Author: Emily Wax

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/12/AR2010061203796.html

Nestled between the wedding sari boutiques and hipster jean shops, there's a store in the city's most popular shopping mall that's playing with the gods.

The fashion, art and design store has funky throw pillows depicting a psychedelic-looking Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Merinews

http://www.merinews.com/article/hindus-urge-brazil-to-end-reported-discrimination-against-afro-brazilian-religions/15823013.shtml

Hindus have urged Brazil to look deeply into the reported discrimination against practitioners of Afro-Brazilian religions like Candomblé, Umbanda, etc., and come up with a plan to eradicate it....

Author: Gurmukh Singh

Source: The Globe and Mail

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/10000-worshippers-to-come-to...

Author: Ali Sethi

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/opinion/13sethi.html?ref=religion_and_belief&pagewanted=all

For many Pakistanis, the deaths of more than 80 members of the Ahmadi religious sect in mosque attacks two weeks ago raised questions of the nation’s future. For me, it recalled a command from my schoolboy past: “Write a Note on the Two-Nation...

Author: Robert Matas

Source: The Globe and Mail

http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/air-india-milestone-has-canadas-sikhs-praying-for-answers/article1593155/?service=mobile

Perpinder Singh, a fourth-generation Canadian Sikh, is a lawyer of about 30 years old who wears a turban and a pinstriped suit, white shirt and tie. He...

Author: Lydia Polgreen

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/world/asia/06kashmir.html?pagewanted=all

The ceremony is simple and common. A Hindu priest lights a fire, places some herbs, clarified butter and other offerings atop it and through its peculiar alchemy the smoke purifies everything it touches.

But nothing about this Maha Y...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Merinews

http://www.merinews.com/article/clark-county-to-open-its-meet-with-hindu-sanskrit-mantras/15820584.shtml

Board of County Commissioners of Clark County, Nevada, United States of America, home to the world-famous Las Vegas Strip, will reverberate with Sanskrit mantras from ancient Hindu scriptures on July 6.

Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Express & Star

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/06/02/date-set-for-hindu-temples-opening/

A £1.6 million Hindu temple that has been 18 years in the making will finally open in August.

The Shree Krishna Mandir temple in Old Meeting Street, West Bromwich, will have a week-long opening ceremony from August 22 to 30 – culminating in a procession of 10,000 people.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Sikh Sangat

http://sikhsangat.org/2010/06/rare-collection-of-hand-written-sikh-manuscripts-in-punjab-village-getting-ruined/

A rare collection of hand-written manuscripts of Hindu, Sikh and Muslim religion along with outstanding relics of European Renaissance, collected by a Sikh scholar in Punjab village are in state of gross neglect. A Sikh scholar Dalip...

Author: Justin Fritscher

Source: The Rankin Ledger

http://www.rankinledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100601/LIFE/6010316/New+temple+Building+will+draw+visitors+from+inside++outside+faith

Baldev Patel wants his children, and his children's children - to have an opportunity to practice Hinduism, the religious tradition he carried with him when he...

Author: Victoria Irvine

Source: The Herald

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/scotland-s-largest-hindu-temple-devastated-by-shocking-blaze-1.1031544?localLinksEnabled=false

The largest Hindu temple in Scotland has been devastated by a fire, causing thousands of pounds’ worth of damage.

About 45 firefighters tackled the blaze at the Hindu...

Author: Sandeep Ashar

Source: DNA India

http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_religious-bend-poland-to-get-a-hindu-temple-by-august_1389949

A temple is being constructed in suburban Warsaw, capital of Poland. The Polish ministry of internal affairs and administration (MSWiA) recently registered the proposed temple site as a holy shrine and cleared the decks for construction work to begin.

The...

Author: Catrin Nye

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8709575.stm

Wembley's newest looming landmark has opened it doors after 14 years of construction.

It is the £16m Shree Sanatan Hindu Mandir, which loosely translates as the all-inclusive temple.

There is none of the metal core most buildings have and, instead, it has been built using ancient techniques based on Hindu scriptures.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: This is Crawley

http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/crawley/news/Grand-opening-Crawley-Hindu-temple/article-2212271-detail/article.html

A new Hindu temple has officially opened after almost a decade of planning and work.

The Sanatan Mandir, based at the Apple Tree Centre in Ifield, held its opening ceremony at the weekend.

The £4 million temple...

Author: Shelia Byrd

Source: The Sun Herald

Wire Service: AP

http://www.sunherald.com/2010/05/25/2208701/traditional-hindu-temple-dedicated.html

With 16 tiers of Hindu script inscribed into its concrete ceiling, the ornate, cream-colored temple is an incongruous structure at the end of a winding road near Brandon, a growing bedroom community just outside Mississippi's capital city....