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Yoga classes helped people with chronic lower back pain improve their mood and ability to function, and it eased their pain more than conventional treatment alone, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of...

Can downward dog transform murderers into model citizens? That’s the philosophy behind a program in India’s state of Madhya Pradesh where prisons offer special yoga classes to the incarcerated. Instead of breaking...

Two stone deities were recently stolen from a Hindu temple in Alabama, and the county sheriff is currently investigating the case. The two deities were of the traditional temple gate keepers Jay and Vijay, situated just outside...

A special cultural festival is being organized by the Hindu Temple Forum of New Zealand, to celebrate the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. Raksha Bandan is a traditional Hindu festival that promotes universal friendship. The Hindu...

In Indonesia, the Hindu community plans to arrange a special Hindu festival to commemorate culutral art. The festival will be held in the city of Yogyakarta between the 14th and 18th of July, 2010. Hindu arts from all regions of...

After more than a year of work, a new Hindu temple has opened up in the city of Wmbley. The project, named the Sanatana Hindu Temple, cost a total of 16 million pounds to complete. The temple was built and designed according to...

Construction of hydropower dams has recently drawn the ire of India’s holy men. Saints in Nort India along the sacred ganges river have recently begun protests to stop the construction of giant hydro electric dams. Swami...

Following are the excerpts from the “Report to the People 2009-10”, released by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on 1st June 2010. “In a major intervention to further safeguard India’s priceless monuments and...

The first batch of Hindu devotees left New Delhi on Tuesday for the annual Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage. The batch of pilgrims comprised of 50 devotees. “According to our holy books, pilgrimage of Kailash-Mansarovar is...

A temple is being constructed in suburban Warsaw, capital of Poland. The Polish ministry of internal affairs and administration (MSWiA) recently registered the proposed temple site as a holy shrine and cleared the decks for...