HOUSTON, TEXAS, March 26, 2022 (Houston Chronicle): Vibrant shades of dust flew in the air as thousands celebrated the start of spring during a traditional Hindu Holi festival in southwest Houston Saturday afternoon. While this atmosphere rivaled that of a music festival, the event draws on a deeper cultural connection as participants partake in a joyous color fight celebration at…
INDIA, March 27, 2022 (Verve Times): The Amarnath Yatra will start on June 30, 2022 with all Covid-19 protocols and culminate on the day of the Raksha Bandhan. The Amarnath Yatra will last for 43 days this year, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir informed today. On June 21 last year, the Jammu and Kashmir Government…
INDIA, March 27, 2022 (Global Circulate): The Hindu Calendar says that the pious occasion Chaitra Navratri is observed during the Shukla Paksha or Full Moon phase in the month of Chaitra. The nine days of worshiping Ma Durga will commence from Saturday 2 April 2022 and culminate on Monday, 11 April 2022. The celebration that takes place in the month…
RUSHIKONDA VISAKHAPATNAM, INDIA, March 24, 2022 (The Hindu): A series of rituals were performed, as per the tenets of Vaikhanasa Agama, in the auspicious Vrishabha Laganam (between 9.50 am and 10.20 am), in the newly-constructed Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple at Rushikonda, here on Wednesday. The day began with Suprabhatam, Kumbharadhaana, Nivedana, Homam and Maha Purnahuti between 5.30 a.m. and 8…
UNITED STATES, March 24, 2022 (NBC News by Sakshi Venkatraman): During Nikhil Mandalaparthy’s senior year of high school in 2015, the local Hindu temple in his hometown was vandalized. Spray-painted in red on the outside of the Bothell, Washington, worship and cultural center were the words “Get Out” — alongside a symbol that was almost familiar to the temple’s patrons:…
INDIA, March 22, 2022 (Indus Scrolls Bureau): When the nation honored 54 prominent personalities with Padma awards, Swami Sivanand was just one among them. However, the 125-year-old yoga practitioner won the hearts of people all over the country when videos of him receiving his honor went viral on social media. He is now the oldest man to be conferred with…
BALI, INDONESIA, March 13, 2022 (scmp.com): After close to two years of being shut to international tourists, Indonesia last Monday began quarantine-free entry to its most popular resort island of Bali for vaccinated foreigners – with some strings attached. Eligible travelers must have had at least two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, a negative PCR test result before departure and…
NEW DELHI, March 21, 2022 (Indian Express): Ahead of the virtual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on Monday afternoon, Australia announced the return of 29 antiquities to India. These correspond to six broad themes – Shiva and his disciples (4), worshiping Shakti (11), Lord Vishnu and his forms (13), Jain tradition (19), portraits…
INDIA, March 16, 2022 (Aljazeera): Millions of Hindus around the world are preparing to celebrate Holi, also known as the festival of colors. The festival marks the beginning of the spring season in the Indian subcontinent. Holi is celebrated in Phagun, the 12th month of the Hindu calendar, which corresponds to February or March in the Gregorian calendar. This year,…
UNITED STATES, March 20, 2022 (Press Release by Ajay Shah): Over 110 major American Hindu organizations and temples have joined together to celebrate Holi festival as United Colors of Holi to celebrate diversity and unity in our country. For thousands of years, Holi, the festival of color, has celebrated the advent of spring and the end of winter, the victory…