Hindus have welcomed reports of Glen Rock Public Schools in New Jersey adding Diwali, most popular of their festival, as a holiday on the school calendar. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, describing it as a step in the right direction, urged...
Idaho Senate, upper house in the State Legislature, will start its day with ancient Hindu mantras on March third, said to be a first since Idaho acquired statehood in 1890. This reportedly historic invocation will contain verses from Rig-Veda; the oldest existing...
Hindu Sanskrit epic Ramayana performances through shadow puppetry of Malaysia will be held in various parts of USA in the next few weeks. In “Wayang Kulit: The Shadow Play of Kelantan”, an ancient form of puppet theater, the shadows of intricately carved leather...
Hindus are urging His Holiness Pope Francis to discipline a Northern Ireland Catholic priest who reportedly linked yoga to Satan. Father Reverend Roland Colhoun, a priest at Waterside Parish of Roman Catholic Diocese of Derry in Northern Ireland, as reported by Derry...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) in New York is displaying “Earring for a Deity Showing Vishnu Riding Garuda” (17th-19th century) in its “Sacred Traditions of the Himalayas” exhibition which will run till June 14. It is also showcasing 17th-19th century “Dish for...
Hindus find repeated pushing of black commuter off a Paris metro train on February 17 highly shocking and appalling. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was disturbing to note that racism was still alive and being allowed to...
