A Temple of Ma Gayatri, “Center for Gayatri Consciousness”, will formally open in Katy (Texas) on June 27. A project of All World Gayatri Pariwar (AWGP) headquartered in Haridwar (India), its grand-opening ceremonies on June 26 and 27 include Kalash Yatra, Yagya, Pran...
Hindus have commended His Holiness Pope Francis for his call to respect and protect environment in his 192-page first Encyclical “Laudato Si (Praise Be): on the Care of our Common Home” released on June 18 in Vatican City. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a...
A new Hare Krishna temple is being constructed in Catonsville (Maryland), which is expected to be ready within two years. This new two-storey 12,000 square-foot temple with a dome on top, besides the sanctuary with deities of Sri Sri Radha Krishna installed on the...
Four Hindu temples in Switzerland, Norway, Scotland and Germany solemnized their formal opening in the recent months, reports suggest. A warehouse in an industrial area was converted after renovation to Sri Navasakthi Vinayagar Hindu Tempel in eastern Switzerland’s...
Hindus have welcomed a former yoga instructor marrying into the Swedish royal family. Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip (third in line for the throne) married commoner Sofia Hellqvist (now Her Royal Highness Princess Sofia of Sweden, Duchess of Värmland) in a lavish...
Hindus are supporting the demand of “Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada” for apology by Pope “for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the spiritual, cultural, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children in Catholic-run...
