Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore led close to 40,000 devotees and four ministers at a 164-year-old Hindu Temple’s reconsecration ceremony yesterday. The Temple was undergoing SGD 4.5 million restoration work. The water used in the holy ceremony was ought from nine holy rivers in India and brought to Singapore. Prime Minister was effusive […]
Toronto District School Board (TDSB) in Canada has resolved that month of November each year be declared as Hindu Heritage Month. TDSB Trustees, in their April 18 meeting, passed a motion which included: Hindu Heritage Month is an opportunity to celebrate and educate all our students and school communities about this ancient and spiritual way […]
Hindu leader Rajan Zed is critical of Peafowl Management Plan of Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government, which talks about trapping and maybe euthanizing peacocks; stressing peacocks are revered and played an important role in Hinduism. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that ACT Government should show some maturity and […]
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 […]
The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, received the first copy of the book Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker, from the author Pavan Varma, at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (April 21, 2018). Among the dignitaries present were Dr Murli Manohar Joshi and D P Tripathi. Speaking on the occasion, the President said the imprint of Adi […]
Hotel The Rich Prada Bali has apologized for a ‘discriminatory’ job opening that had the Hindu-majority Bali fuming. The job opening had called for applicants who are non-Hindus. The hotel, the Rich Prada Bali, after the controversy is saying that its job postings were not meant to hurt the Hindus. It said that they needed […]
Rhode Island House of Representatives in Providence will open its June 20 session with Hindu prayers, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the House. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English interpretation of the prayer. Sanskrit is considered […]
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 […]
Hindus in millions in Bangladesh are born to be persecuted by the majority Muslims ever since the division of India was accomplished in 1947 and again with division of Pakistan and with the creation of a new nation called Bangladesh in 1971. In 1971, the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh had a population of 75 […]
One of Mauritius’ finest 5 start hotel, The Residence Mauritius, is in a soup for asking an employee to not sport a ‘Tika’ for hygienic purposes. The staffer, however, received support from Hindu groups who plan to hold a prayer session on the beach near The Residence Mauritius on April 15th. As people woke up […]
