On June 19, both Pennsylvania State Senate and House of Representatives in Harrisburg will start their respective sessions with Hindu prayers, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocations from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Senate and House. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English […]
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Fukushima on mind, Bhutan gives a thoughtful gift to Japan
It has been more than seven years after the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis but the world has not forgotten the disaster that had everyone worried. Even now, when we speak of Fukushima, we remember it with pain. From Iran with love: Farsi Panchtantra and Mahabharat So when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hosted a summit […]
Australia: City of Gosnells promoting yoga to manage stress
Mayor Glenn Dewhurst of the City of Gosnells recently “joined children at the City’s Leisure World for a Junior Yoga session, saying it was important for people of all ages to find ways to manage stress and yoga was a great option, particularly for kids”, according to a Media Release of the City. Yoga is […]
First ever Afghan Hindu Temple opens in Maryland (Pics)
On the festive occasion of Baisakhi, the Afghan Hindu community also had another reason to rejoice; they now have their own Temple, the first of its kind in Maryland, United States. For the total 300 Afghan Hindus and Sikhs, this was a reason to rejoice. The Temple name is AsaMai Hindu Temple and its opening […]
Malaysian Sikhs celebrate Baisakhi with minister (pics)
Malaysian Sikhs celebrated Baisakhi with P Kamalanathan who happens to be the Deputy Minister of Education in the country. After having a quiet get together the Minister informed that he went to Gurdwara in Kalumpang for the Baisakhi celebration. He also thanked his friends who invited him to the holy place and his friends from […]
Now, fire destroys Hindu homes in Myanmar
Myanmarese Hindus continue to face more hardships. Radio Free Asia has reported that now more than “60 houses in a predominantly Hindu village in the Maungdaw district of Myanmar’s Rakhine state were gutted by fire on Thursday” This is being called an act of negligence. Radio Free Asia has quoted a Hindu social worker named Ni […]
Study: Yoga can help school children manage anxiety and stress
Yoga/mindfulness activities may facilitate stress management among elementary school students and may be added as a complement to social and emotional learning activities, according to a Tulane University study. Published April 10 in Psychology Research and Behavior Management Journal, the school-based study “Effect of mindfulness and yoga on quality of life for elementary school students […]
Indonesia: Entire family adopts Hinduism
On Saturday, 7th April 2018, family in Bali, Indonesia undertook the Sudiwadani ritual in Bali and became Hindus. Hinduism is a minority religion in Muslim-majority Indonesia. The Sudiwadani ritual is a ritual for the non-Hindus to either join or return to the Hindu fold. Indonesia: Why did the Princess of Java become a Hindu? The […]
Brazil: Parading of Hindu gods at Rio Carnival irks Hindu leader
Hindu leader Rajan Zed is upset over the reported parading of Hindu deities during the world’s largest carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), popularly known as the Rio carnival, in February, calling it highly inappropriate. According to reports, performers dressed as Lord Ganesha and other Hindu deities danced as a part of the Rio carnival, which also […]
Pakistan: Hindu boy gangraped, news goes viral, culprits apprehended
Thatta, Sindh, was simmering ever since the gangrape video of a 19-year-old Hindu boy surfaced. Half a dozen men, with many, connected to the late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), gangraped a Hindu boy named Prakash, shot the assault and circulated the video online to further browbeat the survivor’s family. In […]