could be predicted by a lab value or framed in terms of a statistical probability. Right up until the end. In her last…
