WASHINGTON, D.C. August 23, 2022 (Pew Research): India’s artificially wide ratio of baby boys to baby girls – which arose in the 1970s from the use of prenatal diagnostic technology to facilitate sex-selective abortions – now appears to be narrowing, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly released data from India’s National Family Health Survey (NFHS). The new…
ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, August 21, 2022 (The Hindu): The Maha Kumbhabhishekam at the temple of Lord Varasiddi Vinayaka Temple at Kanipakam was performed amidst chanting of Vedic hymns by the temple priests. Ministers Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy, R.K. Roja and K. Narayanaswamy, officials and the general public were part of the celebrations. On Sunday morning, the Maha Kumbhabhishekam was performed to…
INDIA, December 21, 2015 (ARC World): The Bhumi Project and the Alliance of Religions and Conservation have created a wonderful new Green Hindu Temples Guide: a beautifully-designed resource, first published in December 2015, on how to make your temple or ashram greener and better and more Hindu in its relationship with the world around it. It contains inspiring sections on…
INDIA, August 20, 2022 (Komando): Optical illusions have been around for over a thousand years. The oldest visual puzzle known to man was carved in stone in an Indian temple. For centuries, people have struggled to conquer these classic optical illusions. But if you’re looking for the oldest optical illusion known to mankind, you’ll have to get off social media.…
LALITPUR, NEPAL, August 19, 2022 (Big News Network): Devotees thronged Krishna Mandir in Nepal’s Patan Durbar Square in the wee hours of Friday on the occasion of Janmashtami. Infants dressed as Lord Krishna were the center of attraction as the nation marked the birth of Lord Krishna, an avatar of Lord Vishnu. According to Hindu mythology, Lord Krishna taught warrior…
INDIA, August 19, 2022 (IV News): During his visit to Thailand for the 9th India-Thailand Joint Commission meeting, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar went to the Devasthanam in Bangkok. This Devasthanam is the royal Brahmin office of the Royal Court of Thailand and the official center of Hinduism in Thailand. He offered morning prayer at Bangkok Devasthanam today. “It underlines…
UNITED STATES, August 17, 2022 (Religion News Service): Over the course of two centuries, ayurveda — the ancient philosophy of the Indian subcontinent — has spread West, informing ideas about healthy lifestyles with holistic skin care, diet and exercise. The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have propelled ayurveda further into the mainstream, as housebound yogis, chefs and spa owners — believers,…
INDIA, August 14, 2022 (The Organiser, by Mahendra Kumar): As we celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav (the magical energy of India’s independence) our glorious Tricolor waving in its full glory can be seen all across the country. Independence Day celebrations aren’t just to celebrate our freedom, it is also a way to pay tribute to the innumerable freedom fighters of…
INDIA, August 12, 2022 (Religion News by Murali Balaji): My dad was born in 1946, a year before India’s independence from British rule. (My mother was born a decade later in Puducherry, which would only become wholly independent of French rule in 1963.) Growing up in newly independent India, his post-World War II, post-independence generation was encouraged to adopt a…
Enjoy this short video of the spectacular annual festival at Sri Lanka’s foremost temple:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy-Znp2kOfU