MAUI, HAWAII, September 17, 2012 (HPI): Patri McLaughlin of Maui unexpectedly won the KSP World Tour Kitesurf competition in Mauritius, which has a large Hindu population. According to his family (“source” above), “Prior to the finals, Patri was walking on the beach there when a small Deity of Lord Hanuman washed up right in front of him. Hanuman is considered…
Press Release AUSTRALIA, September 2012 (Press Release): Starting from the Sri Murugan Temple in Westmead on Saturday September 29, a group of 108 will walk in the age-old tradition of Hindu Yatra (pilgrimage) visiting 5 temples along the way to finish at SVT Helensburgh on Sunday September 30, covering 43.5 miles over 2 days. Pilgrimage on foot, Pada Yatra, to…
Source NEW ZEALAND, August 21, 2012 (Rotorua Daily Post): For Maori with Indian whakapapa (genealogy), an upcoming hui (Maori gathering) will provide an opportunity to learn more about their Hindu heritage. There are about 2,600 Maori in New Zealand who also have Indian whakapapa. [The island nation has seen a large number of India-Maori marriages.] aHui co-ordinator Guna Magesan said…
Source HYDERABAD, INDIA, September 19, 2012: The city sported a festive look on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi. Colourful flowers, torans and decorative items flooded local markets that were chock-a-block all through Tuesday with enthusiastic denizens pouring in large numbers. Organizers at the Ganesh pandals were seen making last-minute preparations, paying special attention to security arrangements this time around. An…
Source Love gives and gives and gives and seeks no return. Therefore, love has nothing to lose–and consequently, nothing to fear.— Dada J.P. Vaswani, spiritual head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission
Source EUGENE, OREGON, September 12, 2012 (Press Release): A large interfaith congregation at the First Christian Church in downtown Eugene observed the 11th Anniversary of September 11 with a somber and yet upbeat program of multicultural music, prayers and reflections. The program was sponsored by the Interfaith Prayer Services International, IPSI, a nonprofit organization based in Eugene. The theme was…
Source SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, September 13, 2012 (Indo-American News): As the South Asian population has grown rapidly in the United States over the past three decades, so has the proportion of its representation in the military and para-military forces, a branch of the government in which they were virtually non-existent in before the 1980s. Although exact numbers are hard to…
Source THAILAND, September 14, 2012 (pattayamail.com): Hindu and Buddhists are again celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi in Pattaya, using a 15-day festival at Lan Po Public Park to immerse statues representing the “God of success” in the sea to fete the son of supreme Deity Shiva. The Sept. 8-23 event organized by the city and the Pattaya Ganesh Lovers Club kicked off…
Source “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.”— Swami Chinmayananda (1917-1993), Vedantist writer, lecturer and Hindu renaissance founder of Chinmaya Mission International
Source SPAIN, July 12,2012 (ABC): The Regional Directorate of the National Institute for Public Health (INGESA), the organization that manages healthcare in Ceuta and Melilla, today introduced the first healthcare professional manual for Hindu patients to be published in Spain. The regional director of INGESA of Ceuta, Fernando Perez-Padilla, presented this manual, authored by Juan Carlos Ramchandani, with the the…