Source TORONTO, CANADA, June 10, 2013 (Press Release): The 8th annual Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference (HMEC 2013) will be held in Toronto from September 20-21, 2013. HMEC is the largest annual conference for Hindu Organizations in North America with an average of 100 temples participating across the USA and Canada. The theme of this years’ conference is “The Role of…
HPI KERALA, INDIA, July 12, 2013, (by GK Nair for HPI): The Santhananda Mutt Rishijnana Sadhanalayam Trust, has embarked on a project to set up a Sadhanalayam complex on the summit of a rocky hill facing the Achankovil River in the outskirts of Pathanamthitta town on the way to Sabarimala. It is the fulfillment of a long cherished wish to…
Source At a national and international level, we will enjoy more peace as we become more tolerant. Religious leaders can help by teaching their congregations how to live in a world of differences without feeling threatened, without forcing their ways or will on others. World bodies can make laws which deplore and work to prevent crimes of violence. It is…
Religion News Service NAGALAND, INDIA, July 2013 (RNS): Christian groups in India’s northeastern state of Nagaland are working to quell the rapid growth of Satanism after reports that thousands of teenagers from churches had taken up devil worship in recent months. The Vatican’s Fides news agency recently reported that more than 3,000 young “worshipers of Satan” have been identified in…
Source HOUSTON, TEXAS, July 3, 2013 (Indo American News): When the parents of two young Hindu American boys contacted community leaders for help in getting answers from school authorities about the incessant bullying their children were facing at their Humble district school, the Hindu community rallied quickly to support the family and help find solutions to prevent such suffering from…
Source UTTARAKHAND, INDIA,,July 9, 2013(Global Post): Authorities have raised to 5,500 the estimated number of people who perished in devastating floods that swept the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand last month. At least 1,000 residents, Hindu pilgrims and tourists have been confirmed killed by the surging waters caused by heavier than normal monsoon rains that washed away homes, hotels, highways…
Source There the eye goes not, nor words, nor mind. We know not. We cannot understand how He can be explained. He is above the known, and He is above the unknown. Thus have we heard from the ancient sages who explained this truth to us.— Sama Veda, Kena Upanishad 1.3
KAUAI, HAWAII, July 10, 2013: Hinduism Today is preparing a short survey of the ways in which Hindu temples, youth groups and other organizations are using Facebook. If you could let us know of groups doing so in successful, innovative ways, please email jaya@hindu.org. We’re looking in particular for organizations that coordinate most of their activities and share most news…
Source NEW YORK,USA, July 6, 2013 (Shaila Dawan,New York Times): As a racial classification, the term Caucasian has many flaws, dating as it does from a time when the study of race was based on skull measurements and travel diaries. It has long been entirely unmoored from its geographical reference point, the Caucasus region. Its equivalents from that era are…
Source BALI, INDONESIA, July 6, 2013 (Jakarta Post): Dozen of Indonesian Hindu Students Association (KMHDI) members protested against the provincial administration’s lack of attention to the fate of confiscated sacred objects currently in storage at the government-owned warehouse. The protest, held in front of the Bali Legislative Council building in Denpasar on Friday morning, called on the Bali government to…