Author: Rose French

Source: The Minneapolis Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/local/111230449.html

For years, Twin Cities Hindus and Sikhs practiced their faith in cramped basements or private homes because there were few public worship spaces.

But as their numbers have grown, so have their worship options. Plans to open two more temples are signs of the communities' growing population and prosperity.

The Sri Venkateswara Hindu...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: New Vrindaban

http://newvrindaban.com/newsevents/205-new-vrindaban-hosts-harvards-pluralism-project.html

This past weekend, New Vrindaban Community hosted 36 students from the Global Leadership Center (GLC) at Ohio University it Athens, OH. Dr. Greg Emery, the GLC’s Director, is an affiliate of Harvard University’s Pluralism Project, which studies religious diversity...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hindu America Seva Charities

http://www.hinduamericanseva.org/Press-release/December-1-2010

Hindu American Seva Charities, the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University and the World Faiths Development Dialogue will host a student-led roundtable to explore ways in which the faith-based communities can actively bring peace and prosperity in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Author: Pankaj Jain

Source: The Washington Post

http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/11/the_cosmic_questions_behind_the_cosmic_dance_of_obama-raja_on_newsweeek.html

A recent issue of Newsweek has on its cover page President Barack Obama in the cosmic dance pose of the Hindu deity Lord Nataraja (some have called it the Obama-Raja posture)....

Author: Lauren Abdel-Razzaq

Source: The Detroit News

http://www.detnews.com/article/20101129/LIFESTYLE04/11290329/1041/Spiritual-leader-hugs-way-into-her-followers%E2%80%99-lives

When John Weiss first met the spiritual leader Sri Mata Amritanandamayi, known as Amma, years ago, he was skeptical of the divine claims surrounding her.

Weiss felt like he knew...

Author: Paul Vitello

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/nyregion/28yoga.html?_r=1&ref=religion_and_belief

Yoga is practiced by about 15 million people in the United States, for reasons almost as numerous — from the physical benefits mapped in brain scans to the less tangible rewards that New Age journals call spiritual centering. Religion, for the most part, has nothing to do with it...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Daily India/Asian News International

http://www.dailyindia.com/show/410784.php

"Danes have been receptive to Hinduism", according to Danish Pluralism Project study launched by Faculty of Theology of University of Aarhus in Denmark.

"One example is yoga, which is a complex system of exercises designated as a disciplinary process of the ego, and in a wider perspective the reunion of the self and...

Author: Kate Shellnutt

Source: Northwest Asian Weekly/The Houston Chronicle

http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2010/11/like-the-bible-hindu-text-being-put-in-houston-hotels/

Pull open a drawer in some Houston hotel rooms, and beside your room-service menu and Gideons Bible, you might find a copy of the Bhagavad Gita.

The sacred Hindu text is making its way into nightstands across the country...

Author: Sunil K. Vaidya

Source: The Gulf News

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/oman-to-have-more-places-of-worship-for-indians-1.717299

Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed Tuesday received India’s Minister for State for Minority and Corporate Affairs, Salman Khurshid, at Bait Al Birka.

The minister is in Oman as a Special Representative of the Prime Minister of India. Khurshid conveyed to...

Source: The Hindustan Times

http://www.hindustantimes.com/audio-news-video/Hindus-and-Muslims-seek-blessings-at-the-mausoleum-of-Sufi-Saint/Article2-626651.aspx

The culture of Kashmir or Kashmiriyat " as it is known as, is a synthesis of the great traditions of Hinduism, the compassion of Buddhism and the liberalism of Sufi Islam. And Kashmiri society has been a microcosm, reflecting the...

Author: Peter Harriman

Source: The Argus Leader

http://www.argusleader.com/article/20101114/NEWS/11140318/1001/news

Several hundred men, women and children, many wearing colorful saris and similar Indian dress, gathered Saturday at Lincoln High School to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights commemorating the victory of Lord Rama over the demon Ravana.

In this loose parallel to Christmas family...

Author: Melissa Nann Burke

Source: The York Daily Record/York Sunday News

http://www.ydr.com/living/ci_16605630

Devotee after devotee padded barefoot up the stairs and across the temple hall.

Most carried foil-covered platters or Tupperware, which they peeled apart to add an offering to the hill of sweets, fruits and other dishes at the foot of the altar.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Indian Express

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/diwali-fireworks-light-up-uk-sky/707875/

From a festival of 'ethnic minorities' until a few years ago, Diwali has become a mainstream festival as thousands of Britons joined people of Indian origin in spectacular fireworks across Britain.

Author: Tom Kisken

Source: The Ventura County Star

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/nov/05/statues-ceremonies-create-countys-first-hindu/

Priests sitting on a cushioned platform chanted in Sanskrit. Women in saris danced. Husbands and wives washed marble statues of Lord Shiva and other Hindu gods in holy water from the Ganges River.

On a sweltering Friday, in a business park behind the Ventura...

Author: Anju Bhargava

Source: The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anju-bhargava/out-of-many-one-diwali-il_b_778973.html

Diwali is a joyous festival of lights, celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists (Dharmic traditions) and the festive spirit expressed by those of "any, all and no faith." Though celebrated for different reasons, it has evolved from a pan-Indian festivity uniting multicultural...