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The Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh, inaugurated on June 8, 1977, and the Hindu Temple Society of North America in New York, consecrated on July 4, 1977, became the first Hindu temples in the U.S. built by Indian immigrants. In the 1980s and 1990s, temples were built in nearly all major metropolitan areas.
Of the various regional calendars, the most studied and known Hindu calendars are the Shalivahana Shaka (Based on the King Shalivahana, also the Indian national calendar) found in the Deccan region of Southern India and the Vikram Samvat (Bikrami) found in Nepal and the North and Central regions of India – both of which emphasize the lunar ...
Vaisakha/Bohag (Assamese Calendar) – The first month of Hindu calendar Rongali Bihu (mid-April, also called Bohag Bihu), the most popular Bihu celebrates the onset of the Assamese New Year (around 15 April) and the coming of Spring. Hanuman Jayanti: Shri Hanuman Mandir: Hanuman Jayanti is the celebration of the birth of Hanuman, Rama's loyal ...
Around 160,000 tents, 150,000 toilets and a 776-mile (1,249-kilometer) drinking water pipeline have been installed at a temporary tent city covering 4,000 hectares, roughly the size of 7,500 ...
Head toward it, and you arrive at the largest Hindu temple in the U.S. and among the largest in the world. The BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham temple at 112 N. Main St. – open Wednesdays through ...
Day 1: The dhvajarohana or the kodiyetral (flag-hoisting) ceremony is observed on the first day, in which the flag of Shiva is raised over the dhvajastambha (flagstaff) of the temple complex after the ritual performance by priests. The deity is regarded to offer a darshana (auspicious sight) to devotees under the sthala vriksha (temple tree).
Ahoi Ashtami is a Hindu festival celebrated about 8 days before Diwali on Krishna Paksha Ashtami. According to Purnimant calendar followed in North India, it falls during the month of Kartik and according to Amanta calendar followed in Gujarat, Maharashtra and other southern states, it falls during the month of Ashvin .
Some visitors venture into a forest on the island of Kauai to find a place they say is an extraordinary source of spirituality.