London’s Muslim Mayor visits Hindu temple, performs ‘Jalabhishek’ on Shri Swaminarayan’s idol – See pics | Zee News
London: Spreading the message of harmony and peace over communal hatred, London’s first Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, visited city’s famous Shri Swaminarayan temple in Neasden a few days ago before he was elected. He later shared the pictures of his visit to the temple on his Facebook handle which soon went viral on social media. In one of the pictures, More...
Temple desecrated by burglars | IOL
Durban – Devotees of the Northdale Siva Nyana Sabha in Pietermaritzburg have been left devastated by a burglary which desecrated the temple. According to the chairman of the temple in Chetty Road, Sagren More...
Chandigarh to float tender for 37,000 yoga mats, 40 LED screens
THE CHANDIGARH Administration has decided to procure around 37,000 yoga mats and around 40 LED screens for the second International Yoga Day to be held in the city on June 21 in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi More...
Discovering Chinmaya Mission Boston Documentary Released – India New England News
ANDOVER, MA—INDIA New England News, the region’s largest and oldest print, online and video magazine, released a 22-minute documentary on Chinmaya Mission Boston. “Discovering Chinmaya Mission Boston” More...
Veggies In Cattle Country: Leading Texas Hospital Now Promoting Plant-Based Diet | Fronteras Desk
This dish, an African stew, consists of vegetables and legumes, the essence of a plant-based diet. A leading hospital has become the first in historically beef-loving Texas to formally promote plant-based and More...
Teaching Hinduism in California schools | Religion News Service
(RNS) An open letter to the California Department of Education, signed by a group of academics, many of whom are sympathetic to the Indian left, is threatening to downgrade, and in many cases remove, the terms More...
Nepal’s heritage sites still in ruins a year after quake- Nikkei Asian Review
KATHMANDU VALLEY, Nepal — Deftly handling tiny chisels and swabs of cloth, a dozen village women painstakingly chip away the crust and grime of centuries, restoring to life images of Brahma, Vishnu and other More...
Trinidad Hindus Observe Nau Raatri, Ram Nowni
PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD, April 14, 2016 (HPI by Paras Ramoutar): For several weeks now, Hindus in Trinidad have joined their counterparts in the Indian diaspora worldwide in the observance of Nau Raatri and Ram More...
Students’ protest forces California commission to reject suggestions to replace ‘India’ with ‘South Asia’ in textbooks – HEF
After protests from students and parents, the California Department of Education’s Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) has rejected suggestions by a group of professors to replace the word “India” with More...
Keeping Islam as State Religion in Bangladesh Triggers Mixed Reactions
KOLKATA—The rejection Monday by Bangladesh’s High Court of a 28-year-old petition in which some secular activists sought to scrap Islam as the state religion of the country has sparked mixed reactions in the More...