15th November 2021 – In yet another fascinating event which celebrated the Hindu Heritage Month festivities in Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, a flag bearing the pious symbol of ‘OM’ was raised in Brampton City Hall on last Friday. The event which was organized by a non-profit organization named ‘Hindu Heritage Celebration Foundation’ was graced […]
14th November 2021 – A Calgary based Hindu organization, International Hindu Foundation, is demanding that Diwali be declared as a federal holiday in Canada. The online petition at https://chng.it/k5hw7zzrRR which was started off a little over a week back has gathered over 11,300 signatures at the time of writing this news. The petition notes that […]
9th November 2021 – In separate events across GTA, celebrations for the Hindu Heritage Month continued this past weekend. Hindu Forum Canada organized another successful Hindu Heritage month celebrations event at ISKCON Brampton on Sunday. Political leaders across different parties graced the occasion with their presence. All VIPs were presented with copies of Shrimad Bhagwat […]
6th November 2021 – The motion to celebrate Hindu Heritage Month each November was passed at Toronto District School Board (TDSB) in 2018 and since then it has been commemorating the event each year with different themes. This year, the board has chosen Bhagwan ‘Sri Rama: Epitome of Love, compassion, duty and service’ as its […]
1st November 2021 – Ontario proclaimed Hindu Heritage Month for the first time in 2016 to recognize the contribution of Hindus in the Canadian society. This year’s celebrations have kicked-off in much style on Sunday as huge gathering of Hindus marked their presence at Devi Mandir in Pickering. The highlight of the event, which was […]
30th October 2021 – Sukmawati Sukranoputri, the daughter of Indonesian first President, has re-converted from Islam to Hinduism on 26th October 2021. She embraced Hinduism in a formal ceremony called ‘Sudhi Wadani’ which took place at a temple in Bale Agung Singaraja in the city of Bali, Indonesia. The photos and videos of the grand […]
24th October 2021 – Bangladesh saw one of the worst attacks in the recent history on the Hindu minority community this past Navratri. Scores of Durga Puja pandaals were vandalized, idols broken and violence took place in over 20 districts against the Hindus. Several Hindu women are reported to have […]
12th October 2021 – The premier Sikh religious body, Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) with headquarters in Amritsar, has launched a province-wide campaign to counter religious conversions of Sikhs at the hands of Christian missionaries in Punjab. In the recent past, SGPC has come under severe criticism from within the Sikh community for ‘not doing […]
20th September 2021 – August 2021 marked the centenary of the gruesome genocide and forceful conversion of Hindus in the Malabar district of Kerala. The ghastly attacks which ran for almost 5-6 months by the Moplahs took thousands of Hindu lives, displaced countless families, desecrated temples and its deities, raped and dishonored Hindu women (including […]
Religion
Church in Minnesota opposes construction of Hindu Temple; writes Hinduphobic letter to community
18th September 2021 – A church in the US has written a letter to the general public in Minnesota against the construction of a Hindu temple. Calling Hinduism a false religion, it states that neither the God nor its followers want false religion in the community. Background: There is a property for sale in Downtown […]