WHN Newsletter – Dec 13, 2014

1780s CE Trade between India and America
Trade started between India and America in the late 1700s. In 1784, a ship called United States arrived in Pondicherry from Salem, Massachusetts.

Indian students of Delhi Public School perform yoga in Hyderabad. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed a Yoga Minister in a major revamp of his government in a bid to promote the ancient practice. 

Baba Ramdev to open chain of schools across India :- After spreading his dispensaries in every nook and cranny of India.  In the first phase,Ramdev intends to open 500 schools deeply rooted in the gurukul pattern of education.

Karsevakpuram (Ayodhya): As the awestruck pilgrims follow, guide Amanjit Singh takes them around Karsevakpuram here showing the replica of temple of a grand Ram Temple on display and bricks with ‘Ram Naam’ inscribed on them.

 
THE HINDUS OF INDONESIA’S MOST POPULOUS ISLAND, Java, are today reduced to a few villages.

It is for the astounding richness of the Sanskrit language a renowned linguist Sir William Jones first translated Kalidasa’sShakuntala from the original Sanskrit into English in 1789. This stirred the minds and hearts of the top European intellectuals that include Johann Goethe, Gottfried Herder, Friedrich Schiller, August Schlegel, Wilhelm von Humboldt, et al.

Hindu University of America, in conjunction with Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America, is pleased to present the first Training Course for American Hindu Leaders to become Certified Volunteer Chaplains of the Hindu Faith.

Hindu-Americans have the highest socioeconomic levels among all religions in the United States, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life.

Hindu Unity Conference by VHP was organized in Chennai as a part of its Golden Jubilee Celebrations.  Dr. Pravin Togadia, International Working President of VHP addressed the gathering. 

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 “Curb Cow Smuggling To Bangladesh”, Indian Home Minister To BSF: He was addressing the 49th Raising Day of the Border Security Force on Monday. (PTI, The Pioneer, December 2, 2014

Kolkata | Dec 6, 2014:: Amidst some stray programmes observed by Anti-Hindu Secular and Leftist as ‘Kala Divas (black day)’, the whole country has observed 06 Dec 2014 as Sourjya Divas

In the latest incident of its kind, a Hindu temple was attacked by fanatics in Pakistan, the temple was torched, the stone idol of Lord Hanuman blackened with soot, and some religious books burnt.

On the first day of his three-day stay in Hardwar, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday gave special focus on his direct interaction with the saints.

Hindu Mahasabha’s Goa Division has opposed anti-Hindu film Elizabeth Ekadashi. Other pro-Hindu organizations like Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) have already opposed this film earlier. Now, Hindu Mahasabha.