Hindu temple planned for London Borough of Croydon

A Hindu temple and cultural center has been proposed for Croydon area of Greater London. When ready, it plans to open daily from eight am...

Sadhvi Ritambhara. Didi Maa, a spiritual Guru

Reflections after meeting Didi Ma- By Mrittunjoy There are some people who are vocal about their views, there are some who are firebrand, and then there...

Guru Pooja celebrations at Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Ilford

On Saturday 13th of July 2019 the Language Classes at the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Ilford celebrated Guru Puja festival from 5.30 to 8.00 pm...

How Hinduism is fighting homophobia abroad

Rama Ramanuja Achari, head of the Australian Council of Hindu clergy, recently wrote a blog supporting same-sex unions. His argument: Same-sex attraction is not...

Ramakrishna Mission celebrates First January as Kalpataru Diwas

January 1, 1886, was "an event of unusual consequence and meaning" in the life of Sri Ramakrishna and his followers. Ramakrishna was suffering from...

Guru of Gurus

Datta, the son of Atri and Anasuya, is considered Adi Guru, the first teacher. He is visualised as under a banyan tree with a...

VHP Ilford hosts Health & Wellbeing event

On Saturday 25th March a Health & Well being event was organized by Dr Pratibha Datta under the auspices of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Ilford....

Hurricane Heroines win IIW All Ladies Cricket Championship

This ‘Father’s Day’, around 44 ladies decided to show their Dads, that they are born tough like them. A first in the world –Married ladies...

Ladakhi culture highlighted for the UK audience

Sanskruti Centre for Cultural Excellence, in association with The Nehru Centre- London, hosted  renowned song-writer, composer, musician and singer of Ladakh Rinchen Wacher recently,...

PILGRIM NATION

  THE ROADSIDE SHRINE By Devdutt Pattanaik The most powerful pilgrim spot is the roadside shrine. Across India, in villages and towns, in the heart of cities, next...