Category: Festival
3,000 eco-friendly Ganpati idols sold at exhibition
May 2, 2012, Vaishakh Shukla Ekadashi, Kaliyug Varsha 5114 Mumbai, India : When Asha Rane, 37, visited an on-going exhibition of eco-friendly clay Ganesh idols at the Siddhivinayak temple at Prabhadevi last weekend, she decided it was time to switch from … Continue reading
Johannesburg has already started Diwali planning
April 20, 2012 Chaitra Krushna Chaturdashi, Kaliyug Varsha 5114 Johannesburg in South Africa has already started planning for this year’s Diwali, Hindu festival of lights, which falls on November 13. In a release published on the official website of the … Continue reading
Hindus Celebrate Hanuman Jayanti with Devotion and Servitude
April 3rd, 2012 Chaitra Shukla Dwadashi, Kaliyug Varsha 5114 Hindus across the world welcome the celebration of Lord Hanuman’s birthday on 6th April 2012, the full moon day of the Hindu lunar month of Chaitra. Lord Hanuman also known as … Continue reading
1.5 lakh Hindus create history with successful Shriram Navami Shobhayatra
April 1, 2012 Chaitra Shukla Navami, Kaliyug Varsha 5114 Let’s pay gratitude towards Shriram for this success ! Let’s make Shri Ram Navami procession event at Hyderabad a huge success ! For this day, Bhagyanagar was converted into ‘Bhagwanagar’ (Saffron … Continue reading
Shree Ramnavami – birth celebration of the ideal incarnation of Lord Vishnu
March 29, 2012 Chaitra Shukla Shashti, Kaliyug Varsha 5114 For Immediate release Shree Ramnavami – birth celebration of the ideal incarnation of Lord Vishnu Ramnavami will be celebrated on April 1st this year to proclaim the birth of Shreeram, the … Continue reading
Hindus want Diwali holiday in all 64 University of New York campuses
March 28, 2012 Chaitra Shukla Panchami, Kaliyug Varsha 5114 Hindus are asking for declaring Hindu festival of Diwali as a holiday in all the 64 State University of New York (SUNY) campuses. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement … Continue reading
Gudi Padwa: When Hindus begin new year
March 22, 2012 Phalgun Amavasya, Kaliyug Varsha 5113 NAGPUR, INDIA: Happy New Year wishes on Gudi Padwa may sound strange to many of us, the truth is that this day marks beginning of Hindu calendar. In entire Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, … Continue reading
Log on, perform prayers online!
March 18, 2012 Phalgun Krushna Ekadashi, Kaliyug Varsha 5113 Shimla, India: Two prominent Hindu shrines in Himachal Pradesh will offer online prayers and other services to devotees from this week. From this Chaitra Navratri festival, beginning March 23, the Chamunda … Continue reading
A resplendent time for nature
March 18, 2012 Phalgun Krushna Ekadashi, Kaliyug Varsha 5113 In Maharashtra, soon after the festivity of Holi, comes the celebration of a new year called ‘Gudi Padwa.’ Come March and the winter sun amidst the grey howling wind whirling with … Continue reading
Hindu New Year (March 23, 2012) – spiritually the purest day of the year for Hindus!
March 16, 2012 Phalgun Krushna Navami, Kaliyug Varsha 5113 This year close to a billion Hindus will celebrate the New Year on March 23rd on the first day of the bright fortnight of Chaitra which is the first month of … Continue reading