Worldwide Hindus have thanked United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Abu Dhabi governments for reported announcement of land allotment for first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, commending the reported decision of land allotment for Hindu temple, described it as a step in the positive […]
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Many Jewish preschools in USA teach yoga
Yoga is part of the curriculum in many Jewish preschools in USA. Strauss ECE and Kindergarten of the Temple Emanu-El in Tucson (Arizona), Camp TBJ preschool of Congregation B’Nai Jeshurun in Short Hills (New Jersey), Tribeca Jewish Preschool in Manhattan (New York), Sarfan Early Childhood Center of the United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula […]
100 Special Trains for Ganesh Chaturthi (Central Railway)
100 Special Trains for Ganesh Chaturthi (Central Railway)… The Central Railway (CR) will run over 100 special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers during festival Ganesh Chaturthi. A total of 118 special trains will be run, according to a CR statement issued here. As many as 36 special trains will be run to […]
Beef not served at Australia’s Liverpool Council interfaith lunch
Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed recently urged Liverpool (a Sydney suburb) City Council to keep beef off the menu of interfaith lunches and dinners. In an email to Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism; Kiersten Fishburn, Council’s Director Community and Culture, wrote back on August nine: I can assure you that at […]
Amavasya, 14 August 2015
14 August 2015 is Amavasya (Shravan Amavasya, Ashada Amavasya, Hariyali Amavasya, Chukkala Amavasya, Bhimana Amavasya, Gatari Amavasya, Aadi Amavasai, Karkidaka Vavu, etc,. No Moon day or Amavasya in August 2015 is Shravan Amavasya in North India. Amavasya August 2015 date is August 14. This is Shravana Amavasya in Marathi, Kannada, Telugu and Marathi calendars. Amavasya time in […]
Goddess Kali projected on New York’s Empire State Building
Goddess Kali projected on New York’s Empire State Building… In a breathtaking spectacle, Goddess Kali was projected on the Empire State Building in New York. Artist Andrew Jones designed the portrait of the goddess to make the point that Mother Nature now more than ever needs a fierce avatar to fight the dangers of pollution […]
Hindus worldwide shocked on India’s failure at containing frequent stampedes
Shocked and dismayed at the August 10 stampede at Belabagan More temple in Deogarh district of Jharkhand (India) reportedly killing and injuring many pilgrims, Hindus worldwide are highly critical of frequent occurrences of deadly stampedes at religious gatherings in India. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that although […]
Urban Outfitters removes inappropriate product within 12 hours of Hindu protest
Urban Outfitters (UO), a publicly traded retail company headquartered in Philadelphia (USA) which offers a variety of lifestyle merchandise, has removed Hindu goddess Jewelry Stand from its website within about 12 hours after Hindus protested calling it inappropriate. Lotus Jewelry Stand depicting multi-armed Hindu goddess Lakshmi seated on a lotus, an “Online Exclusive” item which […]
Stampede at Deogarh Belabagan Temple, Jharkhand – 11 dead
In a stampede at Deogarh Belabagan Temple, Jharkhand, at least 11 people died and 20 others were injured. As per the officials, the death toll is likely to rise. The stampede took place early on Monday (10 August 2015) as a large crowd gathered for the Sawan Somvar celebrations at Deogarh’s Belabagan temple. The lane […]
Kamika Ekadashi, 10 August 2015
10 August 2015 is Kamika Ekadashi. It falls in Krishna Paksh or dark half in Shravan month (July – August) as per North Indian Hindi Panchang. It falls in Ashada month as per Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, and Telugu Panchanga. Kamika Ekadasi is one of the most important ekadasi vrata gives the merits of performing punya snan […]
Urban Outfitters upsets Hindus 3rd time
Urban Outfitters (UO), a publicly traded retail company headquartered in Philadelphia (USA) which offers a variety of lifestyle merchandise, seems to have upset Hindus for the third time by offering an inappropriate product. It is selling online a Hindu goddess Jewelry Stand, which it calls “Perfect for holding all of your rings + things.” Distinguished […]
Boston museum displays art forms of Hindu bindis
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (ISGM) in Boston is currently exhibiting artwork titled “Not All Who Wander Are Lost”, which uses Hindu bindis as a signature element. Created by artist-in-residence England-born Bharti Kher for the Museum’s façade, it reflects on maritime travel, and uses bindis as a central motif “to map demographic movement in an abstract […]
Venkateswara Temple, Central Ohio opens with Utsava Murthy Prana Prathishthapanam & Venkateswara Kalyanotsavam
Sri Venkateswara Temple of Central Ohio has been formally launched in Powell with four-day long ancient rituals and celebrations. Grand Opening, Utsava Murthy Prana Prathishthapanam and Sri Venkateswara Kalyanotsavam celebrations included various poojas, homams, viniyogams, agnipratishtha, kumbha-abhishekam, etc. Meanwhile, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, commended efforts of Temple leaders […]
Titan Comics’ trivialization of goddess Kali, Hindus seek apology
Titan Comics’ trivialization of goddess Kali, Hindus seek apology….Hindus are disturbed over distortion of goddess Kali image in Titan Comics and are seeking the withdrawal of all the comics containing such distorted Kali from the stores and online. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, described it as highly inappropriate portrayal […]
Unique $11 million Hindu Hanuman Temple opens in Texas
Frisco (Texas) now has a 34,000 square-foot Marakata Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple, reportedly costing over $11 million. This Temple, which opens daily, besides Hanuman as the main deity, also carries the murtis of Hindu deities Ganapati, Shiva, Rajeshwari, Ram Parivar, Venkateshwara, Dattatreya, Subramanyam, Ayyappa and Nagendra. Its history goes back to 2007 and it conducts […]
Zed asks Pope to clarify stand on yoga
Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed is urging His Holiness Pope Francis to clarify his and Vatican’s official stand on yoga. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Roman Catholic priests, bishops and other officials kept on making varying statements about yoga, taking different stands. […]
Ban on Yoga in Los Angeles parks & beaches
Ban on Yoga in Los Angeles parks & beaches…. Hindus are critical of Los Angeles City Council’s recent reported decision of banning yoga, among other things, at public beaches and parks. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who strongly criticized the attempts to regulate yoga in the past by various states in USA, in a statement […]
Religious call to fight infidelity in Ottawa
Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has given a call to the leaders of various religions and denominations to put up a joint fight against the reportedly staggering amount of infidelity in Canada’s capital Ottawa. According to reports, cheating website “Ashley Madison”, whose tagline is “Life is short. Have an affair”, has 189,810 Ottawa accounts, while […]
Oxford University digitizes old paintings of Hindu gods
University of Oxford has posted digital versions of 110 Kalighat paintings of Hindu deities and others from 19th-century Calcutta on its new online portal “Digital.Bodleian”. These include paintings of Hindu deities Krishna, Shiva, Ganesha, Durga, Hanuman, Parvati, Kali, etc., which were acquired by Sir Monier Monier-Williams in the winter of 1883-1884. Some of these paintings […]
National Gallery of Victoria displaying Lord Krishna
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne (Australia) is showcasing Lord Krishna and Lord Rama images in an exhibition “Gods, Heroes and Clowns” till October four. It includes over 50 rarely seen works from India and other Asian countries going back to 18th century. It presents “a large, elaborately painted cloth from India, Patachitra depicting […]