5-Year-Old Muslim Girl Tops Bhagwat Gita Recitation Contest
Kendrapara: A five-year-old girl from the minority community surprised all here in this coastal district when she topped the Bhagwad Gita recitation contest. Firdaus topped the Gita recitation contest held here yesterday by getting the better of senior competitors. A standard-1 student of Sovaniya residential school here, the tiny-tot has got by heart More...
Global Indian diaspora conference in Trinidad
The Indian Diaspora Councils of New York and Trinidad will be hosting an Indian Diaspora World Convention from March 17-20 at various venues in Trinidad. Speaking last week at a press conference at the National More...
Diwali declared holiday in New York’s East Williston School District
Hindus have welcomed the reported inclusion of Diwali, most popular of their festival, as holiday by East Williston Union Free School District (EWUFSD) in New York State on its School Calendar for 2017-2018. Nearby More...
Hindus welcome chanting by Montana elementary students linked to Hindu epic Ramayana
Hindus have welcomed reports of performance by students of some elementary schools of Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS) in Montana, involving a chant linked to Hindu text Ramayana in February. According to reports, More...
‘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...
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...
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...