​BY DEVIKA C. MEHTA
LOS ANGELES, CA- Brilliant colors like gold and orange  lit up the festival of Baisakhi in several Gurdwaras  in the greater Los Angeles area recently where age-old traditions and culture were kept alive. People across several cities gathered to celebrate new year festivities with their near and dear ones. Prayers, langar and...

BY DEVIKA C. MEHTA
RIVERSIDE, CA  - “Never having known my true nature, Infinite sorrow I attained, The enlightened master unveiled it to me, for that I bow at his lotus feet.”  These lines by Jain spiritual guru, Shrimad Rajchandra, reverberated at ​the main hall of the University of California, Riverside on February 17 when history was made by the...

WASHINGTON,D.C.-Dr. Rajwant Singh, Chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education, at the Holiday reception at the White House, on Dec 7,thanked President Obama for his service to the nation and his support for the Sikh community during his presidency. President Obama along with the First Lady Michelle Obama hosted one of the last holiday receptions at the White House to meet with their supporters and those who have worked with...

BY SONAM MIRPURI
BUENA PARK, CA - Three organizations, the Jain Center of Southern California, Anekant Community Center and Indian American Senior Heritage, came together and presented a  discussion on ‘Celebration of Peace: Peace Strategies from Diverse Religions and Traditions in Today’s World’ at the Jain Center here, on Oct. 2.

BY A STAFF REPORTER
CHINO HILLS,CA-Over 90 BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha mandirs across the US held tribute assemblies honoring the life and work of their late spiritual leader, Pramukh Swami Maharaj. Community leaders, diverse religious figures, and public officials joined BAPS devotees in mourning this loss.  

NEW YORK,NY-  A Sikh subway driver who saved countless lives by reversing a train headed for ground zero on 9/11 and a decorated Sikh-American army veteran are among the several men and women from the community profiled in an art exhibition to showcase their perseverance in the face of backlash against them after the terror attack. As the Country commemorates the 15th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks, the photography exhibition...

BY SONAM MIRPURI
CORONA, CA –  Members of  the Jain community from various cities came together for a yoga demonstration as well as a series of lectures  from a highly respected and well-loved teacher, Acharya  Roopchandraji Maharaj. Starting off the program was Yogi Arun Tiwari known as a yoga and meditation...

BY SONAM MIRPURI
COSTA MESA, CA - A new mandir, the Vedic Yagya Center Sri Siva Kameswari Temple was inaugurated here on Aug 28. The idols in this new mandir are of Shiva and Shakti. The inauguration was a three day process. The first two days, August 26 and 27, were to prepare, purify, and energize the deities for installation...

LOS ANGELES,CA- As nearly 4000 yogis from over 40 countries gathered for the annual Self-Realization Fellowship Convocation—a week-long immersion in the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda—collective meditation and fellowship affirmed not only the potential for one’s own spiritual resilience, but a spiritual “strength in numbers.”  The 2016 SRF World Convocation, which took place at the...

SANTA MONICA,CA-International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) recreated the Festival of Chariots, a journey of Lord Jagannatha,Lord Baladeva, his elder brother, and Srimate Subhadra Devi, their sister, from Dvarka to Kurusrestha into a religious ceremony better known as the Ratha Yatra on August 7,with hundreds of devotees in attendance. The Ratha Yatra, began at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium with idols of the deities...