CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, May 14, 2025 (YouTube): There are hundreds of Hindu temples in America today thanks to the growing Indian population here. The first temple to be built was in San Francisco, California in 1959 by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. The Tamil tradition temple was later moved to Concord, CA in 1987 and operated in a church building there. Even though…
MADURAI, INDIA, May 9, 2025 (The HIndu): Thousands of devotees descended on the four Masi streets in Madurai to witness the Therottam (grand car festival) of Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple on the penultimate day of the annual Chithirai festival on Friday. Ahead of the temple car procession, the Deities — Goddess Meenakshi, Lord Sundareswarar and Goddess Piriyavidai — were brought…
MUMBAI, INDIA, May 9, 2025 (freepressjournal.in) The Siddhivinayak temple in Prabhadevi has announced a ban on coconuts and prasad inside the temple premises from Sunday. Mumbai’s most visited Hindu shrine, dedicated to Lord Ganesh, said that the step was taken as a safety precaution because coconuts can be used to conceal explosives. Sada Sarvankar, chairman of the temple trust and…
INDIA, May 3, 2025 (The Hindu): The portals of Himalayan temple Kedarnath were opened on Friday (May 2, 2025), with more than 12,000 pilgrims attending the ceremony. The gates of the temple located at a height of more than 11,000 ft were opened at 7am, Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) officials said. The Himalayan temple was adorned with 10,800 kilos of…
INDIA, May 2, 2025 (Indian Express): Servitors of the Jagannath Temple in Puri have warned members of their community against participating in any rituals that are held at a new replica of the 12th century shrine that was opened by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the seaside town of Digha on Akshaya Tritiya. Several culture researchers and senior…
VIETNAM, May 29, 2020 (Swarajya): A monolithic sandstone Shivalinga from the 9th century CE was excavated by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at My Son in central Vietnam. The Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar congratulated the ASI on the discovery and applauded its ongoing conservation project at the Cham Temple complex. He also said that the project was “reaffirming…
CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, May 2, 2025 (India Post): The Concord Hindu Temple, a cornerstone of spiritual and cultural enrichment in the Bay Area since 1957, is set to host a historic Kumbabishekam Ceremony, the consecration of the newly built temple, on May 9, 2025. This momentous event is expected to draw 10,000 devotees and coincides with AAPI Heritage Month, underscoring the…
VIETNAM, June 7, 2024 (Varnam): The Cat Tien archaeological site was accidentally discovered in 1985 and has since undergone numerous excavations, uncovering evidence of a Hindu civilization dating from the 4th to the 9th century C.E. The Shiva Linga measures 89 inches in height. In 2020, a Vietnamese news outlet reported that large-scale excavations began on March 12, 2020, at…
INDIA, April 29, 2025 (MSN): After a gap of nearly five years, India and China will resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra from June—a move being seen as an attempt to normalize their relationship that was severely hit by the eastern Ladakh border standoff. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday said the yatra is set to take place from…
INDIA, April 29, 2025 (The Hindu): It’s 3:45am, and there’s a chill in the air. In the tender light of the morning, students line up for their daily schedule — practicing the nagaswaram and thavil in the Then Tirupati Lord Srinivasa temple in Jadayampalayam, near Mettupalayam. Till 6:30am, the temple echoes with the sounds of the instruments. These are students…
