INDIA, September 13, 2024 (Hindu Post): A nationwide campaign has been launched to remove Urdu-influenced words that have entered the practices of Sanatan Dharma, including worship, meditation, and rituals, and to replace them with Sanskrit-based or Hindi words. Following a report by Nai Duniya last week on the removal of the word Shahi from the Mahakal procession, Madhya Pradesh Chief…
UBUD, INDONESIA, August 26, 2024 (Monga Bay): Inside the small, open-air stone temple in the center of the Lotudunduh rice fields, a farmer wraps a sarong and sash around his mud-spattered work clothes. Suitably dressed in baju adat, or traditional dress, to approach the Gods, he places a small offering of brightly colored flowers in a platter of woven palm…
DENPASAR, BALI, May 18, 2024 (Antara News): Around 2,500 delegates of the 10th World Water Forum are taking part in Segara Kerthi, a Balinese traditional water purification ritual, on Serangan Beach within the Kura-Kura Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Denpasar, Bali Province. “This ritual is a means to ask for blessings, so that the sea, as a water resource, can be…
GUYANA, August 12, 2024 (Stabroek News): Hundreds of Hindu youths from various regions across the country gathered last Saturday for the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha Youth Summit. The two-day event, held at the Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud Dharmic Sanskritik Kendra in Prashad Nagar, in Georgetown, was themed “Empowering Hindu Youth Leadership: Leveraging Hindu Wisdom and Cultural Expression for Positive Social…
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, September 12, 2024 (Houston Chronicle): Leaders of the Ashtalakshmi Temple in Sugar Land are hiring security guards and installing cameras after members of the Humble-based Awakening Generation Church protested a 90-foot statue of the Deity Hanuman and told visitors Jesus is the only God. “We never planned for security, we never thought we would need it,” Dr.…
NEW ZEALAND, September 13, 2024 (Indian Weekender): Indian citizens have continued to be the largest contributor to the country’s population growth, with 41,100 migrants entering New Zealand in the year to July, according to latest figures from Stats NZ. Returning New Zealand citizens totaled 25,200, followed by citizens of the Philippines (24,600) and China (23,600). The government agency categorizes migrants…
PUNE, INDIA, September 8, 2024 (Jagran): Ganesh Chaturthi 2024: Devotion met grandeur on the second day of Ganesh Mahotsav when 42,000 women devotees performed an enthralling morning Ganpati aarti at the Shreemant Dagduseth Halwai Ganpati temple in Pune on Sunday as festivals take off across the nation. The famous Pune temple reverberated with holy chants as women devotees flocked in…
UNITED STATES, September 3, 2024 (Sciengine): Solar eclipses are among the most spectacular and mysterious astronomical events observed since antiquity. Recently, astronomers have even identified a mention of a total solar eclipse in the Rig Veda, an ancient Hindu text, which could date back around 6,000 years. This discovery highlights how ancient texts can enrich our understanding of historical celestial…
KAUAI, HAWAII, September 14, 2024 (Hinduism Today): Hinduism Today magazine is seeking a free-lance writer to create a paid story on Hindu home shrine rooms among the immigrant community in the West. Story would run 2500 words or so including interviews and explanation about the importance of the home shrine in the Hindu tradition. Interested writers may contact us at…
CUETA, SPAIN, September 8, 2024 (Cuetaldia, Google translated from Spanish): Once again the Hindu Community of Ceuta celebrated one of its most joyful celebrations, the Ganesh Festival, part of the multicultural and traditional heritage of the city. It did so as usual, filling the streets of the center with joy and color, through which they paraded the figure of the…
