Author: Niraj Warikoo

Source: Detroit Free Press

http://www.freep.com/article/20091025/NEWS03/91025025/1318/At-Farmington-Hills-event--Hindu-foundation-urges-advocacy

More than 100 Hindus attended an educational event today in Farmington Hills hosted by the Hindu American Foundation, an advocacy group cofounded by a Southfield native.The gathering was the foundation’s first...

Source: News-Press

http://www.news-press.com/article/20091025/NEWS0103/91024060/1005/ACC/Local-Hindu-community-observes-Diwali-holiday

Members of Southwest Florida’s Hindu community lit up the night Saturday in Lehigh Acres with a Diwali celebration.

More than 100 people, many with roots in the West Indies and South America, where Hinduism is widespread, danced, sang, enjoyed a fashion show and...

Author: Imran Khan

Source: IANS

http://www.samaylive.com/news/muslims-join-hindus-to-celebrate-chhath-in-bihar/664014.html

In a show of brotherhood and communal harmony, Muslims in Bihar joined Hindus in celebrating Chhath, the state's biggest religious festival. While many Muslims are observing a fast and performing the ritual, others are helping their Hindu neighbours by cleaning river banks, streets and...

Author: Emily Previti

Source: Press of Atlantic City

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/article_87562b54-c020-11de-a352-001cc4c03286.html

Construction continued Friday at the Vaikunth-Hindu Jain Temple, despite the dark sky threatening rain that would end work for the afternoon.

Workers have completed four of 10 free-standing worship structures slated for the seven-acre...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Express News Service

http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Muslim+women+rally+for+Hindu+victims&artid=9R6LAg%7CbOmc=&SectionID=mvKkT3vj5ZA=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=nUFeEOBkuKw=&SEO=

The Muslim women, who have been deserted and divorced by their...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: India West

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Bury Times

http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/4693795.Sikh_storyteller_grabs_the_imagination_at_faith_day/

Pupils in Bury have been given the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of other faiths and cultures.

Bury CE High School staged its second annual multi-faith day which brought together speakers from the major world religions, thanks to a series of workshops and...

Author: Lane Lambert

Source: Wicked Local Dedham/GateHouse News Service

http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/state/x637607299/New-Hindu-temple-to-open-in-Holbrook

Anyone who strolled past the former Friendly’s on South Franklin Street on a recent late afternoon might have wondered what they heard from an open window.

To the drone of a harmonium and pop of a mridanga drum, a group of adults and...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8318765.stm

Independent faith schools must ensure all resources used to teach about other religions are accurate, inspectors say.

Ofsted surveyed 51 schools in England from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu faiths, at the request of Schools Secretary Ed Balls.

Inspectors said some materials were biased or had incorrect information...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/8319013.stm

A baby elephant born at a Leicestershire zoo has been blessed and named during a ceremony led by a Hindu priest.

Ten-week-old Ganesh Vijay is the first calf born at Twycross Zoo to be conceived by artificial insemination.

Brahmin Shree Mahendra Pandya from Leicester led prayers and placed a red dot on the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Newstrack India

http://newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/129025

Hindus have applauded two east London boroughs for declaring Diwali, Eid and Guru Nanak Birthday as school holidays.

Waltham Forest and Newham councils have reportedly announced Eid, Diwali, and Guru Nanak Birthday as school closure days in all the community primary and secondary schools.

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed...

Author: Rhys Blakely

Source: The Australian

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26232225-25837,00.html

Surfing, a sport with devout followers from South Wales to NSW, has never caught on in India - despite the country having more than 6800km of coast and giant waves during the monsoon.

That could now change as the world's first surfing swami sets his sights on popularising the pursuit across the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Wicked Local Quincy/The Patriot Ledger

http://www.wickedlocal.com/quincy/news/lifestyle/celebrations/x185907557/Quincy-hosts-Indian-Diwali-festival

Members of the Hindu community celebrated goodness and forgiveness Sunday night during the annual festival of Diwali. “We come together, dance together, sing together,” said Arun Chaudharl, one of the...

Author: Amy Julia Harris

Source: The Stanford Daily

http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/?p=1034540

The Old Union courtyard was awash in saris, food, candlelight and music Sunday night as hundreds of students celebrated the Hindu holiday of Diwali.

This year, four of Stanford’s most prominent South Asian organizations — the Hindu Student Council, Sanskriti, the Stanford India Association and the dance team Basmati Raas — pooled...

Author: Gregg Evans

Source: Birmingham Mail

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/19/devotees-gather-to-celebrate-the-triumph-of-good-over-evil-97319-24963585/

Thousands of worshippers gathered in Birmingham to mark Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Members of the Hindu, Jain and Sikh religions turned out to celebrate the triumph of good over...