Tweet (CHAKRA) A Hindu temple named as “Sankat Mochan Hanuman Mandir” has been planned for Old Bridge Township in New Jersey (USA). This 20,000 square feet temple in an 18.5 acres lot will be replica of a famous temple of the same name in Varanasi (India) and required official approvals/permits have reportedly been obtained and [...]

Tweet Saskatoon, Canada (CHAKRA) – A Hindu Temple in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada) is launching a $1-million expansion project. With construction starting in May next, it envisages an increase of about 2,500 square feet area each at main and basement levels, doubling the current seating capacity of the Temple. A Temple Expansion Committee chaired by Veena [...]

Tweet (CHAKRA) BBC News website posted a short video on March 29 under its “week’s weird videos” in “Newsbeat’s odd box” showing youth playing Holi in Utah (USA) and titled the segment as “Filthy festival”. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that terming the “festival of color” celebrated by [...]

Tweet “Be different or be digested; be confident of who you are; be strong not apologetic. In interfaith dialogue replace the term ‘tolerate’ with ‘mutual respect’ for each other.” These were some of the thoughts expressed by Dr Rajiv Malhotra to a keen audience while promoting his latest book, “Being Different: An Indian Challenge to [...]

Tweet “Alinah Khan”, a sixteen-year-old girl, now living in the town of Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab is still adapting to her mother calling her by her new name. Before marriage she was known as Radha and still calls herself that when outside of her home the rare few times when she is allowed to [...]

Tweet (CHAKRA) Hindus have offered heartfelt condolences on the death of Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Shenouda III on March 17 in Cairo (Egypt). Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that they were saddened by the passing of His Holiness Pope Shenouda, 88, 117th Pope of [...]

Tweet In Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, a Hindu girl was kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam. This led President Asif Ali Zardari to investigate the matter further. The Hindu girl was kidnapped from Mirpur Mathelo in Ghotki district. Once the president was informed of the issue he requested that a report be made [...]

Tweet (CHAKRA) Some Hindus appalled at the reports of proxy baptism of peace icon Mahatma Gandhi by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) are still waiting for an official apology from its leadership. Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Gandhi baptism reports appeared in the media on [...]

Tweet (CHAKRA)  HAF (Hindu American Foundation) released its eighth annual Hindu human rights report today amidst increased concern over the worsening plight of Hindus in Pakistan. The report, Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights, 2011, documents human rights violations against Hindus in Pakistan as well as seven other countries and [...]

Tweet Public gatherings were banned at the site of several Hindu temples after Fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami activists vandalized several temples in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Secion 144 was imposed by law enforces to maintain the safety of the temple goers. The first temple that was damaged by several muslim Jamaat-e-Islami activists, was the Loknath Sebasram at Nandirhat. The [...]