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INDIA May 19, 2025 (The Hindu): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the Jagannath Dham at Digha on April 30, kicking up a controversy with the Odisha government, currently run by the BJP. On April 28, Bankim Mishra travelled about 155 miles from Chhatna in West Bengal’s Bankura district to Digha in Purba Medinipur, carrying 3,003 lotus flowers and…

CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, May 14, 2025 (YouTube): There are hundreds of Hindu temples in America today thanks to the growing Indian population here. The first temple to be built was in San Francisco, California in 1959 by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. The Tamil tradition temple was later moved to Concord, CA in 1987 and operated in a church building there. Even though…

MADURAI, INDIA, May 9, 2025 (The HIndu): Thousands of devotees descended on the four Masi streets in Madurai to witness the Therottam (grand car festival) of Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple on the penultimate day of the annual Chithirai festival on Friday. Ahead of the temple car procession, the Deities — Goddess Meenakshi, Lord Sundareswarar and Goddess Piriyavidai — were brought…

MUMBAI, INDIA, May 9, 2025 (freepressjournal.in) The Siddhivinayak temple in Prabhadevi has announced a ban on coconuts and prasad inside the temple premises from Sunday. Mumbai’s most visited Hindu shrine, dedicated to Lord Ganesh, said that the step was taken as a safety precaution because coconuts can be used to conceal explosives. Sada Sarvankar, chairman of the temple trust and…

INDIA, May 3, 2025 (The Hindu): The portals of Himalayan temple Kedarnath were opened on Friday (May 2, 2025), with more than 12,000 pilgrims attending the ceremony. The gates of the temple located at a height of more than 11,000 ft were opened at 7am, Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) officials said. The Himalayan temple was adorned with 10,800 kilos of…

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…