KAUAI, HAWAII, January 17, 2021 (HPI): Hinduism Today editors are assembling an article on the Hindu home shrine, with writers in London and a research team in Western Canada. We want to show readers some truly great home shrine ideas and so are asking HPI CyberCadets to send us high-resolution photos of shrine rooms that are special. Send to: sada@hindu.org
Source LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, January 16, 2021 (EIN News): A report published by INSIGHT UK today reveals that pupils leave school with an incorrect and sparse understanding of Hinduism. INSIGHT UK is an organization that aims to address the concerns of the British Hindu and British Indian communities. The document titled “A report on the state of Hinduism in Religious…
Source No man is my enemy. No man is my friend. All men are my teachers. Some teach me what to do, some teach me what not to do.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source UNITED STATES, January 5, 2021 (Swarajya, by A. Neelakandran): Pankaj Jain came to New Jersey in 1996 on a H1B visa and is now Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas (@ProfPankajJain). His Indian employer gifted two American software experts, who had come to teach Pankaj Jain and his colleagues a programming language, a…
Source BENGALURU, INDIA, January 11, 2021 (National Geographic, by Liz Dodd): South Indian snack food is luscious and languid, with flavors that sing of the Keralan coast, and spicing as mellow as Goa trance music. Yet, in the city of Bengaluru, India’s Silicon Valley, this is food eaten not in beach bars but standing — accompanied by a shot of…
Source COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, January 14, 2021 (News First): Thai Pongal is a traditional harvest festival observed by all Tamils, Hindus and non-Hindus alike. It is celebrated in India, Sri Lanka and other parts of the world where there are Tamil communities. It falls in the month of Thai of the Tamil calendar (the tenth month in the Tamil calendar)…
Source You are a being that has unlimited power within.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source INDIA, January 13, 2021 (Swarajya): In September 2020, an RTI query was sent to the NCERT (National Council of Educational Research), asking it to shed light on the sources which it employs to make the claim that Mughal emperors like Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb gave grants to repair Hindu temples destroyed during wars. “All Mughal emperors gave grants to…
Source KATHMANDU,NEPAL, January 14, (La Prensa Latina): Thousands of people in Nepal on Thursday celebrated the end of winter solstice with Maghe Sankranti, among the most popular Hindu festivals in Nepal, despite the severe Covid-19 crisis in the country. The festival, also known as Maghi or Makar Sankranti, is held every year on January 14 to mark the ascent of…
Source HARIDWAR,UTTARAKHAND, INDIA, January 15, 2021 (The Guardian): Up to a million Hindu pilgrims have gathered on the banks of the River Ganges in northern India, marking the start of a major religious festival that is taking place despite the risks of Covid infection. Millions more are expected to descend on Haridwar in the coming weeks for Kumbh Mela, one…