‘Passage from India’: Bartlett Hindu temple carved by Indian craftsman
PINDWARA, Rajasthan — Just off of India’s National Highway, in the middle of a desert so bald and sun-bleached that even shadows seem to dry up, the largest Hindu temple in North America is taking shape. A More...
The last of Tibet’s guerrilla fighters
The story of the group which helped the Dalai Lama escape from Tibet to India In March 1959, the only Tibetan guerrilla group helped the Dalai Lama escape to India. Assisted by the CIA and hunted by the More...
Generous volunteers give blood at Shree Swaminarayan Mandir in Kingsbury
Volunteers generously donated their blood at a Hindu Temple to help save the lives of thousands of people. The Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, Kingsbury Road, in Kingsbury, held its 20th blood donation session on Sunday, More...
2 deites vandalised in B’baria, Bangladesh | The Daily Star
Unknown miscreants vandalised two deities at a Hindu temple in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria early today. The two idols at Radha-Krishna temple of Shahbajpur village were vandalised anytime last night, said More...
Govt. triggers problem for temple at Ponnambalamedu by TDB
The government and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) appeared to be headed for a fresh confrontation on Wednesday with Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran questioning the board’s reported request to the More...
Thailand investigates new cases involving Buddhist temple’s money
Thailand is investigating three new cases involving possible financial crimes at the country’s biggest Buddhist temple, whose influential former abbot is wanted for suspected money laundering, police said More...
New CEO of Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust says focus is on centenary event
SHIRDI: Jalgaon collector Rubal Agarwal took charge as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) on Thursday. Addressing a press conference later, Agarwal said her main focus will be More...
‘Self-motivation’ is Patanjali’s success mantra
The everyday business at Patanjali’s Haridwar office starts on the dot at 9 am with the chanting of ‘Om’. While this may not look like the typical office scene, Avinash Kumar who heads marketing at Baba Ramdev’s More...
TTD plans to provide darshan in one hour
Devotees visiting Tirumala during the ensuing summer season need not spend gruelling hours waiting in the darshan lines. The TTD is planning to provide them the darshan of the presiding deity — Lord Venkateswara More...
Five-year-old spells Sanskrit word correctly to become youngest spelling bee champ
Spelling words is really tough and while most people can’t spelling bee competitors are of a different level even though they are children. It is also usually known that older children in the competition win it More...