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INDIA, February 5, 2024 (Swarajya): Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) pledged to establish a system for proper initiation into Hindu religion to welcome people from other faiths during a three-day conclave being held in Tirumala—Dharmika Sadas. The announcement was made by TTD chairman Bhumana Karunakara Reddy who highlighted that Hindu Sanatana Dharma is the oldest religious faith in the world which…

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, May 19, 2022 (KGTV): HPI note: Hindu organizations and temples are eligible for these grants being given at both the state and federal level. At the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont Mesa, an armed guard stands in front of a locked door. Fences and security cameras surround the building. Bullet-proof glass lines the playground. For…

USA, February 4, 2024 (X, amit agarwal): Hundreds of churches were reconverted from mosques in Greece and other Eastern European countries in 1900s, without opposition. This X post has eleven examples. The first is on the Greek Parthenon, originally a pagan temple. In the 6th century it was converted to a Church, then in the 15th into a mosque. That…

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, February 3, 2024 (Hinduism Today YouTube Video): “A Visit to the Hollywood Sikh Temple” is intended to assist in the presentation of the Sikh religion in California 7th grade social studies classes. The temple was founded in 1969 by Dr. Amarjit Marwah on the 500th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak. The present building was completed in 1996. A…

INDIA, January 31, 2024 (Hindustan Times): A Varanasi district court on Wednesday allowed the Hindu side to offer prayers in the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque. The court directed the Varanasi district magistrate to make arrangements for pooja to be performed by the Hindu side and a pujari nominated by Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust. On January 17, the Varanasi…

INDIA, January 25, 2024 (Hindustan Times): Francois Gautier is a truly vindicated man today. For him, the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22 is a dream come true. “It was great. I was reporting the temple-masjid issue in the late 1980s and early 1990s and I could never have imagined that a day would come when…

INDIA, January 23, 2024 (Swarajya, by S. Krishnan): The discovery of a number of statues and copper plates in Seerkazhi Sattai­nathar Temple is a landmark event—the first discovery of copper plates inscribed with ancient Saiva hymns. The temple is under the administration of Dharmapuram Aadheenam, a centuries-old Saiva mutt. The aadheenam is currently performing kum­bhabhishekam (consecration ceremony) at a number…

INDIA, January 28, 2024 (Swarajaya): Nadaswaram virtuoso Tiruvarur V. Prakash Ilaiyaraja’s mission is to revive fading temple traditions tied to rituals and nadaswaram play. Alongside his son Kavin, they recently played the sacred nadaswaram, the South Indian temple horn, at the Ayodhya temple during the consecration of Ram Lalla on January 22. Although nadaswaram isn’t easy to play as it…