INDIA, May 2, 2025 (Indian Express): Servitors of the Jagannath Temple in Puri have warned members of their community against participating in any rituals that are held at a new replica of the 12th century shrine that was opened by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the seaside town of Digha on Akshaya Tritiya. Several culture researchers and senior…
VIETNAM, May 29, 2020 (Swarajya): A monolithic sandstone Shivalinga from the 9th century CE was excavated by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at My Son in central Vietnam. The Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar congratulated the ASI on the discovery and applauded its ongoing conservation project at the Cham Temple complex. He also said that the project was “reaffirming…
CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, May 2, 2025 (India Post): The Concord Hindu Temple, a cornerstone of spiritual and cultural enrichment in the Bay Area since 1957, is set to host a historic Kumbabishekam Ceremony, the consecration of the newly built temple, on May 9, 2025. This momentous event is expected to draw 10,000 devotees and coincides with AAPI Heritage Month, underscoring the…
VIETNAM, June 7, 2024 (Varnam): The Cat Tien archaeological site was accidentally discovered in 1985 and has since undergone numerous excavations, uncovering evidence of a Hindu civilization dating from the 4th to the 9th century C.E. The Shiva Linga measures 89 inches in height. In 2020, a Vietnamese news outlet reported that large-scale excavations began on March 12, 2020, at…
INDIA, April 29, 2025 (MSN): After a gap of nearly five years, India and China will resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra from June—a move being seen as an attempt to normalize their relationship that was severely hit by the eastern Ladakh border standoff. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday said the yatra is set to take place from…
INDIA, April 29, 2025 (The Hindu): It’s 3:45am, and there’s a chill in the air. In the tender light of the morning, students line up for their daily schedule — practicing the nagaswaram and thavil in the Then Tirupati Lord Srinivasa temple in Jadayampalayam, near Mettupalayam. Till 6:30am, the temple echoes with the sounds of the instruments. These are students…
CHENNAI, INDIA, April 25, 2025 (DT Next): The Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, one of Hinduism’s revered monastic institutions, is set to welcome its 71st spiritual leader, a 20-year-old Vedic scholar named Ganesha Sharma Dravid, from Hyderabad, Telangana. The formal installation ceremony will take place on April 30 at 7 am at the mutt’s headquarters in Kanchipuram. Over its 2,500-year history, the…
INDIA, April 25, 2025 (India.com): Religious conversion is a highly controversial and sensitive topic in India, but interestingly, countries in Europe and the Americas have the largest number of populations that have converted to another faith from their birth religion, or turned into atheists who do not believe in any religion. According to a study by the Pew Research Center,…
CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, April 25, 2025 (The Pioneer): After four years of meticulous reconstruction, the Concord Shiva Murugan Temple is set to reopen its doors May 9 with a landmark event drawing an estimated 10,000 attendees. The temple’s Kumbabishekam, or re-consecration ceremony, will mark the completion of its transformation into a traditional Chola-style structure—the first of its kind in the United…
SOUTH AFRICA, April 17, 2025 (IOL): In the heart of Mount Edgecombe, north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, the Shree Emperumal Hindu Temple stands as a historic testament to the struggles and triumphs of the Indian indentured labourers who first built this sacred space 150 years ago. This milestone highlights not merely the architectural significance of one of South Africa’s earliest…
