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Upset Hindus are urging Ski (Norway) based Holmentoppen Bryggerhus to apologize and withdraw beer label displaying reimagined image of Lord Ganesh, calling it “highly inappropriate”. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that inappropriate usage of sacred Hindu deities or concepts or symbols or icons for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees. Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, indicated that Lord Ganesh was highly revered in Hinduism and he was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to be used as…

Netflix seems to be continuing with the upcoming hosting of anime series “Record of Ragnarok” (reportedly releasing globally on June 17), despite Hindu protest expressing it as “highly inappropriate” for trivializing immensely revered Hindu deity Lord Shiva. In an email to distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, who spearheaded the protest, “Netflix Corporate Escalations” wrote: We at Netflix respect all religions, communities and their cultures and traditions. The stories that are on our service are not intended to be disrespectful or hurt the sentiments of any community or group. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, thinks that Netflix…

SHIVAGNANA SWAMIGAL INTRODUCTION Shivagnana Swamigal, who is also fondly called by his devotees as Shiva, was a great saint, who lived in a village in Tamil Nadu, before few hundred years. He was a famous astrologer, and wrote lot of spiritual and astrology books, which is still helpful for the people. He was a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva, and wrote lot of bhakti poems on Shiva, and also sung it in front of Shiva Temples. His honey filled up songs mesmerised the Shiva devotees, and hence he was praised by the people. Similar to Sri Sadhashiva Brahmendrar, he has sacrificed his…

SINDOOR HANUMAN INTRODUCTION Sindoor is a type of holy mark in Hinduism, similar to sacred ash and sandal paste. It appears in orange and red colour and it would be mostly applied by Hindu married women on their foreheads, and they used to apply this paste, in order to show themselves as married women in front of others. Widows would not apply sindoor on their foreheads. Hanuman is very fond of applying sindoor on his body, and it is believed, that after he met Ma Sita at Lanka, and conveyed the good news to Lord Rama, he has applied Sindoor throughout  his body…

SRI GUHANANDA SWAMIGAL  INTRODUCTION Sri Guhananda Swamigal(20th century AD) was born in a village in Tamil Nadu. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Muruga, and as per the advice of his Guru Vallimalai Sri Sachidananda Swamigal, he began to regularly sing songs on Thirupugazh, which was written by the great Saint Sri Arunagiri Nathar. He maintained good relationship with the then pontiff of Sringeri and with Sri Chandrasekhara Saraswathi Swamigal of Kanchipuram Mutt. He used to wear simple clothes like cotton dhoti and used to put a dhoti on the upper side of his body. He received many awards…

SRI DAMODARDAS – STAUNCH DEVOTEE OF LORD KRISHNA INTRODUCTION Sri Damodardas was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna. He was born in a village in Gujarat in a pious Hindu family. His parents were died at his young age, and hence young Damodardas left his home, and began to wander in the streets, and lived his life by the way of begging. One day due to the grace of Lord Krishna, he met a saint, and he got spiritual knowledge from him. He went along with him to Varanasi, and stayed in an Ashram at the banks of the holy…

MAYASURA- THE DEMON ARCHITECT INTRODUCTION Mayasura is a demon architect, and he was mentioned in the Ramayana and Mahabharata. He is the son of Rishi Kashyapa and Diti. He was married with a pious and a chaste lady Hema, and he had four children, and Mandhodhari is his daughter, who was married with Ravana during the Treta Yuga. After meeting Ravana, he was pleased with him for being a great Shiva Devotee, and immediately performed marriage to both of them. He had lived in the Khandava Forest, and later he moved to the Sutala Loka, after the forest was being…

For the first time since its establishment in 1939, Fruit Heights City Council (Utah) will start its meeting on June one with Hindu prayers, containing hymns from world’s oldest extant scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures remotely before Fruit Heights City Council. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English interpretation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages. Zed, who is the President of Universal Society of Hinduism, will recite from Rig-Veda, the oldest scripture of the world still in common use;…

