Source INDIA, April 13, 2020 (Swarajyamag): A new statue of Lord Hanuman has been installed at the makeshift Ram Janmabhoomi temple site here. The old statue was damaged but could not be replaced till now due to the Supreme Court directive for maintaining “status quo” owing to the pending case on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. The old statue has…
Source BALI, INDONESIA, April 13, 2020 (Sunrise Read): The first Hindu university has been opened in Indonesia in the name of Sugriva, a character from the Ramcharit Manas. Indonesia has converted an institute in Bali into the first Hindu university in the country. Under the Presidential Regulation, Hinduism State Institute of Denpasar, Bali has been made the first Hindu State…
Source I felt great need of a holy pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.— Saint Kabir (1440-1518)
Source HAWAII, U.S., April 13, 2020 (Himalayan Academy): As the name suggests, the digital course was created to help uplift and inspire everyone and anyone who might be feeling the impact of the current global situation. Families are in lockdown, unable to visit their local temple, ashram or yoga studio. There is a need for a digital diet that is…
Source KATMANDU, NEPAL, April 13, 2020 (Brownsville Herald): In this photo, a Nepalese volunteer carries a sack of corn to feed pigeons at Pashupatinath temple, the country’s most revered Hindu temple, during the lockdown in Kathmandu, Nepal. Guards, staff and volunteers are making sure animals and birds on the temple grounds don’t starve during the country’s lockdown, which halted temple…
Source KOLKATA, INDIA, April 13, 2020 (Deccan Herald): Over 200,000 Hindu priests in West Bengal have become jobless as various social functions, rituals and religious festivities have either been cancelled or postponed to prevent public gatherings in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, a pandits’ organization spokesperson said on Monday. “If there are no pujas and other religious functions in…
Source One should go beyond relative knowledge and abide in the Self. Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world. Seek the seeker.— Ramana Maharishi (1879-1950), South Indian mystic
Source KOLKATA, INDIA, April 12, 2020 (Indian Express): The nationwide lockdown imposed on March 25 to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has left Hindu priests in the city in distress as their earnings have dried up. In normal times, they earn a relatively significant amount of money in March and April, when several religious festivals and weddings are held.…
Source He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.— Chanakya (350-275 bce), Indian politician, strategist and writer
Source UNITED STATES, April 4, 2020 (Medium by Isha Singh): You’ve seen them before. They call themselves “South Asians” (maybe “Desis,” but never Indians–let alone “Hindus”). They hold positions in their university’s South Asian Club. Their parents never took them to any religious classes so they were fed a stale diet of Bollywood, Twitter, and the New York Times. After…