SINGAPORE, February 13, 2023 (The Meghalayan): After a year-long restoration, Singapore’s oldest Hindu temple in Chinatown with close to 200 years of history opened its doors to the public with its sixth consecration ceremony. Braving the early morning rain, about 20,000 devotees thronged Sri Mariamman Temple to witness the ceremony, also known as Maha Kumbabishegam, which occurs every 12 years.…
TIRUPATI, INDIA, February 13, 2023 (Deccan Chronicle): The Annual 14-day Maha Sivaratri Brahmotsavams at Srikalahastheeswara Swamy Shrine at the temple town of Srikalahasti in Tirupati district will start off with Ankurarpanam and Dhwajarohanam atop the Bhakta Kannappa hillock on Monday. This will be followed by important events like Nandi-Simha Vahana Seva, Rathotsavam, Teppotsavam, Adhikara Nandi-Kamadhenu Vahana Seva and Kalyanotsavam. The…
MAURITIUS, February 12, 2023 (Defi Media / Google translated from French): Many pilgrims are already on their way to the sacred lake of Grand-Bassin on February 12. We are a week away from the great night of Shiva at Grand-Bassin, this coming Sunday. The weather’s nice. The parking lots are almost full. Many devotees wanted to take advantage of this…
INDIA, February 12, 2023 (Hindustan Times): MahaShivaratri, the grand night of Shiva falls on February 18 this year (or the 17th, depending on your location). Just as Om is the verbal form of the Nirakara Paramatma, the Lingam is His visual form. Shiva is the Adi-Guru or Adi-Yogi because he first taught yoga to Parvati. The 14th day of the…
BANGLADESH, February 6, 2023 (Swarajya): Fourteen Hindu temples were desecrated by Muslim fundamentalists at Baliadangi in northwestern Bangladesh’s Thakurgaon district, that borders Uttar Dinajpur district of Bengal. Radicals suspected of belonging to the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and affiliated radical Islamist organizations carried out orchestrated attacks on the 14 temples in the early hours of Sunday (5 February). https://swarajyamag.com/world/islamist-radicals-attack-14-hindu-temples-in-bangladesh-trigger-migration-of-hindus
GEORGE TOWN. MALAYSIA, February 3, 2023 (New Strait Times): Devotees have expressed happiness and gratitude that they are able to celebrate Thaipusam this year without any restrictions. After two years of muted celebration due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s three-day state-level Thaipusam celebrations kicked off early this morning to a spectacular start. A. Jeyasree, 32, a senior Human Resource…
AYODHYA, INDIA, February 2, 2023 (MSN): As many as 51 Vedic gurus chanted mantras as the Shaligram Shilas from Gandaki river in Nepal were handed over to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai on Thursday morning. The Shilas were initially taken to Ram Janmabhoomi temple and from there were taken to Karsewakpuram where statues of…
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, January 31, 2023 (The Sun Daily): Thaipusam kavadi makers who were forced into hibernation for the past two years by Covid-19 are back in business for the festival this year with the waning of the pandemic. The lifting of the Covid-19 restrictions allows Hindu devotees to carry the kavadi during Thaipusam on Feb 5, and the kavadi…
MYAGDI, NEPAL, January 29, 2023 (Daily Excelsior): Nepal has dispatched two Shaligram stones to India’s Ayodhya for the construction of statues of Ram and Janaki expected to be placed in the main temple complex of the under-construction Ram Mandir. Found only on the riverbanks of Kali Gandaki River that flows through Myagdi and Mustang district, the Shaligrams are already on…
NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 30, 2023 (News18): A shaligram, also known as a shaligrama shila, is a specific type of stone that is mined from the Kali Gandaki, a tributary of the Gandaki River in Nepal, and is used by Hindus as a non-anthropomorphic image of God Vishnu. Typically, these are ammonite shell fossils from the Devonian-Cretaceous period, which lasted…
