First United Methodist Church (FUMC) in Gadsden (Alabama) for offering free yoga classes. FUMC is offering free yoga classes to the community as a “Gift to Gadsden”. Tagline of First United Methodist Church includes: “Changing Lives by…Serving People and Giving Hope”. Sam Hayes and Andy Yarnell are Senior Pastor and Associate Pastor respectively. Welcoming the move […]
Tacoma woke up to a troubling news when a man was caught for vandalizing a Buddhist Temple cum Meditation Center. The man identified as Clarke smashed an expensive statue near the door of the Vietnamese Buddhist Meditation Center. He also repeatedly called the members “devil worshippers.” King5.com which reported this news also reported that this […]
Hindu Forum Luxembourg has launched a Hindu Center in the Beggen district of Luxembourg. The “inaugural pooja” conducted by purohits from nearby countries; included Ganapthi-Lakshmi-Dhanvanthri-Navagraha homams, aarti, etc. It plans to have “Diya/ Deepam” lighting rituals daily with devotional songs, reports suggest. Hindu Forum Luxembourg has 21 founder-trustees and whose Objectives include “Honoring the Hindu […]
Yoga lovers and Hindus are happy after the launch of yoga sessions during summer at Newfoundland-Labrador Government House, the official residence of provincial Lieutenant Governor in St. John’s (Canada); Hindus are urging similar sessions on the lawns of all functioning Government Houses in Canada to explore various benefits the ancient Hindu faculty offered. These weekly […]
San Antonio (Texas) based art-clothing company DiZurita withdrew Ganesha leggings within three hours after upset Hindus protested, calling it “highly inappropriate”. DiZurita’s founder-artist Giovanna DiZurita who was out of the country at the time, in an email to Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who spearheaded this protest, wrote: “It was never my intent to offend anyone […]
San Antonio (Texas) based art-clothing company DiZurita has been told to immediately withdraw of leggings carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Lord Ganesha was highly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to […]
At least 15 people have been killed while 21 injured in a suicide bombing in Jalalabad, eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The latest suicide bombing happened near Governor House at Mukhabirat Chowk after President Ashraf Ghani’s visit. The only candidate of Afghan parliament election from the Afghan Sikh Community Avtar Singh Khalsa is among those […]
Mandarin has divided Malaysia. The former director-general of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Awang Sariyan, yesterday said that the Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng must be charged for sedition as he issued an official ministry statement in Mandarin recently. Sariyan said that this was against the core valued of Malaysia and also reminded the Minister that the […]
The majestic peacock is safe! Hindus heaved a sigh of relief after the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government announced not to continue with Peafowl Management Plan, which Hindus and animal lovers have denounced as hurting since the bird is so much loved. Bank of England declines to withdraw Beef-laced currency Emma Thomas, Director-General of Transport […]
About two percent people in New Zealand identify with Hinduism, according to a recent research report “Faith and Belief in New Zealand”. “New Zealand is becoming an increasingly secular nation…More than half of Kiwis (55%) do not identify with any main religion…This secularisation has been steadily increasing over the last decade or so”, this report […]
