SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, April 29, 2023 (San Francisco Chronicle): Clear skies, sunny weather and barrels of colored powder drew hundreds of people Saturday afternoon to downtown San Francisco’s fledgling East Cut neighborhood to celebrate the beginning of spring. The Holi festival, organized by neighborhood groups Ideate SF and Together SF, commemorated one of the most significant festivals in Hindu culture.…
KAUAI, HAWAII, May 2, 2023 (HPI): The editors of Hinduism Today are working on the 1,452 sacred devotional songs of Tayumanavar for a future article and book. They are seeking help from a Tamil-speaking linguist who can help them sort through difficult passages in the current English translation, done by Dr. B Natarajan decades back. The Tamil songs were written…
NEPAL, April 20, 20223 (ORF online, by Hari Bansh Jha): Recently, Nepal’s Central Bureau of Statistics released its 12th National Census in the presence of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. It showed that Nepal’s total population in November 2021 had risen to 29.2 million from 26.4 million in 2011. Despite the rise in population, the rate of growth fell perceptibly…
CHENNAI, INDIA, April 25, 2023 (Artnet): The Idol Wing, a special unit within the Tamil Nadu police department tasked with recovering looted artifacts, has recovered 55 Hindu statues that are believed to have been looted from temples across India. The 300-year-old sacred objects are believed to date back to the 9th or 10th century C.E. They were traced by authorities…
DEHRADUN, INDIA, April 22, 2023 (First Post): The Char Dham Yatra began on Saturday with the opening of Gangotri and Yamunotri temples in Uttarkashi district for pilgrims. The yatra started a day after the Uttarakhand government lifted the cap on the daily number of pilgrims at each shrine, providing relief for pilgrims. The gates of Gangotri were opened at 12.35…
FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, April 20, 2023 (New India Abroad): The first-of-its-kind Diwali celebrations will take place at Florida’s Disney Springs, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, and EPCOT as Jashn Productions will host a Diwali Dance Fest at Walt Disney World® Resort. According to a statement by the organizers the event will take place from October 26-29th, 2023 and will feature…
LONDON, ENGLAND, March 16, 2023 (CNN): The Koh-i-Noor — one of the world’s most famous and controversial diamonds — will be part of a new exhibition at the Tower of London that recognizes it as “a symbol of conquest.” The display will explore the origins and history of the crown jewels. It opens on May 26 — the same month…
INDIA, April 17, 2023 (Hindustan Times): The Amarnath yatra will commence on July 1 this year and culminate on August 31. The registration will take place in branches of Punjab National Bank among other banks. PNB branch manager, Ashwani Kumar said, “Registration for the yatra started today, for which PNB has set up special counters at 316 branches across the…
NEPAL, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua): Today is Mother’s Day in Nepal, when Nepalese women make offerings and pay homage eto their departed mothers. A few pictures and captions are shown here:http://english.news.cn/20230420/a3e4beba3b9349ccaf4a24f87608da0c/c.html
INDIA, April 18, 2023 (Swarajyamag): The discovery of a number of vigrahas (murthis of the Gods) and copper plates in Seerkazhi Sattainathar Temple is a landmark event, and for the first time, copper plates with Saiva hymns were found here. Over the last few years, there have been a number of discoveries of vigrahas of various Gods in many parts…
