HSS is saddened to hear about the death of Hindu spiritual leader, Swami Jagdishwarand, from New York.  He was 70 years old.

Jagdishwarand ji, who started his religious discourses in 1960s and went on to establish Geeta Temple Ashram and Divya Dham in Queens, a Borough of New York City, died on Thursday,. The Geeta Temple was established in its own building in 1970-71 and is incorporated as a non-profit religious organization since 1973. As his congregation grew, the Indian-American Hindu community helped him to buy a new bigger site which became the permanent home of the temple.

Denver, CO January 14th, 2006 – Balagokulam Magazine , a project of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), a non-profit, cultural organization focused on Hindu community in the USA announced that it launched Kaun Banega Ramayan expert (KBRE) (“Who will become Ramayan Expert”) quiz contest on the occasion of auspicious Hindu religious festival, Makar Sankranti.

Denver, CO January 14th, 2006 – Balagokulam Magazine , a project of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), a non-profit, cultural organization focused on Hindu community in the USA announced that it launched Kaun Banega Ramayan expert (KBRE) (“Who will become Ramayan Expert”) quiz contest on the occasion of auspicious Hindu religious festival, Makar Sankranti.

The Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, USA, condemns the gruesome bomb attacks in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India that claimed 20 innocent lives and seriously injured more than 50 persons at the time of this Press Release.  .  The terrorist attacks intentionally damaged a historical and sacred Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple and also the Varanasi Cantt. railway station.  The Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple was founded by Saint Tulsidas in 16thcentury and is a very popular Hindu  shrine in Varanasi especially on a Tuesday evening when large crowds of devotees come to worship Hanumanji.

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, (HSS) USA, condemns acts of vandalizing the newly built and still under construction Hindu temple at Maple Grove, MN.  Vandals broke in to the 43,000 square feet facility and damaged the religious deities and several other areas of the temple, including the auditorium, dining hall and classrooms.  

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh of America (HSS) condemns the recent state-sponsored destruction of a Hindu temple in Malaysia.  According to international media reports of April 21, Malaysian authorities demolished a century-old Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur, bulldozing the building as devotees cried and begged them to stop.  HSS believes this as a clear violation of the religious rights of the minority Hindu community.

Over 3000 children from 45 states nationwide registered and participated in the preliminary phase of the Kaun Banega Ramayan Expert (“KRBE”) held at centers all over the USA. The competition was conducted by Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (“HSS”) on the occasion of birth centenary of Shri Guruji (M.S. Golwalker). 

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, USA, strongly condemns the latest gruesome massacre of 36 Hindus in Doda and Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on  May, 2nd, 2006. 
The brutal killings of innocent minority civilians -  Hindus - who were lined up and gunned down in cold blood was one of the worst terrorist activities of recent times perpetrated by   Islamic extremists who victimize peaceful people. Our hearts go out to the families of innocent victims and we appeal to the state and central governments to apprehend the culprits and bring them to justice in a speedy manner.