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Upset Hindus seek apology from London Fashion Week for trivializing deities
Upset Hindus are urging for apologies from London Fashion Week (LFW), its organizer British Fashion Council (BFC), its principal sponsor Sunglass Hut and London based fashion designer Ashish Gupta for trivializing More...
Where masters of art bring Durga to life | kolkata | Hindustan Times
Way back in 1975, a painter of no less a stature than Nirode Mazumdar agreed to create the idols for a community Durga Puja in south Kolkata and that too for free. The unprecedented gesture gave a cue to the who’s More...
How Gandhara became Kandhar
Afghanistan’s epic history starts when it was an important region of ancient India called ‘Gandhara’. One of its most frequently mentioned cities in the world today is ‘Kandahar’, made infamous by the More...
Jain monk: Rs 11 crore collected to light Jain monk’s funeral pyre
MUMBAI: Five members of the Jain community collectively donated over Rs 11 core to light the funeral pyre of a revered monk who passed away in the early hours of Sunday. Jains offering huge sums to carry out the More...
Health fair at Midwest Swaminarayan shrine
ITASCA, IL — The 39th Health Fair was successfully completed at Midwest Swaminarayan Temple in Itasca Illinois. The September 18 event was sponsored by the temple, Lohana Association of Greater Chicago (LAGC), More...
Adi Ganga disappears in West Bengal – India Climate Dialogue
Adi Ganga, the nearly 75 km long original channel of the Ganga, has been hijacked at several places. Three centuries ago, this was the main outflow of the Ganga to the Bay of Bengal. Today it is a sewer buried More...
How Keva Ayurveda increased its revenue by more than 100x in 4 years
Ayurvedic treatment and services are gaining ground driven by factors like no side effects, reliability and affordability. Riding high on the natural methods of therapy for various ailments, Bengaluru-based Keva More...
ISKCON’s 50th Anniversary Rath Yatra Attracts Thousands In Chicago
More than 2,000 people gathered for the Rath Yatra festival Sept. 17 at the Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago as part of the national kickoff celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the International Society for Krishna More...
ISKCON yatra to mark its 50th anniversary in Chicago
CHICAGO, IL — A 40-foot high, colourfully-decorated and hand-pulled cart—surrounded by thousands of chanting and dancing devotees—will roll down the streets of downtown Chicago on September 17 to kick More...
22-feet, Tallest Durga in Bistupur
An artisan works on Mahishasura while the 22ft partially completed Durga idol stands tall at RD Bhatta and CA Puja Committee pandal in Bistupur on Monday. Picture by Bhola Prasad The Durga idol at Beldih Kalibari, More...