Source HYDERABAD, INDIA, June 26, 2019 (Deccan Chronicle): For the first time ever, the Khairatabad Ganesh statue will stand 61 feet tall, with 12 heads of Ganesha. The model of this year’s statue, named Dwadashaditya, was released by the Ganesh Utsav Committee on Tuesday, after conducting special pujas. Every year, the making of the Ganesh statue starts three months before…
HPI PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD/TOBAGO, June 25, 2019 (HPI by Paras Ramoutar): Murtis representing nine Hindu Gods and Goddesses were critically damaged by fire at the Shree Dhaam Hindu Temple in Diego Martin earlier this week. Murtis included Lord Rama, Mother Sita, Lord Hanuman, Mother Sarsawati. Mother Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh. According to SWAHA Shree Ram Dhaam Temple founder and former Trinidad…
Source In shallow men the fish of little thoughts cause much commotion. In oceanic minds the whales of inspiration make hardly a ruffle. — Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855-1936), guru of Satyananda Giri and Paramahansa Yogananda
Source UNITED STATES, June 21, 2019 (Industry Leaders Magazine): Yoga’s share in the fitness industry becomes apparent in the sheer number of yoga practitioners around the world. According to a 2016 research by Yoga Alliance, there are 300 million Yoga practitioners around the world with 36 million practitioners in the US alone. Yoga Alliance also noted that in 2016, there…
Source YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA, June 21, 2019 (Deccan Chronicle): It is widely known that Indonesia was once ruled by a Hindu kingdom. However, centuries after the fall of that kingdom, the values of Hinduism are still being preserved by locals in the region. In many parts of the country which has a predominant Muslim (approximately 83 per cent) population, Hindu temples,…
Source Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved. — Ramana Maharishi (1879-1950), Indian guru
Source WALDEN, NEW YORK, June 17, 2019 (Vertical Response): Students and young professionals from the tri-state area and as far as Washington, D.C., Boston and Chicago, came to attend Hindu Students Council (HSC)’s annual camp during the Memorial Day weekend at Shanti Mandir, in Walden, NY. Now in its 29th year, the camp helps young Hindus form a community and…
Source SINGAPORE, June 19, 2019 (Channel News Asia): Representative bodies of Singapore’s key religious communities have affirmed their commitment to safeguard religious harmony in the country. More than 250 organisations have put their names to the commitment, including the Catholic Archdiocese, Hindu Advisory Board, Islamic Religious Council of Singapore, National Council of Churches of Singapore, Sikh Advisory Board, Singapore Buddhist…
Source Realize the truest reality, the real power, that you are; Infinite you are, above all danger and difficulty. — Swami Rama Thirtha (1873-1906), Hindu teacher and lecturer
Source SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, June 13, 201 (Somos Pueblo, translated from Spanish) Education Minister Antonio Pena Mirabal insisted on his opposition to reading the Bible in schools because there is religious diversity in schools. “In the public schools of this country there are thousands of Haitian students who practice in voodoo. So, what are we going to do with…