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• Hindus felt TV star Farrah Abraham’s wearing bindi at MTV Awards was “inappropriate”

  Hindus have described; the American reality TV personality Farrah Abraham?s appearance at ?2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards? in Los Angeles on May seven wearing bindi on forehead and then reportedly boast




• Hindus urge UNESCO to deny Japan’s Okinoshima Island heritage status unless women allowed on it

  Hindus are urging the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, whose 41st session is meeting in Krakow (Poland) on July 2-12, not to endorse Okinoshima Island of Japan for the World Heritage Site status, unle




• Hindus welcome Wisconsin Catholic Franciscan center hosting various yoga programs

  Hindus have welcomed Franciscan Spirituality Center in La Crosse (Wisconsin), sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration?Catholic sisters ?engaged in furthering the work of the Catholi




• Like national Parliament, Hindus urge Australia’s state parliaments also to offer yoga to members

  Hindus have welcomed Parliament of Australia for offering yoga classes/training to members in the Parliament House in Canberra. Calling it a step in the positive direction, distinguished Hindu sta




• Hindus urge New Zealand to offer greater respect & protection to Maori sacred sites

  In view of Playboy model nude photo-shoot on sacred Mount Taranaki, Hindus are urging New Zealand government to offer effective protection to indigenous Maori sacred sites and make sure those were not




• Hindus ask all Virginia cities to offer free yoga like Lynchburg

  Hindus are urging all the cities and counties in Virginia to offer free yoga classes, on the same pattern as being offered by the City of Lynchburg. City of Lynchburg?s free ?Yoga in the Park? for




• Pennsylvania’s Unionville Chadds Ford schools to close for Hindu festival Diwali

  Hindus have welcomed the inclusion of Diwali, most popular of their festival, as holiday by Unionville-Chadds Ford School District (UCFSD) headquartered in Kennett Square in Pennsylvania, on its Schoo




• Novant Health group offering “Mommy-baby yoga” in baby’s 1st year

  Novant Health; spread across North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia; is offering joint yoga classes for mothers and their under-one-year-old babies in Winston-Salem (North Carolina), whi




• Hindus seek chaplain & designated prayer room at Cornell University

  Hindus are urging Ivy League Cornell University in Ithaca (New York) for a chaplain and permanent-designated prayer room for Hindu students. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement




• Upset Hindus urge New York online retailer to withdraw Lord Ganesha shoes-socks-leggings

  Upset Hindus are urging Brooklyn (New York) headquartered online retailer KR Store for immediate withdrawal of various shoes, sneakers, socks and leggings carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha;




• Brandeis University has Hindu altar with images of Ganesh-Krishna-Shiva-Saraswati-Ram

  The Hindu altar in the Dharmic Prayer Space in Brandeis University (BU) in Waltham (Massachusetts) has images of deities Ganesh, Krishna, Shiva, Lakshmi, Ram parivar and Saraswati. Welcoming the e




• Yoga becoming popular in Zimbabwe

  Yoga is reportedly becoming popular in Zimbabwe. Reports suggest that there are over a dozen yoga studios and fitness-pilates studios/gyms/health-club/sports-club/wellness-centre offering yoga in




• Hindus to perform elaborate ancient fire ritual in South Africa for peace

  Hindus will reportedly light 108 fires as a part of ancient Vedic ritual yajna in a sports ground in Port Shepstone town of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa on ?Freedom Day? (South Africa?s national day




• Number of Canadians holding favorable view of Hinduism increases

  Forty-nine percent of Canadians had a favorable opinion of Hinduism in February 2017 as compared to 42% in September 2013, according to Religious Trends public opinion poll conducted by research organ



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  Christian-Jew-Buddhist leaders support the idea of “Hindu Prayer Room” at Frankfurt Airport

  In a remarkable interfaith gesture; Christian, Jew and Buddhist leaders have backed the idea of establishing a ?Hindu Prayer Room? at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany; the idea which was recently fl




• Duke University students adopt yoga as a protest form

  Some graduate students of prestigious Duke University (DU) reportedly used yoga as a protest form to bring back free gym access for fourth and fifth-year students and exhibit how strongly they felt ab




• Three New Jersey school districts to close for students on Hindu festival Diwali

  Hindus have welcomed the inclusion of Diwali, most popular of their festival, by declaring holiday for students on October 19 by three school districts in New Jersey State on their school calendars fo




• Chelmsford in England to have Hindu temple soon

  A non-profit Chelmsford Hindu Society has been formed to establish a Hindu temple in Chelmsford (East of England). This proposed temple will organize various rituals, puja and cultural programs; b




• Hindus exhort all Ohio schools to start the day with yoga like Newark elementary

  Hindus have commended Ben Franklin Elementary School (BFES) of Newark City Schools (NCS) in Ohio for reportedly launching the school day with yoga, calling it a step in the positive direction. Pup




• University of Maryland study reveals yoga may help in back pain

  ?A new study by scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has concluded that yoga may be helpful for low back pain?, according to a University of Maryland release. ?We fo




