Welcoming Council Rock School District (CRSD) for declaring holiday on November seven, when their most popular festival Diwali falls this year. Board of Directors of CRSD, headquartered in Newtown (Pennsylvania), in their meeting on February 15, unanimously approved 2018-2019 calendar which includes the addition of Diwali as an official school holiday. In 2017, Unionville-Chadds Ford […]
A petition has moved in Canada exposing Pakistan with regards to freedom of religion and describing it as the most intolerant countries in the world. The petition started by Asif Panhwar from Calgary, Alberta, on December 18, 2017, by Tom Kmiec. It states that in 1947, Hindus constituted over 27 percent of the population of […]
Vatican Library carries 15 printed books on the topic of yoga, including an 1897 edition. Catalogue search reveals titles like “How to know God. The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali” (1953), yoga as a healing path, the yoga of faith, spirituality of yoga, etc. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, termed it […]
Bangladesh Minority Watch has presented a report on the latest atrocity on the Hindus in the country in which cows have been burned down. The latest case of atrocity has emerged from the Madhukhali Upazila of the Faridpur District and has already been reported by the Bangladeshi dailies like “The Daily Sangbad” dated 18 January […]
Chief Minister of Sikkim Pawan Chamling has laid the foundation stone of the Parshuram Dham at Barang, Lower Tumin, East Sikkim on 8th February 2018. On the Occasion, Chief Minister said that when completed, it will be the first and the only statue of Lord Parshuram in the country. The Chief Minister was accompanied by Minister […]
Hindus have come a long way when it comes to women empowerment and yet it has taken them more than 1200 years to finally see a woman as the front-runner for the seat of Shankaracharya. We are talking about Sadhvi Hemanand Giri who is the first woman to be shortlisted for the post of Shankaracharya […]
Hinduism grew by 60% in Australia during 2011-2016, raising the numbers of Hindus to 440,300; according to an Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) release referring to 2016 Census of Population and Housing. It was now the fourth largest religion in Australia after Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. Median age of Australian Hindus is 31, 92% live […]
For the people of Indonesia, Mount Bromo is an iconic tourist destination. The active volcano 2.392 meters high above sea level, surrounded by sand and spectacular sunrise view gives Mount Bromo a charm which has successfully drawn millions of local and foreign tourists. Based on the data gathered by BBC Indonesia, there were 380,000 domestic […]
Toyota Tundra Super Bowl halftime commercial “We’re All One Team”, apparently attempting to show unity of world religions, for failure to include representation of Hinduism, world’s third largest religion. This commercial; in Toyota Tundra Super Bowl LII football championship played in Minneapolis on February four; depicts Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and Jewish religious figures. How could you […]
Hindu Temple in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada is reportedly planning to launch $1.75 million expansion project in the near future. It will include a large multi-purpose hall, classrooms, etc.; reports suggest. According to reports, this Temple was opened in 1998 with the primary aim of meeting “the spiritual, ritual, ceremonial and social needs of Hindus” and […]
