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• Hindu prisoners in England & Wales to be excused from work on 6 festivals

  Hindu prisoners in England and Wales will be excused from work on Maha Shivaratri, Raksha Bandhan, Krishna Janmashtami, Ganesha Pooja, Vijayadashami and Diwali; according to new guidelines which are e




• Illinois' Rockford City Council opening with Hindu prayer 1st time in 164 years

  Rockford City Council (Illinois, USA) will have its reportedly first historic Hindu opening prayer on May 16, containing verses from world?s oldest existing scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesma




• Hindus welcome use of yoga to prevent misbehavior in some Minnesota schools

  Hindus have welcomed some schools in Osseo Area Schools and Saint Paul Public Schools in Minnesota for reportedly using yoga to head off misbehavior before it begins. The preventive approach of yo




• Smithsonian showcasing Hindu deity Shiva

  The Smithsonian, ?world?s largest museum and research complex? in Washington DC, is displaying three iconic Hindu Chola bronzes till early 2017. These reportedly include Shiva Nataraja (ca. 990),




• Plans to promote yoga & India with Julia Roberts welcomed

  India government is planning global campaign to promote India with Oscar winner Hollywood star Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman), per media reports. Reports, quoting sources in India government, point




• Hindus welcome George Mason University for "Community Yoga for Activists" program

  Hindus have welcomed Women and Gender Studies Center at large public research institution George Mason University (GMU) on launching "Community Yoga for Activists" program, which terms it an ?inclus




• Glasgow museum highlights Hindu deity Shiva

  Bronze sculpture ?Shiva Nataraj? is one of highlights of award-winning Saint Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art (SMMRLA) at the heart of medieval Glasgow in Scotland. SMMRLA has three gallerie




• Hindus critical of yoga ban in Sweden school

  Hindus have condemned reported putting a stop to yoga class in a Rydaholm school in southern Sweden and remarking that yoga is in league with the devil. Calling it a ?step in the backward directio




• Hindus want health plans to cover yoga

  Hindus are asking health insurance plans to cover multi-faceted yoga, thus making it more accessible and affordable. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today,




• Hindu temple opening in West Virginia

  A new Hindu Religious & Cultural Center (HRCC) is opening in Morgantown (West Virginia) on April 30. Grand opening ceremonies, to be held on April 30 and May one, will reportedly include nutan pra




• Third-eye embraced by Prince is a Hindu icon

  Third eye, which performer Prince embraced during the last few years, was also known as divine-seeing eye in Hinduism, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed said in a statement in Nevada today.




• Hindus critical of protest at Brown University Hindu chants

  Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has termed reported protest at the Hindu chants performance on April 21 evening in the Smith-Buonanno Hall of Brown University (BU) as sad and inappropriate.




• Hindus welcome Utah University for launching yoga teachers training program

  Hindus have welcomed the new yoga studies and teacher training program of Utah State University (USU) (respected public research university in Logan, Utah) being introduced in fall 2016, calling it a



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  Bringing the Ethnicity of Raksha Bandhan with Maulirakhi.com

  New Delhi, India: All the festivals that are being celebrated in India carry a social message too. Similarly the festival of Raksha Bandhan is about the sanity of the pure chord of relationship betwee




• Hindus commend Miley Cyrus for yoga promotion

  Hindus have welcomed Hollywood singer-actress Miley Cyrus?, 23, repeated efforts at promotion of yoga and displaying some yoga moves. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, commenting on Cyrus?




• Hindus welcome “heart change” of Oxford Theology to include Hinduism

  Hindus have welcomed the change of heart of Oxford University for reportedly including Hinduism in the Theology course. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, cal




• Hindu god Shiva’s statue to be dedicated in Alabama museum garden

  Sculpture of Hindu deity Lord Shiva in Nataraja form will reportedly be dedicated at the outdoor sculpture garden of Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) in Alabama on April 10. In the age-old tradition




• Guyana’s school divides academic year in terms like Divali & Ramnavami

  Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN), a Hindu Secondary School in Guyana?s West Coast Demerara, divides the school year in unique four terms: Divali, Ramnavmi, Vyasa Purnima, Grishma. Besides 15 stand




• Hindus urge Sydney Art Gallery to return Durga statue if found illegal

  Hindus are urging the Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW) in Sydney (Australia) to expedite the provenance of its Hindu goddess Durga statue, and if proved stolen, return it to Hindu temple it originally belon




• Catholic school in England celebrates Hindu Holi

  In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Prior Park Prep School in Cricklade (Wiltshire, England), a Catholic/Christian school for children aged rising 3 -13, reportedly celebrated Hindu ?festival of color



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