SHIVA PUJA INTRODUCTION Shiva Puja is an ancient practice adopted by the Hindus, wherein which, Shiva devotees used to worship Lord Siva whole heartedly by various methods like doing puja, offering flowers and Bilva leaves, doing meditation and performing abhishekam to the holy Shiva Lingam. In ancient Puranas, we can find that lot of demons and kings have worshipped Lord Shiva and due to that, they have got great powers. Though Lord Shiva is described as the god of destruction, similar to Lord Vishnu, he is protecting all the living beings in the universe from dangers and difficulties. He is the supreme god, who controls the…

SRI MAHAKALAR TEMPLE,MARANERI INTRODUCTION Sri Mahakala also called as Mahakalar, is one of the Divine Attendants of Lord Shiva. He is considered as an AMSHA of Sri Dharma Shasta, who had later incarnated as Swamy Ayyappan, a famous deity in Kerala. There is a famous temple for Mahakala which is situated in Maraneri, Tamil Nadu 613102. In this temple, along with Mahakalar, Lord Karuppanna Swamy, Lord Madurai Veeran Swamy and Ma Kali Devi’s shrines are also present there. Mahakalar is also worshipped by the people as their Kula Deva as well as their Ishta Deva. Every Sunday, local devotees used…

THRISSUR  POORAM – FESTIVAL OF KERALA INTRODUCTION The Thrissur Pooram is an annual glorious temple festival, which would be held in Thrissur, Kerala, at the Vadakkunnathan Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva in Thrissur, every year on the Pooram festival day. Thrissur Pooram festival was first celebrated by the king of Cochin during the 18th century AD. During this festival day, lot of elephants would be decorated with costly ornaments and dressed in nice garments, and they would start doing procession inside and in the outside of the temple. Elephants marching would take place in this temple, in order to show the devotees love and dedication on the elephant god, Lord Vinayaka. As per…

PAPANASAM SIVAN INTRODUCTION Paapanaasam Sivan (1890-1973) was a famous Carnatic musician and singer. He got various Musical awards and also participated in the film industry. His songs were become very famous after the songs were sung by M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and M. S. Subbulakshmi in Tamil feature films. He was born at a village in Thanjavur, and his birth name was Ramaiya. After the death of his father, his mother moved to Kerala and took shelter under her brother. At Kerala, Ramaiya completed graduation. Ramaiya lost his mother at his teenage, and he began to visit various temples by singing wonderful devotional songs in…

Hindus have welcomed the historic Trinity Cathedral, an Episcopal church in Easton (Maryland), for hosting yoga classes. According to reports, Cathedral opened up its sanctuary and moved the pews to accommodate yoga classes. Commending the Episcopal Cathedral for facilitating yoga, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that yoga, referred as “a living fossil”, was a mental and physical discipline, for everybody to share and benefit from, whose traces went back to around 2,000 BCE to Indus Valley civilization. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, pointed out that yoga, although introduced and nourished by Hinduism,…

Hindus have welcomed Alabama Legislature finally approving allowing yoga in Alabama public schools; saying that although it came with lot of unnecessary and impertinent restrictions, it was still good for the overall well-being of Alabamans. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, urged Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to sign it, waking-up to the needs of Alabama’s pupils, and bringing Alabama into the 21st century at par with rest of the nation. Multi-beneficial yoga was urgently needed to be incorporated in the lives of Alabama’s public-school students. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, indicated that…

Welcoming Ireland President Michael D. Higgins reported comments that he would like to see yoga taught to school children across Ireland, Hindus are urging that all Ireland schools should urgently adopt yoga as a part of their curriculum, providing an opportunity to students to avail the multiple benefits yoga offered. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, exhorted all state-funded, private and other schools of Ireland to embrace yoga as part of their curriculum so that students did not miss a learning chance in this competitive world. Absence of yoga in schools was clearly doing a disservice…