A visit to the largest religious monument in the world
One of the main reasons for my deciding to take the Viking River Cruise through Vietnam and Cambodia was the opportunity to visit Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world. It had been on my “bucket More...
Devotees take out procession | The Hindu
Natham wore a festive look as more than 15,000 devotees from the town and nearby villages, clad in yellow, carried milk pots and took out a procession towards Sri Mariamman Temple on Tuesday. The ceremony, popularly More...
Hindus living in fear in Kerala, says Prajatantra Ulisi Vedike | The Hindu
Demanding that Hindus, workers of pro-Hindu organisations, including RSS and BJP, be protected from alleged attacks by miscreants in Kerala, hundreds of activists of Prajatantra Ulisi Vedike and pro-Hindu organisations More...
Punjab withdraws mgmt, NRI quota from AYUSH colleges | Hindustan Times
Following the Union government’s directions, Punjab has withdrawn management and NRI quota for undergraduate courses in private Ayush (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) colleges. Besides, all 800 More...
Reviving an ancient Chola shrine | The Hindu
Arulmigu Anandavalli Ambal Samedha Chandrasekarar Temple is located at Umbalapadi village, en route Kapisthalam, Papanasam taluk, Thanjavur district. Inscriptions indicate that the village was known as Umbalapadi More...
Damage to Hindu Temple in South Sacramento
The Sacramento Police Department received a call about hit-and-run damage to a Hindu Temple in South Sacramento. The call came in at 6:31 p.m. and the incident happened at the 7700 block of La Mancha Way in Sacramento. The More...
Original Hindu Temple in USA is overhauled after 111 years | Marina Times
An ornate, multidomed house at 2963 Webster Street at Filbert, known as the first Hindu temple in the Western world, is being renovated. Dedicated Jan. 7, 1906, it avoided the debacle that devastated San Francisco More...
City archeologist finds a medieval period port city from inscription on temple | The Hindu
The sleepy hamlet of Irukkanthurai stands three kilometres from the Bay of Bengal. Around 300 houses looking like colourful cubes stand silent under the scorching sun as a team of village elders, epigraphists and More...
Locals urge Karnataka govt to not denotify Udupi temple
With temple trustees wanting custody of cash-rich Janardhana temple, locals have launched a signature campaign in Udupi urging the government to not denotify the historical Janardhana and Mahakali temple of Ambalpady More...
A ritual precedes the playing of Beri Maddhalam at the Srirangam temple | The Hindu
Srirangam is a treasure house for various instruments that are used in the different rituals. Around 18 instruments are being used for various rituals and Beri Maddhalam is one of them. The Beri Maddhalam is an More...