Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple of Utah is holding four-day elaborate ceremonies called “Maha Kumbhabhishekam”, involving ancient rituals for 12-year re-dedication of the expanded-renovated temple, culminating on June seven. Ceremonies at this Temple in South Jordan include pujas, aarthis, havan, homams, adhivasams, archanas, yagnams, etc., leading to the actual Kumbhabhishekam for the gopuram spire (gopurashikharam), which […]
Hinduism in Utah
Mormon University helps find your favorite Hindu god
The Museum of Art of Mormon-run Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo (Utah) has launched a “quiz” on its website which finds your Hindu ishta-devata (favorite deity) after nine multiple-choice questions. After one goes through questions asking one’s personality traits and paintings of Hindu deities like Krishna, Shiva, Rama; it “calculates” and tells your favorite […]
Utah’s flagship museum exhibiting Hindu god Krishna
Utah’s flagship art museum, Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA), will have an exhibition on Hindu Lord Krishna starting August eight. Running till November 20 in the Museum’s Emma Eccles Jones Education Gallery, this Krishna exhibition “explores the Hindu god Krishna through sacred and secular artworks, dating from the 11th century to the 20th, from […]
Thousands of Mormons participated in Holi festival in Utah
Hindus have welcomed reported participation of thousands of Mormons at the Hindu Holi “festival of color” in Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork (Utah, USA), said to be world’s largest Holi gathering, on March 29. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was wonderful to […]
India Cultural Center opens in Utah, USA
An India Cultural Center of Utah (ICCU) has started functioning in South Jordan (USA) whose “primary function is to promote the heritage, arts, crafts, sports and culture of India”. A subsidiary of Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple of Utah, ICCU, an 8,378 square feet multi- use facility, claims to have taken up a leadership role towards […]