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Source: Grand Opening of South Dakota's First Hindu Temple - Hindu Press International - Hindu Press International - Hinduism Today Magazine

For 10 days, they sing, dance, chant and pray at the feet of Ganesh statues, then submerge them in water. The festival was once used to circumvent British rule.

Source: India's Ganesh Festival: Mumbai Parties, Prays For Elephant-Headed God : NPR

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Source: Following Path of Swami Vivekananda, World Hindu Congress Aims to Unite One Billion Hindus Around the Globe - Hindu Press International - Hindu Press International - Hinduism Today Magazine

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Source: A Place to Call Home for Hindus in the Sioux Empire - Hindu Press International - Hindu Press International - Hinduism Today Magazine

After almost three years of extensive design, planning and construction, the New England Shirdi Sai Parivaar Temple (NESSP) announced that the world’s largest temple outside India dedicated to late 19th-century Indian spiritual saint Sai Baba of Shirdi will hold its grand opening ceremony on Oct. 9-21, 2018, in Groton, MA. The temple received its occupancy permit on August 9, 2018, allowing Sai Baba devotees across North America and globally to worship at the temple.

Braintree, MA-based architect B.D. Nayak FAIA provided pro bono architectural and construction supervisory...

Source: Pharrell's Adidas Holi Sneaker Collection Sparks Debate About Cultural Appropriation | HuffPost

Source: Diwali festivals grow in US, from Disney to Times Square | Religion News Service

After an election year that stirred up animosity across racial and religious lines, a new survey has found that Americans are actually feeling warmer toward people in nearly every religious group — including Muslims — than they did three years ago.

Source: Americans Rate Religious Groups, and Most Gain, Including Muslims - The New York Times

Bathroom mats. Toilet seats. Shoes. Dog tags. All of these items have, in recent years, gone on sale adorned with images of Hindu deities, particularly that of Ganesha, known most commonly in the West for his elephant face.

Source: Hindus strive to end commercialization of their faith's sacred images | Lexington Herald-Leader

The spiritual center in Melville, N.Y., which was completed mostly by volunteers, includes an assembly hall, a dining area, an indoor basketball court and classrooms.

Source: For Hindus on Long Island, a New Temple 3 Decades in the Making

Georgetown University just became the first college in the U.S. to hire a Hindu priest as a full-time campus chaplain — an intriguing move for a Jesuit school rooted in the Catholic tradition.

Source: Catholic university reportedly becomes first U.S. college ever to hire Hindu priest as chaplain

JOHN KERRY BELIEVES THAT UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER’S FAITH CAN LEAD TO A HEALTHIER SOCIETY. Ever since the beginning of civilization, religion has played an important, even central role in the lives of people. Much of what we are today is the result of a society whose ideologies have been shaped by the religious evolution of humans. Religion has had a monopoly over legal, educational and most secular aspects of human life for ages. Today, however, there is a separation of state and religion, so that religion does not enjoy the kind of hold over all human activities today as it...