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…
BENGALURU, INDIA, June 18, 2025 (YouTube): Bharateeya Santa Maha Parishhad (BSMP) is an organized confederation of all like minded Pujya Santas representing any faith, cult, philosophy, tradition and community from across the world belonging to Bharatiya Sanskruti, according to their press release. “Having a glorious history and great heritage for thousands of years, our Bharatiya Sanskruti proclaims unity in diversity.…
INDIA, June 13, 2025 (Business Standard): Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita on Friday flagged off the first batch of the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra, marking the resumption of the sacred pilgrimage after a five-year hiatus. The minister felicitated the selected yatris and extended his best wishes for a safe and spiritually fulfilling journey. According to the Ministry…
UNITED STATES, June 13, 2025 (Nigerian Tribune): A recently published study by the Pew Research Center has revealed that the number of people who identify with no religion in the United States nearly doubled between 2010 and 2020. Figures from Pew’s Global Religious Landscape study show that the population of religiously unaffiliated individuals in the US rose from 51.2 million…
SINGAPORE, June 8, 2025 (Straits Times): More than 20,000 devotees gathered to witness the consecration of the Sri Sivan Temple on June 8. The Geylang East temple, one of the oldest Hindu temples in Singapore, has a history that dates back to the 1800s. The event was attended by the Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs…
