INDIA, June 24, 2025 (YouTube by Benoy K. Behl): The Vijayanagara Empire emerged in the mid-14th century and soon encompassed most of South India, from coast to coast. By the mid-15th century, the kingdom stretched from North Karnataka to Kerala and from the Malabar Coast to Orissa. At Hampi, on the banks of the Tungabhadra River, was made the imperial…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, June 25, 2025 (licolncenter.org press release): Discover a once-in-a-generation theatrical experience weaving ancient wisdom with modern spectacle in Why Not Theatre’s visually stunning retelling of the Sanskrit epic, Mahabharata. A contemporary take on a story that is over 4,000 years old and foundational to Indian culture, this tale of a family feud is an exploration of…
GUADELOUPE, June 19, 2025 (The Commune): For over 150 years, the horrific suffering of Tamil indentured laborers in Guadeloupe remained buried under colonial silence. But a groundbreaking research paper presented at the 2025 Global India Diaspora Conference has finally exposed the genocide of over 30,000 Tamil Hindus in this French Caribbean colony. Between 1845 and 1900, tens of thousands of…
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, June 21, 2025 (Newsroom Press Release): His Holiness Brahmavihari Swamiji, head of BAPS Hindu Mandir Abu Dhabi and international relations for BAPS, met with members of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. His Holiness also toured Church sites, including Deseret…
INDIA, June 19, 2025 (Times Now News): Palki is a 1000-year-old tradition where people take an annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur. Pandharpur is the place in Maharashtra where the seat of Hindu God Vithoba resides. The festival was started by some saints in Maharashtra and it continues to be observed, thanks to varkaris (followers of the saints). There are two main…
INDIA, June 21, 2025 (OpIndia): The assault on Hindu civilization takes many forms, some violent, some insidious. None is more treacherous than the whitewashing of yoga, our most profound spiritual practice, into a sterile fitness routine baptized with Christian prayers. Yoga is not a modular fitness regimen to be dismembered and repackaged; it is the beating heart of Sanatana Dharma.…
INDIA, June 20, 2025 (India Today): Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur, on June 20, flagged off the first batch of pilgrims for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra 2025, marking the resumption of the sacred journey after a five-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first batch of yatris (pilgrims) was flagged off today from the Indo-China border point at Nathula…
INDIA, June 2025 (HPI News Release): This month, Hindu interfaith advocate and community leader Dr. Dilip Amin completed the revered Mount Kailash Parikrama, a pilgrimage to one of the most sacred and awe-inspiring sites on Earth. He invites the global Hindu community to join him virtually on this incredible spiritual and physical journey.A comprehensive travelogue video has been released, offering…
INDIA, June 21, 2025 (The Hindu): More than 25,000 tribal students from Alluri Sitharama Raju district participated in a massive yoga session in Visakhapatnam on Friday, setting the stage for a new world record. The official announcement of the record is expected on Saturday, coinciding with International Yoga Day celebrations. Students from various tribal welfare and Ashram schools across Paderu,…
NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 21, 2025 (ETV Bharat): On the 11th International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday led a mass yoga session (photo above) from Vishakapatnam in Andhra Pradesh with simultaneous sessions at over 100,000 locations across the country. The event called Yoga Sangam is aimed at spreading awareness on the adoption of yoga into lifestyles while…
