USA - Hindu American Seva Charities (HASC) again made history, co-hosting with The White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Agencies and the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships an historic conference, Community Building in the 21st Century with Strengthened Dharmic Faith-Based Institutions for the Dharmic (defined as ,Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Sikh) […]

The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or “Yellow Hat” branch of Tibetan Buddhism. Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, born Lhamo Dondrub, 6 July, 1935 is the 14th and current Dalai Lama.

All the vedAnta we know and love, we owe to this philosopher sage Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti is the birth anniversary of Jagad Guru Adi Shankaracharya, which falls on the panchami day (5th day) of the bright half of the Vaisakha month, according to South Indian Hindu Calendar. While in the north India, Adi Sankaracharya Jayanthi […]

(CHAKRA) - An imposing 17,000 square-foot three-story Krishna Hindu Temple has reportedly been planned for Salem (New Hampshire, USA). Town of Salem Planning Board is said to be considering its plans submitted by Temple backer Dr. Deepak Sharma during its May eight meeting. On approval, construction is proposed to begin this year and it is claimed to […]

Akshaya Tritiya, also known as Akha Teej (Akhatij) or Navanna Parvam and is a Hindu and a significant Jainism holy day, that falls on the third Tithi (Lunar day) of Bright Half (Shukla Paksha) of the pan-Indian month of Vaishakha. It is an special day of the birthday of Lord Parasurama who is the 16th […]

By Devi Rohtagi (CHAKRA) “Don’t eat meat on Tuesday!” “Consuming meat on Friday is forbidden!” “If you’re Hindu you should fast once a week”. Comments of this nature are not generally heard among the Hindu population although there are many individuals who abstain from meat or even fast on any given day of the week […]

Lord Dhanvantari is an Avatar of Vishnu from Hinduism. Dhanvantari is a Hindu god of healing. He is the father of Ayurveda, the physician god who carries in his hands a bowl of amrit (the nectar of immortality), a discus or chakra (to fight away evil), a conch shell (used in traditional medicines), and herbs […]

(CHAKRA) Hindus have urged His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and Vatican to reconsider favorably the ordination of women priests in Roman Catholic Church. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that women could disseminate God’s message as skillfully as men and deserved equal and full participation and access in religion. […]

Tamil Nadu, India – The students of a class at the SBOA School and Junior College in Anna Nagar West witnessed their teacher being taken away with charges of “manhandling and misbehaviour” but the teacher claims she was only punished due to the reciting of a Hindu prayer to the students of the classroom. Teacher, […]

Ram Das was born in Lahore, Punjab on 9 October in the 1500s to a Sodhi family of the Khatri clan. His father was Hari Das and his mother Anup Devi. History states that in 1567, Guru Ram Das committed Baisakhi as one of the specialist days, when all Sikhs would assemble to seek the […]