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Mandya (Japan): Chihako, a 45-year-old woman from Japan's Sagamihar city, flew into Bangalore and then drove to the holy city of Srirangapatna on Monday to perform 'pitru tarpan' (a Hindu ritual performed for ancestors) in the holy river, Cauvery, to get moksha or salvation for her deceased parents.

Hindus want Diwali be declared a school holiday in Jersey City, Edison, Woodbridge, Parsippany-Troy Hills, West Windsor-Plainsboro, North Brunswick, Monroe and Bernards school districts in New Jersey (USA).

Old church hall in Beeston in England is being converted to a Hindu temple.Shri Thurkkai Amman Temple is being created out of a former church hall in Beeston Rylands

An elementary school in North Dakota (USA) reportedly celebrated Holi, Hindu festival of color, on January 31.

Hindus have applauded India, University of Chicago (UOC) and Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) for promoting spiritual icon Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) and his message in USA, who is a household name in India.

Hungary : The recently opened “The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum” (ZISAGM) in Budapest (Hungary) has reportedly an entire hall dedicated to Hindu Lord Shiva.

Beiging (China) A flood of Vietnamese are flooding a Hindu temple in Ho Chi Minh City during the 7-day Tet festival that began last Friday, according to Indian residents of the city and local Vietnamese

A school in New Zealand has “Sanskrit Language Studies” program and claims that learning Sanskrit accelerates a child’s reading ability.

Nevada (USA): Prestigious Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam recently conducted an X-ray of its thousand-year-old monumental Shiva-Nataraja statue as a part of research and was surprised to know that it was cast in solid bronze.

Satara (Maharashtra) : Mr. Vijay Jagannath Bhise, a devout Hindu helped to catch a truck carrying 5 bulls and 4 buffalos to Sadarbazar slaughter house on Sunday night.

60 research papers were presented on the subject ‘Tulajabhavani and Tulajapur’, 500 historians from all over Maharashtra and other States participated in All Maharashtra History Council’s convention organized on behalf of ‘Sri Tulajabhavani Pujari Mandal’ on 6th and 7th January.

Nevada: City of Sparks (Nevada, USA), incorporated in 1905, issued an official proclamation for Diwali, most popular festival of Hindus, on January nine during its Council meeting.

Bengaluru : Karnataka chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday announced that the government was considering introducing the Bhagavad Gita in primary and secondary schools after seeking public opinion.

Recently devotes and Hindu organisations prevented an attempt to demolish the Maruti Temple located in Brahmanagar on Khanapur Road. This has led to a tense situation in the area. The temple was to be demolished in order to lay down a water pipeline to provide water to the Vishveshwar Technical University.

New Delhi: Hindus and Krishna devotees may be fighting a court battle in the Siberian city of Tomsk against a move to ban the Bhagavad Gita, but their 40-year quest to find a foothold in Russia is taking shape in the construction of a massive temple on Moscow's outskirts.