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NEW JERSEY, U.S.A., October 21, 2003: Scholars of the Indian and Romuva (ancient indigenous Lithuanian religion) civilizations took a step towards understanding each other. The first conference in a series planned to increase understanding of the ancient traditions of Indo-Romuvan civilizations was held in New Jersey last week. The conference brought together about forty-five eminent scholars belonging to Indian and Romuvan tradition from Lithuania, Latvia, Mexico, North America and India. The conference focused on four main broad topics: Indo-European history and common roots, similarities and peculiarities in the philosophy and theology of Indian and Romuvan traditions, the evolution of Indian and Romuvan traditions abroad and preservation of these traditions in the changing world. Jonas Trinkunas from Lithuania, who has been recently elevated to the highest priesthood position in Lithuanian Romuva traditions, gave the keynote address. He pointed out similarities between the ancient Indian and Romuvan traditions. Commending the vision of ancient Indic seers he said, “The founding principles for uniting the pagan traditions in Europe have been inspired by the Hindu philosophy.” The conference was made possible by the International Center for Cultural Studies (ICCS)-USA and World Congress of Ethnic Religions (WCER), Lithuania.



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