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• Hindus welcome Louisiana Veterans Museum offering yoga to combat PTSD

  Hindus have welcomed USS Kidd Veterans Museum in downtown Baton Rouge (Louisiana) offering ?Yoga for Veterans? to combat PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). Its website says: The USS Kidd offe




• Catholic school in Canada treats students with yoga in Mental Health Awareness Week

  A Catholic elementary school in Alberta (Canada) treated its students with a yoga class on May four as a part of Mental Health Awareness Week initiative. Ecole Our Lady of the Rosary School (EOLRS




• British Museum & Google develop online Lord Ganesha exhibition

  British Museum (BM) has developed an online exhibition ?Celebrating Ganesha? with Google Cultural Institute (GCI). Its tagline includes ?Explore the imagery and symbolism associated with Ganesha a




• Lord Ganesha exhibit in England’s Bowes Museum

  The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle in County Durham in North East England is having ?Celebrating Ganesha? exhibition from May 21 to September 18. Its main object is a 13th century 119 centimeters




• Hindu prisoners in England & Wales to be excused from work on 6 festivals

  Hindu prisoners in England and Wales will be excused from work on Maha Shivaratri, Raksha Bandhan, Krishna Janmashtami, Ganesha Pooja, Vijayadashami and Diwali; according to new guidelines which are e




• Illinois' Rockford City Council opening with Hindu prayer 1st time in 164 years

  Rockford City Council (Illinois, USA) will have its reportedly first historic Hindu opening prayer on May 16, containing verses from world?s oldest existing scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesma




• Hindus welcome use of yoga to prevent misbehavior in some Minnesota schools

  Hindus have welcomed some schools in Osseo Area Schools and Saint Paul Public Schools in Minnesota for reportedly using yoga to head off misbehavior before it begins. The preventive approach of yo




• Smithsonian showcasing Hindu deity Shiva

  The Smithsonian, ?world?s largest museum and research complex? in Washington DC, is displaying three iconic Hindu Chola bronzes till early 2017. These reportedly include Shiva Nataraja (ca. 990),




• Plans to promote yoga & India with Julia Roberts welcomed

  India government is planning global campaign to promote India with Oscar winner Hollywood star Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman), per media reports. Reports, quoting sources in India government, point




• Hindus welcome George Mason University for "Community Yoga for Activists" program

  Hindus have welcomed Women and Gender Studies Center at large public research institution George Mason University (GMU) on launching "Community Yoga for Activists" program, which terms it an ?inclus




• Glasgow museum highlights Hindu deity Shiva

  Bronze sculpture ?Shiva Nataraj? is one of highlights of award-winning Saint Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art (SMMRLA) at the heart of medieval Glasgow in Scotland. SMMRLA has three gallerie




• Hindus critical of yoga ban in Sweden school

  Hindus have condemned reported putting a stop to yoga class in a Rydaholm school in southern Sweden and remarking that yoga is in league with the devil. Calling it a ?step in the backward directio




• Hindus want health plans to cover yoga

  Hindus are asking health insurance plans to cover multi-faceted yoga, thus making it more accessible and affordable. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today,




• Hindu temple opening in West Virginia

  A new Hindu Religious & Cultural Center (HRCC) is opening in Morgantown (West Virginia) on April 30. Grand opening ceremonies, to be held on April 30 and May one, will reportedly include nutan pra




• Third-eye embraced by Prince is a Hindu icon

  Third eye, which performer Prince embraced during the last few years, was also known as divine-seeing eye in Hinduism, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed said in a statement in Nevada today.




• Hindus critical of protest at Brown University Hindu chants

  Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has termed reported protest at the Hindu chants performance on April 21 evening in the Smith-Buonanno Hall of Brown University (BU) as sad and inappropriate.




• Hindus welcome Utah University for launching yoga teachers training program

  Hindus have welcomed the new yoga studies and teacher training program of Utah State University (USU) (respected public research university in Logan, Utah) being introduced in fall 2016, calling it a



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  Bringing the Ethnicity of Raksha Bandhan with Maulirakhi.com

  New Delhi, India: All the festivals that are being celebrated in India carry a social message too. Similarly the festival of Raksha Bandhan is about the sanity of the pure chord of relationship betwee




• Hindus commend Miley Cyrus for yoga promotion

  Hindus have welcomed Hollywood singer-actress Miley Cyrus?, 23, repeated efforts at promotion of yoga and displaying some yoga moves. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, commenting on Cyrus?




