BENGALURU, INDIA, April 18, 2022 (Indian Express): The annual Bengaluru Karaga temple festival held for over 300 years concluded in the early hours of Sunday in the old city of Bengaluru. The rituals for the festival began on April 9th and the Karaga Shaktyotsave (main event) was held after midnight on Saturday. The festival is celebrated each year to mark…
INDIA,April 16, 2022 (Swarajyamag by Aravindan Neelakandan): Prior to the British, education in India was decentralized, localized and, through the network of rural communities, democratic. It was also cost-effective. The British government, instead of upgrading this system, introduced a more centrally-controlled, capital-intensive education. This created disparities in the literacy of communities, a disparity which was blamed on Hindu society. Yet,…
MADISON, WISCONSIN, April 18, 2022 (Channel 3000): A new exhibit aiming to educate Wisconsinites about Hindu culture and civilization is now on display inside the state’s Capitol. The free exhibit is designed to help people understand one of the oldest continuous civilizations. It highlights time-proven principles and techniques for realizing the true nature of oneself. As part of the exhibit,…
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, April 15, 2022 (The Star): A little crowded but manageable – that sums up the sentiments of the Tamil community who attended Chittirai Puttandu, the Tamil New Year celebration, at various Hindu temples in the city yesterday. Many devotees who thronged their neighborhood temples were pleasantly surprised by the crowd. “I was apprehensive at first and was…
CAMBODIA, April 15, 2022 (Khmer Times KH): Preah Vihear, a Hindu temple, is situated on the top of a 1,720 ft. cliff in the Dangrek Mountains in Preah Vihear Province, about 248 miles north of capital Phnom Penh and 124 miles northwest of the famed Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap Province. The 11th century temple was inscribed on the…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14, 2022 (The Star): After low-key celebrations for two years due to strict Covid-19 standard operating procedure, the Tamil, Sikh and Malayalee communities in the country are set to usher in their respective major festivals in grand fashion today and tomorrow. Chittirai Puttandu, the Tamil New Year, and the Sikh Vaisakhi is celebrated today while the Vishu…
CHENNAI, INDIA, April 13, 2022 (WION News): Three Hindu Deity statues worth millions have been seized in India’s Puducherry. Estimated to be over 600 years old (from the transition period of Chola and Vijayanagara dynasty), the statues are suspected to have been stolen from Hindu temples, before 1980. The statues depicting Nataraja, Veendhara Siva and Vishnu are said to have…
SOUTH AFRICA, April 12, 2022 (The South African): The local community in Chatsworth is mourning the outright destruction of its Hindu Temple, as a result of the harrowing KwaZulu Natal floods. The destructive power of nature is not relenting on the east coast. On Tuesday, the KZN floods continued to wreak havoc across the province – with suburbs of Durban…
MALAYSIA, April 12, 2022 (The Star): A book paying tribute to William Kellie-Smith of “Kellie’s Castle” in Batu Gajah, Perak, will be published in four languages. Sri Maha Mariamman Devotees Association president P. Velmurugan, 38, said the book Forgotten Tales and Existing Facts was expected to be launched by Deputy of Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Santhara…
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…