Swami Aksharananda, from Guyana received on January 10, 2025 the Pravasi Samman Award, the highest that India hands out to any individual or organisation from the Diaspora. In this case it was ...

The Thiruvananthapuram Rural Police on Thursday (January 16, 2025) have unearthed the body of Hindu priest Gopan Swami, whose mysterious death had been the subject of controversy for over a week ...

An oil boom is reshaping Guyana’s future. Ben Jacob traces the country’s long history of colonial exploitation from Britain’s sugar factory to Exxon’s oil fields. Georgetown, the capital city of ...

Guyana’s public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) debt skyrocketed last year from US$2.239b in 2023 to US$5.993b, an increase of 167%. This was disclosed in Minister of Finance’s Dr Ashni Singh ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, the world’s largest religious and cultural festival, has started in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. This grand celebration of Sanatan Dharma has drawn millions of devotees ...

The life of a Dandi Swami is far removed from worldly attachments and is focused entirely on spiritual purification and asceticism. At the Mahakumbh, the Dandi Swamis are revered as integral ...

The Co-operative Republic of Guyana is a small, sparsely populated South American country with abundant natural resources. Although geographically situated in South America, the country is culturally ...

Swami Sivananda received the Padma Shri from then president Ram Nath Kovind on March 21, 2022. According to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, he was 125 years old then. The banner outside Baba's camp on ...

Mahamandaleshwar Swami Kailashanand Giri is the head of the Niranjani Akhara. Just like the President holds a higher position than the Prime Minister in any country, saints also have a similar ...

While Swami Sivananda immersed himself in yoga and meditation in his chamber in the morning, his disciples waited outside for his darshan amid ongoing Maha Kumbh.

Padma Shri recipient and yoga practitioner Swami Sivananda Baba has been attending every Kumbh Mela across Prayagraj, Nashik, Ujjain and Haridwar for the past 100 years, according to his disciple ...

The controversy surrounding the death and burial of 72-year-old Gopan Swami concluded with a grand religious ceremony on Friday, January 17th, in Aralumoodu, Kerala. His body, previously exhumed ...