Source MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, July 16, 2020 (Indian Link): The Sri Vakrathunda Vinayagar Temple in The Basin was first conceived in 1989, when a breakaway group moved away from the Hindu Society of Victoria, frustrated at the slow progress in the development of a Ganesha temple. “We procured a church building no longer in use, close to the city,” said Shan…
Source MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, July 16, 2020 (Indian Link): Much to the disappointment of thousands of devotees, the latest COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne has caused delays in the consecration ceremony (Maha Kumbabhishegam) of the largest Hindu temple in the Southern Hemisphere made with handmade granite stones. Dedicated to Hinduism’s most-loved Deity, Ganesha, the Sri Vakrathunda Vinayagar Temple in The Basin recently…
Source It is easy to tame the rogue elephant. It is easy to tie the mouth of a bear. It is easy to mount the back of a lion. It is easy to charm poisonous snakes. It is easy to conquer the celestial and the noncelestial realms. It is easy to trek the worlds invisible. It is easy to command…
Source SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, July 14, 2020 (Courthouse News): HPI Note: This is a more thorough summary of the hearing than the information published in yesterday’s HPI. The fight to revive a lawsuit over how California portrays Hinduism in public school lessons largely hinges on whether state educational standards are policies — which can be reviewed by courts — or…
Source INDIA, July 14, 2020 (Hindustan Times): The impact of the Supreme Court judgment in the Padmanabhaswamy temple case on other cases relating to Shebait [temple manager] or religious rights may be limited because the ruling is based on the existence of a 1950 law enacted by the state of Travancore-Cochin, which was the precursor to the Kerala state, legal…
Source I know you are busy. At least, your mind has made you think so. Even so, can you not find some time to invite God, your Supreme Guest, to bless you–you and your life–with His all-illumining and all-fulfilling presence?— Sri Chinmoy, renowned spiritual leader, author, poet, artist, musician and athlete
Source BALI, INDONESIA, July 6, 2020 (Independent): Bali has held mass prayers as the Indonesian resort island prepares to reopen to tourists who have been shut out due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than a thousand people attended a prayer at Besakih Hindu temple in the town of Karangasem, expressing gratitude for the handling of Covid-19 on the island and…
Source SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, July 14, 2020: At source above one can watch the on-line appeal by CAPEEM (California Parents for Equality in Educational Material) before the Ninth Circuit Court of the US regarding the earlier dismissal of CAPEEM’s lawsuit against the California State Board of Education for its disparagement of Hinduism in the State’s Standards and Framework for middle…
Source Adversity and prosperity never cease to exist. The adornment of great men’s minds is to remain unswervingly just under both.— Tirukkural 115
KAUAI, HAWAII, July 9, 2020 (HPI): Hinduism Today is doing a story on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our individual and collective practice of religion. We request HPI readers to send us a two paragraph report on their own experience. How has the lockdown impacted you on a personal and and religious level? Some we know have been…