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• Hindus seek Diwali holiday in New Jersey’s Parsippany-Troy Hills School District

  Hindus are urging Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School District (PTHSD) in New Jersey to include Diwali, the most popular Hindu holy day, as a schools holiday in their 2016-2017 calendar and beyond.




• Hindus welcome Kenya’s withdrawal of proposed religious regulations

  Hindus have welcomed the Kenya government?s reported decision to withdraw the proposal of regulating the religious organizations. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada




• Hindus elated at US yoga practitioners growing to 37 million

  Hindus are highly pleased with the fast and tremendous growth of yoga in the United States of America; with yoga practitioners reaching to about 37 million according to a recently released ?2016 Yoga




• “Faith in Birmingham” gallery opens showcasing Hindu deities Vishnu & Ganesh

  Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) in United Kingdom reportedly launched a new gallery ?Faith in Birmingham? on February five; providing unique insight into Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhi




• Upset Hindus urge Sega for removal of Lord Krishna from video game

  Hindus are upset at ?Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final? role-playing video game being developed/published by Sega?s subsidiary Atlus depicting Lord Krishna, saying it trivializes a highly revered Hindu dei




• Hindus commend Birmingham Museums for uniting diverse religions in new gallery

  Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) in United Kingdom is launching a new gallery ?Faith in Birmingham? on February five; providing unique insight into Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sik




• Hindus criticize Coldplay-Beyoncé video for trivializing Hinduism

  Hindus have criticized Coldplay music-video hit single featuring Beyonc? Knowles and titled ?Hymn For The Weekend?, saying it trivializes Hinduism. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a st




• Louisiana ball apologizes to dismayed Hindus over parading of Hindu gods

  The Ladies? Krewe of Galatea, which held a ball and tableau in Morgan City in Louisiana on January 23, has apologized to the dismayed Hindus who called the reported parading of Hindu deities in it as




• Amsterdam Airport carries Hindu Vedas for passengers

  Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands? largest and one of the world?s leading airports; carries Bhagavad-Gita, Vedas and other Hindu holy books. These are available to passengers in the Meditati




• Hindus dismayed over parading of Hindu gods at a Louisiana ball

  Hindus are dismayed over reported parading of Hindu deities at a ball and tableau in Morgan City in Louisiana on January 23, calling it highly inappropriate. According to reports, The Ladies? Krew




• Hindus term Denmark’s seizure of refugees’ assets law as “absurd”

  Hindus have strongly criticized Denmark?s proposal backed by its parliament to confiscate refugees? possessions; calling it inhumane, despicable and absurd. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed




• Hindus seek Diwali holiday in Massachusetts’ Chelmsford Public Schools

  Hindus are urging Chelmsford Public Schools (CPS) in Massachusetts to include Diwali, the most popular Hindu holy day, as a school holiday in their 2016-2017 school calendar and beyond. The 2015-2




• Sri Venkateswara Hindu Temple Sydney adopting cow for worship

  Sri Venkateswara Temple (SVT) in Helensburgh (near Sydney, Australia) is reportedly adopting a cow (and a calf) for worshiping and using its milk for sprinkling on temple deities in a religious ritual




• British Museum exhibiting “Krishna in the garden of Assam”

  The British Museum (BM) is exhibiting Lord Krishna devotional textiles in its exhibition ?Krishna in the garden of Assam?, which will continue till August 15. Main attraction of this exhibition is




• Hindus seek Pope’s intervention to fix Ireland’s educational system

  Hindus are urging His Holiness Pope Francis to intervene to fix largely Roman Catholic Ireland?s education system as Ireland Government appears to have failed to put an end to religious preferences in




• Hindus seek prayer room at Brussels Airport

  Hindus are urging for a designated ?Hindu Prayer Room? at Brussels Airport, Belgium?s largest and one of the world?s leading airports. Brussels Airport, with ?Customer-focus? strategy; features Ca




• Upset Hindus urge Ohio apparel firm to recall Lord Ganesha products

  Upset Hindus have urged for the immediate withdrawal of tee shirt, tank tops, mug and blanket with Lord Ganesha?s image sold by a Columbus (Ohio) headquartered apparel and home goods company Print Syn




• Grinnell College Iowa has exclusive “Hindu Prayer Room” with 24-hour access

  The prestigious Grinnell College in Iowa (USA), founded in 1846 as a Congregationalist college, now has a dedicated ?Hindu Prayer Room? with 24-hour access and Lord Ganesha installed in it. Locate




• Diverse religious leaders urge New York’s Whitesboro Village to change emblem

  In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Christian-Hindu-Buddhist-Jewish-Baha?i-Native American leaders have urged Village of Whitesboro in Oneida County of upstate central New York to think of changing it




• Hindu “Maha Shivarathri Yathra” will travel 8 km in South Africa, praying for all

  ?Maha Shivarathri Yathra? will cover about eight kilometers on February 28 in Lenasia South, a part of City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Organized by Hindu Coordinating Council, this



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