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• 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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