• Hindus welcome “heart change” of Oxford Theology to include Hinduism

  Hindus have welcomed the change of heart of Oxford University for reportedly including Hinduism in the Theology course. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, cal




• Hindu god Shiva’s statue to be dedicated in Alabama museum garden

  Sculpture of Hindu deity Lord Shiva in Nataraja form will reportedly be dedicated at the outdoor sculpture garden of Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) in Alabama on April 10. In the age-old tradition




• Guyana’s school divides academic year in terms like Divali & Ramnavami

  Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN), a Hindu Secondary School in Guyana?s West Coast Demerara, divides the school year in unique four terms: Divali, Ramnavmi, Vyasa Purnima, Grishma. Besides 15 stand




• Hindus urge Sydney Art Gallery to return Durga statue if found illegal

  Hindus are urging the Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW) in Sydney (Australia) to expedite the provenance of its Hindu goddess Durga statue, and if proved stolen, return it to Hindu temple it originally belon




• Catholic school in England celebrates Hindu Holi

  In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Prior Park Prep School in Cricklade (Wiltshire, England), a Catholic/Christian school for children aged rising 3 -13, reportedly celebrated Hindu ?festival of color




• Hindu temple with 22’ Hanuman opening in affluent Chicago suburb

  An about 39,000 square foot white-marble Hanuman Mandir of Greater Chicago is reportedly opening in Glenview, an affluent northern Chicago suburb, on April 17. Also known as Shri Hanuman Mandir an




• Deeper Life Christian Church of Tampa, Fl Offer Gift of Praise For Spring Season

  Bishop M.B. Jefferson Wants to Share One of the Most Inspirational Sermons of the Year "39 Stripes". Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL - As we enter the new season of Spring Bishop M. B. Jefferso




• Anti-Hindu posters at Texas “Dairy Queen” removed

  Anti-Hindu signs at Kemah (Texas) restaurant of ?Dairy Queen? (DQ), which upset Hindus worldwide found highly inappropriate, have been reportedly removed. Dean A. Peters, Associate Vice President




• Only 1% Hindu, 25% Italians believe in reincarnation & 20% in karma

  In a predominantly Christian nation Italy, though only one per cent declared to be Hindu, but a quarter believed in reincarnation and nearly a fifth believed in karma, according to a survey/poll condu




• Hindus welcome German football team adopting yoga

  Hindus have welcomed world champion German national football team for reportedly incorporating yoga as a part of training in preparation for Euro 2016. It is expected that yoga will help the team




• “Dairy Queen” hopes to resolve Texas store anti-Hindu displays issue with ownership change

  Dairy Queen (DQ) Corporation anticipates change of ownership of its Kemah (Texas) restaurant, reportedly displaying anti-Hindu signs, soon and expects that this change will resolve the issue. Dean




• Mention to Hindu Lord Krishna removed from new “X-Men: Apocalypse” trailer

  The recent ?Official Trailer? of the action-adventure Hollywood superhero movie ?X-Men: Apocalypse? does not contain reference to Hindu deity Lord Krishna, while there was comparison of its blue-color




• Hindus welcome “Yoga Garden” in White House Easter Egg Roll event

  Hindus have commended White House for including yoga in ?138th White House Easter Egg Roll 2016? event to be held in the South Lawn of White House in Washington DC on March 28. A ?Yoga Garden? was




• Brussels’ Hindus cancel Holi celebrations in view of recent tragedy

  Hindu ?festival of color? Holi, which was planned to be celebrated in Brussels on March 27, has reportedly been cancelled in view of recent Brussels tragedy, out of respect for the victims. Brusse




• Hindus glad at continuance of yoga at Georgia school, even without “Namaste”

  Hindus have commended William E. Bullard Elementary School in Kennesaw (Georgia, USA) for reportedly continuing to offer yoga to students, despite removing the gesture of ?Namaste? from it after some




• Upset Hindus seek “Dairy Queen” apology for anti-Hindu displays in Texas

  Hindus, upset by the reported anti-Hinduism display at a Dairy Queen (DQ) restaurant in Texas, are asking the International Dairy Queen Inc. CEO John P. Gainor Junior to issue a formal apology and arr




• Hindus concerned at cow’s head left at Hindu sanctuary in Pennsylvania

  Hindus are highly concerned after reports of a cow?s severed complete head with a bullet to it was left at a Hindu cow sanctuary in Jackson Township in Monroe County of eastern Pennsylvania between Sa




• Hindus welcome launch of Meditation Program at Montclair State University

  Hindus are commending launch of seven-week long "Mind. Body. Being." Program at Montclair State University (MSU) in New Jersey, calling it a step in the positive direction. It combines yoga and




• Hindus welcome launch of Prayer Room at University of Central Florida

  Hindus are commending University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando for reported launching of Prayer and Reflection Room on the campus; thus dedicating a quiet calming space for meditation, reflectio




• Hindus commend Calgary Police for hiring Yoga Instructor

  Hindus have welcomed attempts of Calgary Police Service (CPS) in Alberta (Canada) to hire a Yoga Instructor, calling it a step in the positive direction. The City of Calgary, on behalf of CPS is r




• Meditation Rooms opened at University of Nevada

  ?Meditation and Reflection Rooms? formally opened on March 16 at University of Nevada-Reno (UNR), claimed to be one of the ?nation's top public research universities?. These ?Meditation and Refle



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