FIJI, August 2, 2021 (Fiji Times): From a small shrine established to preserve the culture of firewalking for its Hindu devotees, the Bhagwati temple has today become one of the most renowned in Fiji and it is renowned for its annual firewalking ceremony. People all around Fiji and internationally have travelled to attend and witness the firewalking ceremony held at…
CHENNAI, INDIA, August 2, 2021 (New Indian Express): Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Minister PK Sekar Babu on Sunday said pooja in temples will be performed in Tamil from this week. “The scheme will be launched under the banner of Annai Thamizhil Archanai (Pooja in mother Tamil) at Kapaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore from Wednesday or Thursday. Within a month, it…
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KAUAI, HAWAII, August 6, 2021 (Carlos Watson Show, Youtube): Kauai and Iraivan Temple got an unexpected shout-out from Vivek Murthy on the Carlos Watson Show of July 13th on YouTube. Dr. Murthy had visited the temple and home of Hinduism Today prior to the pandamic. Transcript of the short remarks follows: Carlos Watson (host): What’s the most beautiful place you’ve…
HOUSTON, TEXAS, August 6, 2021 (By Kesava B. Chakka): On a warm sunny afternoon of 23rd July, about 60 young cadets of the Houston Police Department (HPD) were introduced to the core principles of Hinduism through a series of presentations and lectures at Vallabh Priti Seva Samaj.(VPSS) As the Greater Houston area is one of the most culturally diverse communities…
UNITED STATES, August 1, 2021 (Indian Express by Geetika Sharma): When the US government tightened its immigration rules in the early 1900s, Punjabi immigrant workers, mostly men, were unable to bring their wives and families with them. Marriages between whites and people of color had previously been prohibited by anti-miscegenation laws in many states till 1967, and the new immigration…
UNITED STATES, July 30, 2021 (NY Times by Sara Aridi): When we were younger, my older sister Heba kept a photo on her dresser in our bedroom that always caught my eye. She said I was the young red-haired girl in the picture, but I was born with blonde curls and had light brown hair at the time. The girl…
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, July 1, 2021 (RNS): The Catholic bishop of Syracuse, New York, is speaking out against the Doctrine of Discovery and revealing plans to ask Pope Francis to repudiate theological teachings used for centuries to justify the subjugation of Indigenous peoples. In an interview with Religion News Service on Wednesday (June 30), Bishop Douglas J. Lucia explained he…
INDIA, July 30, 2021 (Unesco): Rudreshwara, popularly known as Ramappa Temple, has been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites. The ornate temple is located in the village of Palampet approximately 124 miles north-east of Hyderabad, in the State of Telangana. It is the main Shiva temple in a walled complex built during the Kakatiyan period (1123–1323 CE) under…
INDIA, July 27, 2021 (The Hindu): The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), which was conceived as a US$2.68 billion program in 2014 to clean up the river has so far been allocated $2.02 billion. Of this only $1.4 billion, or about two-thirds, has been released by the Finance Ministry to the NMCG, a body under the Jal Shakti Ministry,…