NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 1, 2023 (Indian Express): A fortnight after The Indian Express investigation that at least 77 Indian antiquities linked to notorious smuggler Subhash Kapoor – who is in a Tamil Nadu jail — are still at the New York-based Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met), the New York Supreme Court has issued a search warrant against the museum…
HOUSTON, TEXAS, March 26, 2023 (HUA): Hindu University of America (HUA) in association with Hindus of Greater Houston (HGH) hosted a Friends of HUA Gala evening on 26 March 2023, at VPSS Haveli, Houston. The gala, which was attended by about 500 community members, honored Kiran and Ramesh Bhutada and their family for their generous gift of one million dollars…
KASHMIR, March 22, 2023 (Swarajyamag): The Sharada Devi temple near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir was inaugurated today, after the panchaloha (five metals) vigraha of Mata Sharada reached Teetwal in Kashmir. The new temple was inaugurated in the virtual mode by Home Minister Amit Shah on the occasion of the first Navratra of the Chaitra maas. Supported…
PARIS, FRANCE, March 18, 2023 (Philharmonie de Paris, Google translate from the original French): Balinese gamelan are ensembles of primarily percussive instruments made of bronze and bamboo and may also include drums, flutes, strings, and voice. The Philharmonie de Paris presents Dances and Masked Ballet of Ballet thru September 18, 2023. Divided into two parts, each introduced by a gamelan…
KAUAI, HAWAII, March 24, 2023: The installation of the Spatika Lingam of Iraivan Temple will be completed on March 26, starting at 6:00am Hawaii time and concluding at noon. The ceremonies will complete six days of worship to install the 700-pound natural quartz crystal Siva Lingam conducted by ten Sivachariyar priests and attended by a modest number of devotees from…
KAUAI, HAWAII, March 20, 2023 (Kauai’s Hindu Monastery Press Release): As many of you already know, our large, 700-pound, crystal Sivalinga has been “temporarily” residing in Kadavul Temple since August 1987, awaiting its move to the Iraivan Temple sanctum. Our architect, Selvanathan Sthapati, has indicated that now that the all-stone, hand carved Iraivan Temple structure is complete and the 11,000-pound…
BRITISH COLUMBIA, March 16, 22023 (BIV): Looking for a place to live in the Lower Mainland area of British Columbia can be a strange ordeal, with would-be renters forced to navigate things like small space “luxury rentals,” rentals with bizarre requirements, or a “closet-turned-room” for hefty prices. Among potential hurdles faced by home hunters in the region are rentals barring…
INDIA, March 5, 2023 (Organiser): Justice G.R. Swaminathan of Madurai bench Madras High Court on February 3rd set aside the appointment of two non-Brahmin priests of Arulmighu Subramaniya Swamy temple at Kumaravayalur of Srirangam taluk in Tiruchy, on the grounds that they do not come under the denomination of Adi Saivars or Sivachariyars or Gurukkals and therefore are ineligible to…
KERALA, INDIA, February 28, 2023 (BBC): A temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala has introduced a mechanical elephant to participate in its rituals. The initiative by authorities at Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple in Thrissur district is part of their pledge to stop using live animals for any festivities. The model was donated by People for Ethical Treatment of…
INDIA, February 23, 2023 (BBC by Sugato Mukherjee): Founded in 427 CE, Nalanda is considered the world’s first residential university, a sort of medieval Ivy League institution home to nine million books that attracted 10,000 students from across Eastern and Central Asia. They gathered here to learn medicine, logic, mathematics and – above all – Buddhist principles from some of…
