Source QUANZHOU, CHINA, July 2013 (The Hindu): For the residents of Chedian, a few thousand-year-old village of muddy by-lanes and old stone courtyard houses, she is just another form of Guanyin, the female Bodhisattva who is venerated in many parts of China. But the Goddess that the residents of this village pray to every morning, as they light incense sticks…
Source PURI, INDIA, July 24, 2013 (Deccan Hearld): The woman constable involved in an incident with Madhav Prasad Bhattarai was suspended pending an inquiry. The woman constable stopped him and started scolding him, presuming him to be a non-Hindu and foreign national. The incident has turned out to be a major embarrassment for the Puri temple administration as the shrine…
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, July 24, 2013 (Himalayan Times): Nepal’s royal priest (Rajguru) Madhav Prasad Bhattarai was allegedly harassed at the main entrance of Jagannath Temple in Puri of Orissa yesterday. Times of India reported that Rajguru Bhattarai was harassed by a police constable, who, “suspecting his religion,” did not let him enter the famous Hindu shrine. The incident took place…
Source TAMIL NADU, INDIA, July 22, 2013 (The Hindu): “I have known girls (friends and relatives) of our community to fall in love with boys from other communities and marry them. It not only affected them but also their families that were pushed to shame from which they were unable to recover even many years after the marriage,” says P.…
Source THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS, June 29, 2013 (Nieuwsbank): Following an intensive two years renovation the Hindu Sewa Dhaam Center in the Hague, Laakkwartier (Spoorwijk), opened its doors officially on June 29, 2013. The total project cost US$2.8 million and was funded entirely by private donations. Thanks to the eleven brand new domes of an Indian design, Sewa Dhaam is the…
Source Are you depressed? Remember, within you is the Power. If you will but release a fraction of it, you can make the impossible possible.— Dada J.P. Vaswani
Source The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. When egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon you.— Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886), guru of Swami Vivekananda
Source Washington DC, June 21, 2013 (Press Release): Hindu American Seva Communities (HASC) attended the historic White House event on Tuesday, June 18, to witness the U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden announce and release a 38-page guidebook instructing faith congregations to prepare for any emergency including an armed shooter situation. These downloadable “Guides for Developing High Quality Emergency Operation Plans for…
Source KOLKATA, INDIA, July 20, 2013, A few relics of Sarada Devi have been stolen from the Belur Math, headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, raising security concerns. Some of the objects were nearly 100 years old. The theft was described as traumatic by senior monks of the Order and is likely to lead to increased vigilance at the…
Source ATLANTA, GEORGIA, July 14, 2013: This year more than 8,000 Hindu youths attended the BAPS North American Youth Convention hosted at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Atlanta, Georgia.The 11-day event, unprecedented in the history of Hindus in North America, took place from July 4th to July 14th and consisted of three separate conventions, each catering to different age…