(CHAKRA) The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) voiced serious concern today over the worsening plight of Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan, imploring the Afghan government to address the deteriorating religious freedom conditions in the country. The most recent media reports from Afghanistan indicate that Hindus and Sikhs are being forcibly denied the right to cremate their [...]

(CHAKRA) In the wake of Pakistan’s recent election to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the international body tasked with the “promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe,” a century-old Hindu temple was destroyed in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi. The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) formally wrote to the Pakistani [...]

(CHAKRA) Conveners, Coordinators & Representatives of Hindu Help Line from over 25 states & many districts of Bharat including the HHL Call Center gathered in Pune for a one day meeting. The meeting was presided over by VHP International Working President Dr. Pravin Togadia & organized by HHL National President Ranjeet Natu. While reviewing the [...]

(CHAKRA) The launch of Hindu History could have not come at a more opportune moment with the growing and wide interest not only in Hinduism but also into the history of Hindu Civilization from its centre point of India through to South East Asia. This part of human history has regrettably been largely ignored as [...]

(CHAKRA) Hindu American Foundation (HAF) announced the formation of a partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) earlier today, as part of a joint project to serve the medical needs of Bhutanese Hindu refugees in Nepal. The protracted refugee crisis originated during the 1990′s, when Bhutan forcibly expelled more than 100,000 minority [...]

The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) celebrated a historic election day as Tulsi Gabbard overwhelmingly prevailed to claim a congressional seat in the Second Congressional District of Hawaii. A Democrat, Gabbard will enter the U.S. House of Representatives as the first Hindu-American legislator nearly a half-century after Dalip Singh Saund, a Sikh, served in the same [...]

(CHAKRA) On November 1st, 2012, Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs invited various politicians, temples and organizations to the 12th National Diwali Celebrations on Parliament Hill. Diwali is a major festival in India and around the world celebrated by Hindus and Sikhs. This year Diwali will be celebrated on [...]

A unique Diwali celebration was witnessed in Wellington on 14th October 2012 in Wellington. International tertiary students from universities and polytechs with able support from school students in Wellington region, organised and participated in the Deepawali Lunch at the New Zealand Police Headquarters at Molesworth Street. The event was held under the banner of New [...]

In light of the recent tragic cases of Rimsha Masih, a fourteen year-old disabled Christian girl imprisoned under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, and Rinkle Kumari, a nineteen year-old Hindu girl kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam, the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) hosted a Capitol Hill Briefing last week to highlight the persecution of minority women in [...]

A computer disk drive containing the large collection of Saiva Agamas from the archives of the French Institute of Pondicherry Institute arrived today in Toronto. It is a gift from Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today. This gem, containing over a million photos, including most of the Saiva Agama scriptures, was brought for worship [...]