Source SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, November 18, 2016 (Press Release by Swami Tattwamayananda): The original temple of the Vedanta Society of Northern California, which was dedicated by its builder, Swami Trigunatita, in January, 1906, as being “The first Hindu Temple in the Whole Western World”, was rededicated on October 29, 2016, the Holy Kali Puja day, after a two year period…
Source NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA, August 11, 2016 (CBC): There were hugs and tears Thursday in Admiral’s Beach as a group of former Tamil refugees, who were found adrift in St. Mary’s Bay 30 years ago, returned to the area to be reunited with their rescuers. The drama — then and now — is being made into a film by documentary maker…
Source Hinduism is an orthodox religion, conservative in its ways and yet pliant and understanding. It is simultaneously the most demanding spiritual path and the most forgiving. — Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source USA, November 17, 2016 (by Murali Balaji, HAF): Hindu American Community Services Inc. (HACSI) is a relatively new organization, having started seven years ago as an independent offshoot of the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple in Lanham, Maryland. However, in that time, HACSI has become a force in fighting hunger and homelessness, while providing education and employment opportunities for low-income…
Source GEORGE TOWN, MALAYSIA, November 15, 2016 (The Sun Daily): Several statues of Hindu deities at a Hindu temple in Jalan Timah here were found vandalized on Monday evening. Sri Raja Madurai Veeram Temple chairman Michael Anthony said he found the desecration about 6pm when he went to pray at the 180-year-old temple. “I was shocked to see a statue…
Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, November 18, 2016 (ISPaD, Sachi G. Dastidar): Several Bengali-Americans in New York, individuals whose families were victims of Partition in the Indian Subcontinent – especially in Bengal – formed a partition documentation project called ISPaD or Indian Subcontinent Partition Documentation Project to save the history and experiences of lost and displaced individuals and families, their…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, November 15, 2016 (BBC): The number of Indian students studying in the US soared by 25% to a record high, figures from 2015-2016 show. The 2016 Open Doors data says Indian students contribute more than $5.5bn to the American economy. It comes against the backdrop of a steep decline in Indian students opting for the UK, with…
Source Who there be who, like our Lord, knows the great and the small, the difficult and the facile? Only they who, like a tortoise, withdraw the five senses under their shell. They hear and see the here and the beyond, and have all impurities dispelled. — Tirumantiram, verse 133
Source UNITED STATES, November 16, 2016 (HSA Press Release): Hindu Students Association is proud to announce the release of the first episode of its new podcast series, Shruti. Shruti aims to bring to light the history of Hinduism and important issues affecting Hindus here in the United States and around the world. Shruti, which means “that which is heard,” is…
Source WASHINGTON DC, November 16, 2016 (HAF):Leaders of the Hindu American Foundation are deeply concerned about recent incidents of bias-motivated violence and harassment, as well as violence at protests, following the Presidential election. Over the past several days, the Southern Poverty Law Center noted a “big uptick in incidents of vandalism, threats, intimidation spurred by the rhetoric surrounding the recent…