• Hindus rated “fairly warmly” in USA, survey reveals

  Most religious groups in USA rate Hindus fairly warmly, according to ?polling and analysis? posted by Washington DC headquartered Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan fact tank, on February 15. Aske




• Hindus dismayed over Bank of England’s blatant refusal to withdraw beef-laced banknotes

  Hindus worldwide are upset over Bank of England?s blunt refusal to withdraw ?5 polymer banknotes which reportedly contained traces of tallow, despite the serious concerns raised by the Hindu community



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  Hindu Population Not Reducing, As Minister Rijiju Claims

  India?s Hindu population is reducing, Union Minister of State For Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju claimed on February 13, 2017. Census data and growth projections do not back his claim, and population tren




• Missouri Catholic hospital offers free yoga to prevent osteoporosis

  Mercy Hospital Washington (Missouri) is offering free yoga for people over 60 ?aimed at preventing osteoporosis and other health issues that affect many seniors?. Announcement says that anyone age




• Hindus urge soon opening Louvre Abu Dhabi to procure more Hindu artifacts

  Hindus are urging prestigious about $650 million museum Louvre Abu Dhabi (LAD), which is officially set to open in the near future, to enrich its collection of Hindu artifacts. Welcoming the repor




• Upset Hindus urge Czech brewery to not use Lord Ganesha image on beer bottles

  Upset Hindus are urging N?chod (Czech Republic) based award-winning Primator brewery to not use Hindu deity Lord Ganesha?s image on its IPA beer bottles, calling it highly inappropriate. Distingui




• University of California showcasing Hindu gods in jewelry exhibit

  The Fowler Museum at University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) will reportedly display sculptures and paintings of Hindu gods and goddesses to ?demonstrate the profusion and variety of jewelry worn?




• Hindu temple opens in California’s Santa Clarita

  Sri Siddhi Vinayaka Temple Santa Clarita (SSVTSC), where the main deity is Lord Ganesh, had its grand-opening on February nine evening in Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita (California). Missi




• Hindus critical of fee for yoga space at airports

  Hindus are critical of the new trend where travelers have to pay a fee to access yoga space or session, which is part of the privately owned airport gyms or living-rooms. Distinguished Hindu state




• Regional Medical Center in New York launching “Healing Yoga” for cancer patients

  Nationally recognized hospital Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown (New York) is launching 10-week ?Healing Yoga? class from February 17 for ?cancer and chronic disease patients? to improve




• Hindu “Shivarathri Yatra” procession will cover 7 km in South Africa for “Universal Peace”

  ?Maha Shivarathri Yatra? procession, directed at ?Universal Peace?, will cover about seven kilometers on February 19 in Lenasia, a part of City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, in South Afri




• Hindus worldwide upset over labeling Hinduism as witchcraft by a South Africa hospital

  Hindus worldwide are dismayed by the reports of a KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health hospital in Pietermaritzburg linking Hinduism with witchcraft. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a st




• Hindus concerned at evil God of destruction modeled after Ganesha in Japanese TV series

  Hindus are concerned at the presence of one of the eight evil Gods of destruction in ?Dragon Ball Super? Japanese anime television series, which many attributed to Lord Ganesha. Distinguished Hind




• Upset Hindus urge California’s Leaf Group withdraw items disrespecting Hindu gods

  Hindus are urging Santa Monica (California) headquartered Leaf Group Limited to immediately withdraw some of the products sold on its marketplace Society6 which mock-distort-disrespect various Hindu d



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  Wyoming Senate & House opened with their 1st Hindu prayers

  Both Wyoming Senate and Wyoming House of Representatives in Cheyenne started their day with ancient Hindu prayers on February three. These invocations contained verses from Rig-Veda; the oldest ex




• Jewish synagogue converted to Hindu temple in Rhode Island

  Rhode Island Hindu Temple Society (RIHTS) has reportedly acquired the building and property in Warwick (Rhode Island), a former conservative Jewish synagogue named Temple Am David, and is converting i




• Zed to open both Wyoming Senate & House with Hindu mantras

  Both Wyoming Senate and Wyoming House of Representatives in Cheyenne will start their day with ancient Hindu prayers on February third. These invocations will contain verses from Rig-Veda; the old




• New York to have parade on Hindu festival Phagwah

  The 29th annual ?Phagwah Parade 2017? will be held in Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens borough of New York City on March 12, to celebrate Hindu festival Phagwah, also known as Holi. It will in




• Between 2.5 to 2.9% of Canada’s population will be Hindu in 2036

  Hindus would increase to between 2.5% and 2.9% of the total population of Canada in 2036, according to a study of population projections developed by Canada's national statistical agency, Statistics




• Penn State University studying yoga-based program to reduce cancer risk

  A research at Pennsylvania State University is reportedly undertaking a yoga-focused mind and body intervention that uses stretching, breathing, prayer and relaxation strategies to increase physical a



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