PURI, INDIA, June 20, 2023 (Indian Express): Surya Prakash Mahapatra wields a wooden hammer and chisel on a log with the confidence of a master carver. Dressed in a red T-shirt and black shorts, the 11-year-old sweats as he carves along the chalk outlines of flowers and animals on the log under the watchful eye of two experienced rupakar servitors…
HAMM, GERMANY, June 19, 2023 (WDR, Google translated from German): Around 8,000 visitors celebrated the main day of the Hindu festival in Hamm on Sunday. They take part in the traditional parade around the temple and visited the bazaar. The annual festival of the Sri Kamadchi Ampal Temple in Hamm had already begun on June 5th, and the most important…
HAMM, GERMANY, June 19, 2023 (Legal Tribune Online, Google translated from German): Tens of thousands of devout Hindus visit the annual festival of the Hindu Sri Kamadchi Ampal temple in Hamm every year. The ex-government president therefore assigned the status of a church holiday. Followers of the Hindu community who want to take part in religious celebrations in Hamm these…
MARTINIQUE, February 2, 2023 (Le Parisien, Google translated from French): Initially, there were only three hundred–313 Indians to be exact–who landed on May 6, 1853, in Saint-Pierre, Martinique, after a painful, even fatal, journey of 90 days from Pondicherry. They came to replace the workforce on the farms deserted by the former black slaves. They will be followed by 25,000…
MARTINIQUE, May 9, 2023 (la1ere.francetvino.fr, Google translated from French):The commemoration festivities of the 170th anniversary of the arrival of the Indians in Martinique allow us to better discover the unique aspects of this community. The ritual is not called a ceremony, but a pousset. The officiant, the poussari, prays and makes offerings of fruit, vegetables and coconuts in order to…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, June 10, 2023 (Spectrum News): State lawmakers approved a bill that will make Diwali a New York city school holiday. The bill approved on Friday would allow all public schools in the city to close in observance of Diwali, and will take effect on July 1 if Gov. Kathy Hochul signs it into law as expected.…
INDIA, June 12, 2023 (India Habitat Centre): India Habitat Centre will present an online talk and film screening Early Temples of Himachal, by art historian, film-maker and photographer Benoy K Behi. The film will be shown Saturday June 17th at 6pm IST. This film takes us to lesser-known, early surviving temples of Himachal Pradesh. It also gives a perspective to…
FURSTENFELDBRUCK, GERMANY, June 5, 2023 (BR24, Google translated from German): The Tamil community in southern Bavaria celebrated the one-year anniversary of their Sellapillaiyar church in Fürstenfeldbruck on Sunday with a temple festival and a parade. The focus of worship: the elephant-headed God Ganesha. The Sellapillaiyar Hindu temple, whose one-year anniversary was celebrated on Sunday, is located directly on the S-Bahn…
HARIDWAR, INDIA, June 4, 2023 (NDTV): Temple authorities in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar, Rishikesh and Dehradun districts have imposed a ban on the entry of devotees not wearing appropriate clothing. Mahant Ravindra Puri, secretary of the Mahanirvani Panchayati Akhara, on Sunday said a formal ban has been imposed on the entry of scantily-clad men and women into the Daksh Prajapati Mandir (Haridwar),…
NEPAL, June 4, 2023 (The Week): The population of Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal slightly declined over the past decade while the population of Muslims and Christians marginally increased, according to the country’s latest census report. Hinduism is the predominant religion in Nepal comprising 81.19 per cent of the total population, said the 2021 census report published by the Central…
