Week 138: 16 steps of Pujas, Brhat, Understanding Hinduphobia Event
08/06/2022 - Modern Hindu Content
In this week’s issue we feature: a guide to 16-step pujas, a highlight on Brhat (an awesome new resource for the Hindu community), an upcoming event on Hinduphobia, and an aesthetic!
Praxis Highlight: 16-Step Puja
The Hindu American Foundation has a great article on how to conduct a traditional 16-step Hindu puja. Each of the 16 steps is defined in the article, and below is a snippet explaining the concept
For the full article, visit: https://www.hinduamerican.org/blog/hindu-puja-instructions
Resource Highlight: Brhat
Brhat is a relatively new cultural research organization out of India focused on creating content (around Hinduism and Indian history), curating (cultural artifacts, messaging for media), and consulting (curriculm design, leadership instruction). Their CEO Pankaj Saxena came on our radar fairly recently, as he has been writing some incredible and insightful threads on Twitter (Go follow him at @PankajSaxena84)
We highly encourage our readers to follow them across platforms (Linkedin, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Website). Specific initiatives that we want to highlight are the Brhat Open Library (https://brhat.in/openlibrary/), with more information on that provided below, as well as their Anvesi tours, which are guided tours to very interesting civilizational sites throughout India.
Event Highlight: Understanding Hinduphobia
CoHNA, in partnership with the Association of the United Hindu Jain Temples of Maryland, Virginia and DC invites you to a special event - “Understanding
Hinduphobia" - on Saturday, August 13th at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT / 12 Noon CT
Featuring talks by scholars and interactive sessions on #Hinduphobia and its impact on students, parents and the broader community.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtf-yhpjwuEtNSqyxsOE6W3tcEPcNu2xix
Aesthetic: Assam Temple
