Source JAPAN, August 28, 2019 (CNN): It may seem like an out there move, but a 400-year-old Japanese temple has brought in a robot named Mindar to preach sermons. The adult-sized android, modeled after Kannon Bodhisattva, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, was introduced to the Kodaiji temple in Kyoto earlier this year. Although some critics have compared it to “Frankenstein’s…
Source INDIA, August 30, 2019 (Silicon India): Any celebration in India is incomplete without special song dedications. With the proper emotional touch and also the dance numbers, this 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi celebration is no different from the others. The festival marks the birth of Hindu God Ganesha and to make the celebrations exciting, devotional songs brings that spiritual atmosphere into…
Source ALTARE, ITALY, August 28, 2019 (IVG translated from Italian): Two thousand faithful of the Hindu communities participated, as every year, in the Pellegrino ad Altare area at the Ganesh Festival. The pilgrims also came from outside to then find themselves, as tradition dictates, the anniversary dedicated to the God Ganesh. The celebrations took place at the Shri Lalita Mahatripurasundari…
Source HOUSTON, TEXAS, August 8, 2019 (Houston Chronicle): The last day of school is the beginning of the countdown to Hindu Heritage Youth Camp. Namita Pallod remembers eagerly awaiting the start of camp each year, crossing off the days on her calendar along with her friends. “We always called camp the best five days of the year,” she said. Now,…
Source ALTARE, ITALY, August 28, 2019 (IVG translated from Italian): Two thousand faithful of the Hindu communities participated, as every year, in the Pellegrino ad Altare area at the Ganesh Festival. The pilgrims also came from outside to then find themselves, as tradition dictates, the anniversary dedicated to the God Ganesh. The celebrations took place at the Shri Lalita Mahatripurasundari…
Source To attain stillness of speech and thought at once is mauna. Mauna with speech alone is but a state of dumbness. Only when speech and thought are alike in mauna are you in a state of perfection. — Tirumantiram 1896
Source ABU DHABI, August 25, 2019 (Menafn): Thousands of expatriates marked Janmashtami, the annual Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Deity Krishna, with various events across Abu Dhabi. Festivities started at the BAPS Hindu Mandir site and various associations across the capital and Al Ain during the evening hours. The celebrations included singing devotional songs, recitation of the Bhagavad Gita,…
Source Hinduism has proven much more open to new ideas than any other religion, scientific thought and social experimentation. Many concepts, like reincarnation, meditation, yoga and others, have found worldwide acceptance. It would not be surprising to find Hinduism the dominant religion of the 21st-century. — Klaus L. Klostermaier, professor of religious studies at the University of Manitoba
Source INDIA, July 11, 2017 (Daily Beast): For one month a year, the icy waters of Roopkund Lake melt enough to reveal scattered skeletal remains of 200 humans who perished in the region 1,200 years ago. Because of the harsh conditions of the remote lake, nestled 15,750 feet in the Himalayan mountains of India bordering Nepal and only accessible via…
Source CAIRO, EGYPT, August 19, 2019 (Egyptian Streets): Cairo’s long awaited landmark “Hindu Palace” or “Baron Palace” will open its doors to welcome the public this October after its restoration is complete. Its much-needed renovation, which started in August 2017, was reported to cost over US$6 million. According to Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, 90 percent…