New Delhi, May 08, 2022: A Hindu Temple and community center named “Shanti Mandir” is breaking ground in the Danville area of Pennsylvania on May 15, which is reportedly a million-dollar project. Groundbreaking Ceremony (Bhoomi-Pujan), to honor goddess Bhoomi (Earth), will include Ganesh Puja, Punya Ahvachan (purification process), Navgraha Puja and Maha Aarti. According to reports; […]
New Delhi, March 02, 2022: Hindu community is reportedly concerned regarding reported damage to Hindu Temple of Eastern Washington (West Richland, Washington). Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was saddening for the Hindu community to hear about such incident happening to Hindu house of worship; thus reportedly causing […]
New Delhi, November 7, 2021: Hindus are disheartened by the delay in approval of Hindu Temple by Medina City Council in Minnesota, which they felt was quite unnecessary. Despite being on the Council agenda twice on October five and 19, site plan for 46,000 square foot Hindu Temple building, submitted by BAPS Minneapolis, is reportedly […]
By Namta Gupta New Delhi, May 31, 2020: It has come to light that a holy Hindu Temple in Iran’s Bandar Abbas caught fire. The news was first posted by Iran International on May 16th, 2020 along with a video of the footage. The Iranian authorities say that the Hindu Temple caught fire due to some […]
By Namta Gupta Attacks on Hindu Temples are happening at an alarming pace in otherwise Hindu-majority Mauritius. On April 23rd, 2020, at Port Louis’ Valley Pitot, another Hindu Temple came under attack. The use of the Molotov cocktail to set fire to the Hindu Temple sets a dangerous precedent in the otherwise happy and picturesque […]
1000-year old Shawala Teja Singh Temple which was completely shut down after an attack by Pakistani mob protesting disputed Babri structure in India has finally reopened. Diwali was also celebrated with sweets distribution and Diya lighting at the sacred Hindu place. View this post on Instagram 1000-year-old Shawala Teja Singh Temple reopened in Pakistan Pic: […]
The riots that happened in Ghotki and Mirpur Mathelo and Adilpur of Sindh, against the Pakistani Hindus, is not your everyday riot. A carefully planted blasphemy rumour was put out using a teenager Muslim boy’s Facebook account right after the abduction of a Hindu girl Monika aged around 13. This is the same Monika who […]
Hindu Temples of Fiji are again on the target. In July a break-in at the Sita Ram Mandir of Calia, Navua angered the Hindu community. The money box was found damaged and in festival season, such thefts are a huge set back for the community. Another Hindu Temple at Malolo, Nadi was also targeted and […]
On the occasion of Mahashivratri, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and other devotees performed ‘Kar Sewa’ to clean the sacred pool of the historic Durgiana Temple in Amritsar on Maha Shivratri. This temple is dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Durga Devi. Kar Sewa means service done voluntarily and this is is the third ‘Kar Sewa’at […]
American Hindu community is in shock after a Hindu Temple of Louisville, Kentucky, was vandalized by radicals this week with hate-filled slogans in what the police are calling ‘ hate crime’ directed against the Hindus. Hindu American Foundation Director of Government Relations Jay Kansara in a statement said that this ‘it’s no secret that hate […]
