CHENNAI, INDIA, August 2, 2023 (The Print): The Arulmigu Dhandayuthapaniswamy Temple in Dindigul — believed to be one of the six holy abodes of Lord Murugan in Tamil Nadu — has been in the news over the Palani Hill Temple Devotees Organisation’s demand to ban the entry of non-Hindus. The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court Monday allowed the…
AUSTRALIA, July 21, 2023 (science.org): The following is the abstract from the academic paper, “Earliest curry in Southeast Asia and the global spice trade 2000 years ago.” The principal author is Weiwei Wang of Australian National University. Abstract: The global spice trade has played an essential role in world history. However, because of poor preservation conditions, archaeobotanical remains of spices…
MARTAND, KASHMIR, July 31, 2023 (Daily Excelsior): Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits visited the remains of the Martand Sun temple here in Jammu and Kashmir today to perform Pind Daan as part of the Banmass Mela and prayed for peace for the souls of their departed ancestors. Ashok Siddha, the president of the mela Management Committee, said he is thankful to…
VAL-MORIN, CANADA, July 24, 2023 (L’info du Nord, translated from the original French): As has been the case every year for decades, the religious Kavadi ceremony took place in the streets of Val-Morin on the weekend of July 21 to 23. The participants of this ritual use music and pain to purify themselves of their sins or to ask for…
INDIA, July 27, 2023 (Daily Music Roll): It is known to everyone that the harmonium is an integral part of Indian Music, regardless of the genre. Starting from folk and classical songs to the mainstream Bollywood; harmonium has been a part of everything. While Hindustani Gharanas are enriched with the tune of harmonium, its wide use can be found in…
MALAYSIA, July 11, 2023 (Channel News Asia): When Professor Mokhtar Saidin bought a house in a private enclave in Sungai Petani, Kedah in 2005, he did not know that he was moving close to a site that would mean so much for Malaysia’s history. From 2007 to his retirement in 2021, Mokhtar made the half-an-hour drive countless times to the…
INDIA, July 28, 2023 (MSN.com by Vijender Sharma): In the run up to the launch of Chandrayaan-3, a team of scientists from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) visited the Tirupati Venkatachalapathy temple in Andhra Pradesh. They also took a miniature model of Chandrayaan-3 with them. This was not the first time the scientists from ISRO visited a temple before the…
UNITED KINGDOM, July 24, 2023 (Science Alert): We know that meat has a substantial impact on the planet, and that plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable. But exactly how much impact does the food we eat have on environmental outcomes and what difference would following a vegan diet make compared to consuming a high meat, or even low meat diet?…
BALI, INDONESIA, June 28, 2023 (Berita Bali, Google translated from Indonesian): Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI) Bali together with the Kerobokan Women’s Prison are ready to work together to provide services and training for the provision of convicts in the future. This follows after the signing of a cooperation agreement between PHDI Bali and the Kerobokan General Prison some time…
JAKARTA, INDONESIA, July 4, 2023 (Kemenag, Google translated from Indonesian): The Directorate General of Hindu Community Guidance (Ditjen Bimas Hindu) Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) is distributing aid worth US$1,324,319 for houses of worship for Hindus in 2023. This assistance is intended for 415 houses of worship for Hindus in 33 provinces in Indonesia. The 415 aid packages were divided into…
