Source MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, January 25, 2021 (ABC): After US$4 million of renovations, the Sri Vakrathunda Vinayagar Temple in The Basin is having its status as a holy site restored with the return of sacred statues. As part of Hindu tradition, the temple is renovated, refurbished and reconsecrated every 12 years. The new centerpiece of the temple this time around is…
Source All the world looks to the rain cloud for sustenance. All the people look to the king’s scepter for protection.— Tirukkural
Source DEHRADUN, INDIA, January 18, 2021 (Times of India): Walking on the roadside of Haridwar is a completely different experience these days. On the lines of Prayagrag Kumbha Mela of 2019, the walls of Haridwar city, too, have been brightened with murals, which largely depict Hindu mythology, culture and traditions of Uttarakhand. The breathtaking murals are a cynosure of all…
Source “Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child, the whole world is your own.”— Sri Sarada Devi (1853-1920) wife of Sri Ramakrishna
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)…