CAMBODIA, April 7, 2022 (National Geographic): Appearing like a fever dream amid a thick, humid jungle is Angkor Wat—a soaring, sumptuous city of stone with elegant spires and elevated towers, covered galleries and airy courtyards, ornate walkways and intricate bas-relief carvings. Situated on the shores of Tonle Sap, a lake in northwest Cambodia, this temple complex is a nearly 900-year-old…
JAMMU/KASHMIR, April 10, 2022 (Hindustan Times): Policemen were deployed in strength at a temple in Sidhra area on the outskirts of the Jammu city on Saturday morning following vandalism at a temple. “Some unidentified elements vandalized statues of Hindu Gods and Goddesses, including those of local Deities, late on Friday. Some of the statues were broken into pieces. They also…
INDIA, April 7, 2022 (dmerharyana): Devotees may do online darshan of important pilgrimage sites or temples at their convenience and from any location. On Saturday, a novel service, Temple 360, was inaugurated by the Union culture ministry. On the website, visitors will see live video feeds directly from temples the inner sanctums all around India. The Minister for State for…
BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, April 5, 2022 (Hindustan Times): The Central government has told the Odisha government that its ordinance to bring the 11th-century Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar and its associated temples under a special law is outside the “legislative competence” of the state legislature and could lead to conflict with the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (AMASR…
FLUSHING, NEW YORK, April 4, 2022 (YouTube): View below the dedication of a section of Bowne Street in Flushing New York adjacent to the Hindu Temple Society of North America’s large Ganesha temple as “Ganesha Street.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_hjNgu7ERI
INDIA, April 5, 2022 (Star of Mysore): Thousands of devotees from Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and other districts took a holy dip at Triveni Sangama (confluence of three rivers — Cauvery, Kapila and Sphatika) in T. Narasipur taluk of Mysuru district as part of the Ugadi Festival Jatra on Saturday, the first day of the Hindu New Year. The Ugadi Jatra…
SRI LANKA, March 28, 2022 (BBC): The Veddas were traditionally forest dwellers, who foraged, hunted and lived in close-knit groups in caves in the dense jungles of Sri Lanka, relocating from one cave to another when someone from the group died. Gunabandilaaththo belongs to the Vedda community, the earliest known aboriginal people of Sri Lanka. Today, the Vedda live scattered…
KAUAI, HAWAII, April 3, 2022: The latest issue of our prow-of-the-ship journal, Hinduism Today, has gone to press and is now available online free of charge at http://www.hinduismtoday.com. You can also download our free Hinduism Today app and get the entire magazine in a mobile-friendly format for your device at http://bit.ly/HT-APP. Our Insight section, “Seven Dimensions of the Mind,” shares…
TELANGANA, INDIA, March 28, 2022 (The Print): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday will inaugurate the newly reconstructed Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district. Speaking to ANI, Geeta, Temple Executive Officer said, “After the formation of Telangana state, the government decided to reconstruct the Yadadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, under Yadagirigutta Temple Development Authority (YTDA).…
HOUSTON, TEXAS, March 26, 2022 (Houston Chronicle): Vibrant shades of dust flew in the air as thousands celebrated the start of spring during a traditional Hindu Holi festival in southwest Houston Saturday afternoon. While this atmosphere rivaled that of a music festival, the event draws on a deeper cultural connection as participants partake in a joyous color fight celebration at…