INDIA, January 16, 2024 (New Indian Express): KK Muhammed, 71, was part of the Archaeological Survey of India team that excavated the Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya in 1976 where the Ram temple now stands. While stating the demolition of Babri Masjid did shock him as an archaeologist, Muhammed is of the view Muslims must willingly hand over Gyanvapi and Mathura…
KAUAI, HAWAII, January 16, 2024 (Hinduism Today, by Balakumar Muthu): Located amidst the grandeur of three famous UNESCO World Heritage destinations—Darasuram, Gangaikondacholapuram and the Brihadeeswara Temple, known jointly as the Grand Living Chola temples—INDeco Hotels is a haven of tranquility and heritage stay. Nestled in Thimmakudy Village at Swamimalai, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, INDeco offers a luxurious escape from city life…
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, January 14, 2024 (Malay Mail): Celebrated during the Thai month (the tenth month in Tamil calendar), the four-day-long Pongal festival marks the start of the harvest season in the southern region of India. Traditionally, the celebration starts on the eve of Pongal with the Bhogi festival — dedicated to the rain God Indra — where old items…
USA, January 15, 2024 (hindustantime.com): Politics escalates in India as the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya is set to take place on 22nd January, 2023. While many argue that politics is overpowering religion, others say the grand Ram Temple is an assertion of their rights by the majority Hindu community of India. In the latest edition of HT…
KAUAI, HAWAII, January 9, 2024 (Hinduism Today): Today’s popular concept of yoga equates it with hatha yoga and the practice of the hatha yoga asanas, or postures. Many who practice such yoga do so solely for health benefits. However, others pursue yoga, in a deeper sense, in hopes of reaping the spiritual benefits it offers. It is to these spiritual…
Jan 16, 2024 00:14 IST INDIA, January 16, 2024 (India Today, video interview): On the excitement and enthusiasm around the Pran Pratishtha on ceremony, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said, “This is the moment Hindus have been waiting for centuries. You know, people have been wanting to see this Ram Mandir come up and Ram Lalla having his rightful place. He…
AUSTRALIA, January 13, 2024 (press release): Warrior Tribe Films is releasing their ground-breaking film “Namaste Yoga” worldwide in late January after an impressive international film festival run and national broadcast in Australia. Namaste Yoga is a 22-minute film about 10-year-old Shiv Prasad, who is ashamed of being Indian and Hindu, and when he gets into a fight at school, his…
KAUAI, HAWAII, January 11, 2024 (Hinduism Today, by Anuradha Goyal): If Xuan Zang, the 7th-century-ce Chinese traveler and Buddhist scholar, were to visit his beloved alma mater at Nalanda in the current-day state of Bihar, he’d find only a portion of its ruins accessible and excavated. Viewing the exposed brick structures, he would have memories of how they were once…
DELHI, INDIA, January 10, 2024 (News 18): The grandeur of the Ram temple is a sight to behold. Neither iron nor cement has been used to build the temple. To make the temple earthquake resistant, natural stone has been used in building the temple. Professor Ramanchrala Pradeep Kumar, Director of the CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, commented on the…
KAUAI, HAWAII, January 8, 2024 (Hinduism Today, “Publisher’s Desk” by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami): ”One practice that most world’s religions share is having an ordained priest or minister conduct a religious service in a place of worship which lay members of the faith attend. In the Western (Abrahamic) religions, this takes place on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. In Eastern religions, there…
