GHANA, March 14, 2023 (pulse.com): Several Ghanaian Hindus gathered to celebrate the initiation of Swami Shankarananda and Swamini Geetananda into sannyas as renunciates. The program was held at the Indian Social Cultural Center at Osu, in Accra, on Sunday, March 12, 2023. It was graced by Hindus of all backgrounds and heavily participated by some members of the Hindu Monastery…
KASHMIR, September 10, 2023 (The Week): Last summer, a group of young tourists visited Suhail Ahmed Khan’s residence at Keran village in Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Situated on the banks of the Kishanganga river, Keran is about 84 miles from Srinagar. Part of the village stretches to the other side of the river in the Neelam valley of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Across…
SRINAGAR, INDIA, September 7, 2023 (universalnewstimeline.com): The annual pilgrimage of Chhari-Mubarak Swami Amarnath Ji culminated on 2nd of September at Pahalgam. Its last rituals, puja and visarjan, which were performed at the bank of river Lidder after Panchak this morning. A sizable number of sadhus and pilgrims who had come from various parts of the country joined the puja. The…
BALI, INDONESIA, September 6, 2023 (printmag.com, by Ellen Shapiro): If your eyes are open in Bali, Indonesia, you’ll see black and white checked fabric just about everywhere. On my first vacation there with my son and his family, I spotted it at a roadside pottery shop on the way from the airport. What is this doing here? I asked myself.…
DELHI, INDIA, September 9, 2023 (YouTube): The G20 Summit in New Delhi is witness to the awe-inspiring presence of a colossal 28-foot tall Nataraja statue, believed to be the tallest of its kind in the world. The installation of this magnificent statue captures the essence of Lord Shiva’s cosmic power of creation and destruction. Crafted in Tamil Nadu using the…
USA, August 14, 2023 (Christianity Today, by Stefani McDade): HPI Note: we found this long article instructive in understanding recent statements about “Sanatana Dharma” coming out of South India. “I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate,” Oxford professor and renowned atheist Richard…
NEW DELHI, September 5, 2023 (Business Today): A towering 28-foot-tall statue of Nataraja has been installed at Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the upcoming G20 Summit in Delhi. Sculpted by eighteen South Indian experts in bronze, the world’s tallest Nataraja statue stands at the entrance of the convention hall at Bharat Mandapam. The statue symbolizes Lord Shiva as the Lord…
SALANGPUR, GUJARAT, INDIA, September 5, 2023 (Republic World): A Swaminarayan sect on Monday said it will remove controversial wall murals installed on the pedestal of a giant statue of Lord Hanuman at a temple in Salangpur town of Gujarat’s Botad district. In some of the murals at the famous Hanuman temple in Botad, the revered God is shown as a…
PAKISTAN, January 23, 2021(How2HaveFun by WIK): I have been to quite a few Hindu Temples in Pakistan and hear stories of families living there for ages having to move out overnight during Partition. Combine that image with the dilapidated condition of long-abandoned Hindu Temples, this does not make a pleasant sight. But some, with their gold, saffron, and orange colors,…
SRINAGAR, JAMMU/KASHMIR, September 2, 2023 (Daily Excelsior): The annual pilgrimage of Chhari-Mubarak Amarnath Ji culminated today at Pahalgam with its last rituals Pujan and Visarjan, which were performed at the bank of River Lidder. A sizable number of sadhus and tourists who had come from various parts of the country joined the Pujan. Later, Bhandara was organized and Dakshina was…
