New Stamp Heralds the Arrival of Diwali

VANCOUVER, BC, November 9, 2023 (News Wire): Canada Post issued a new stamp today celebrating the arrival of Diwali, one of the largest, most popular and widely celebrated festivals in India. Diwali, which is observed by Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and other communities in Canada and around the world, celebrates the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness.…

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Why Diwali Spending Is Primed to Rocket in the US

UNITED STATES, November 7, 2023 (BBC): For many businesses, holiday spending is a major part of Q4 revenue – think Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Kwanzaa. Now, as it gains national recognition, US merchants are increasingly embracing Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, for its commercial potential. While every region in India has traditions for commemorating this holiday, most celebrants broadly…

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The Himalayan Mountain No One Has Climbed

TIBET, November 3, 2023 (Lad Bible by Joe Harker): Mount Kailash is a couple of thousand feet shorter than Everest, but nobody’s ever made it up the mountain. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, Kailash is a pretty difficult to reach part of the world, and the physical challenge of getting there and actually climbing the mountain is seen…

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The Cost of Cremation in India

INDIA, November 1, 2023 (Scroll by Minakshi Dewan): Hindus form the majority of the Indian population. According to Hindu traditions, the body is cremated using wood in an open pyre. However, some families choose incinerators that run on electricity or Compressed Natural Gas. For an open-pyre cremation, one needs large quantities of wood – close to 882 to 1323 pounds.…

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Motorable Road Built to Amarnath Cave

NEW DELHI, INDIA, Nov 6, 2023 (India Today): The Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir has been made accessible by motorable road for the first time. The road expansion project (from a narrower track for traveling on foot and by horse) from Dumail to the Amarnath cave was completed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). This move is expected…

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The Story of Iraivan Temple

KAUAI, HAWAII, October 26, 2023 (Press Release): Over the years we have released short videos chronicling the all-stone Iraivan Temple’s origins and progress. Forty-eight years have passed since the late Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami’s initial vision of God Siva to begin the process, and 33 years since the first granite stone block was chiseled in Bengaluru, India. After the soft-opening consecration…

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Diwali Dance Fest Lights up Disney World Florida

ORLANDO, FLORIDA, November 1, 2023 (New India Abroad): Over 400 young dancers from all over the United States gathered at Disney Springs and Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park in October for the first-ever Youth Celebration of Diwali, presented by Jashn Productions. The three-day dance festival was directed by Jashn Productions’ Jeanie Beri and was a visual and auditory feast. “Bringing…

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The Thai Temple and Palace Guards and Their Roots in Hinduism

THAILAND, October 29, 2023 (SCMP): As visitors enter Bangkok’s Grand Palace, they pass supernatural security guards. Standing inside the main entrance of the royal complex in the Thai capital are two towering statues, each with sharp fangs protruding from their mouths and clubs in their grip. They not only embody the colorful excess which makes the site so photogenic, but…

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Goa Government Proposes to Reconstruct Temples Destroyed During Portuguese Regime

GOA, INDIA, June 10, 2022 (Outlook): The violent colonial past of Goa has resurfaced as the present chief ministers seeks to undo the wrongs of the Portuguese military and Catholic church. in an orchestrated bid to correct past religious wrongs, the Goa government’s latest but still undefined thrust on reconstruction of temples destroyed during the early colonial Portuguese regime. In…

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