Author: Douglas Todd

Source: The Vancouver Sun

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Diwali+festival+reaches+across+cultures/3768473/story.html

The shops and restaurants in Vancouver's Punjabi Market are laying out tables this week covered with candles, fireworks, sweets and saris to prepare for the popular festival of Diwali on Friday.

Marked by street signs in both the English and Punjabi...

Author: Sara Shepherd

Source: The Shawnee Dispatch

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2010/nov/03/shawnee-temple-kansas-citys-hindus-home-their-comm/

A fireworks display coming Saturday to Swarner Park will symbolize more than meets the eye, at least for most surrounding residents.

For Hindu people from across the metropolitan area and surrounding cities – whose central...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Hindu American Foundation

http://www.hafsite.org/HAF_Critical_Obama_Canceling_Temple_Visit

The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) expressed concern over the White House’s announcement that President Barack Obama would not be visiting Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar, Punjab -- the holiest shrine for Sikhs -- on his upcoming trip to India. According to some sources the decision was made...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Staten Island Advance

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/11/island_hindu_community_steps_u.html

In a gesture of interfaith and international compassion, Staten Island's Hindu community has come together to bring some measure of relief to victims of the Pakistani floods.

Several dozen boxes of supplies were sent to the region yesterday, in a gesture, members of the community...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hindu American Seva Charities

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

Building on the tradition of UtsavSeva (performing service and giving back to community during festivals), Hindu American Seva Charities is leading the national effort to promote DhanSeva (resources empowerment). DhanSeva is community service during the month of November, while celebrating the festival of Diwali. It...

Author: Nicole Azores-Gococo

Source: The Emory Wheel

http://www.emorywheel.com/detail.php?n=28940

Members of the Hindu Students Association (HSA) brought the colorful joy and festivity of Indian culture to Emory’s campus through Friday evening’s celebration of Diwali. Food, entertainment and education about Hindu tradition and beliefs helped more than 400 Emory student attendees share the beautiful and enlightening significance of the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: DNA India/PTI

http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_australian-politician-announces-1-million-fund-for-hindu-centre-on-diwali_1459948

Reaching out to the Indian community ahead of Diwali, Victoria's premier John Brumby on Saturday offered an assistance of Aus $1 million for the construction of a Hindu cultural and education centre here.

Brumby...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: ZeeNews.com

http://www.zeenews.com/news664153.html

Russian authorities have allocated land for the construction of a Krishna temple in the northern suburb of the capital amid strong demands for it by the Hindu community for many years.

Author: Carol Hazard

Source: The Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Finishing touches are being put on a building in western Henrico County that shows little Western influence -- from the outside.

The block masonry structure is a soon-to-be Hindu temple, one of the first religious buildings in the U.S. that will be certified under the U.S. Green Building Council's environmental program....

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Indian Weekender

http://www.indianweekender.co.nz/Pages/ArticleDetails/7/1622/New-Zealand/Goddess-Durga-descends-on-Auckland

One of the most sacred and eagerly awaited festivals for Bengalis is the celebration of Durga Puja. Away from India, for the Bengali Diaspora, even in New Zealand, this celebration is a “returning home” to strong memories for...

Author: Alexandra Lages

Source: The Macau Daily Times

http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/18044-Local-Nepalese-celebrate-Dashain-Festival.html

Around 300 Nepalese gathered yesterday in Macau to celebrate the greatest festival of their country. During four hours in the morning and four hours in the evening, local Nepalese received the blessing with “tika” and “jamra” and joined a...

Author: Shivani Vora

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/10/17/nyregion/17hindu.html

Of course I want my husband to have good health and a long life, but it took me seven years to give up food and water in hopes of it.

Every autumn, many women — particularly those from northern India — observe Karwa Chauth, a daylong Hindu fast on behalf of their husbands’ prosperity...

Author: Tar Brady

Source: The Harrow Observer

http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/local-harrow-news/2010/10/15/no-headline-116451-27479963/

Sanatan Hindu Mandir in Wembley has been given a taster of what's to come at the UK's biggest Diwali celebrations this month.

Pupils from Alperton Community School dressed up in magnificent costumes and paraded around the...

Author: Kamalendu Bhadra

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6745225.cms?frm=mailtofriend

Shahid Ali is a Muslim priest who will perform the rituals at a Durga Puja this year. But that's not the only reason we're writing about him. Like the deity he will worship, Shahid and the humble locality he stays in, are a symbol of the victory of good over evil, of humanity over divisive faith and...

Author: Curtis Rush

Source: The Toronto Star

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/875558--hindu-community-works-on-guidelines-for-spreading-ashes-on-waterways

Final rites for a loved one are a serious enough business without the added fear of breaking the law to follow custom.

So Canada’s Hindu community has begun releasing a set of guidelines that allow the...