By: Harish Velji. On behalf of NSW Labor, I extend my best wishes to all members of the Hindu community in New South Wales during this festival of Navaratri. Navaratri is the auspicious festival of nine nights, where nine forms of the Goddess Durga are worshipped. The festival honours and celebrates the Goddess Durga for […]
9 things to know about Navaratri
October 11, 2021 by ·
9 things to know about Navaratri By Syama Allard October 16, 2020 1) Navaratri celebrates the Feminine Divine A nine-night festival during the Hindu month of Ashwin, Navaratri is a celebration of the Feminine Divine. According to the Vedas, everyone and everything originates from an absolute spiritual source referred to as Brahman (Divine), which is both the […]
Shuba Navaratri
October 7, 2021 by ·
Hindu Council of Australia wishes everyone best wishes on the occasion of Navaratri festival. Goddess Durga fought and destroyed the demon king Mahishasur and thereby making it easy to progress towards the Divine. Let us celebrate the victory of light over darkness, the victory of truth, humanity, and justice. These nine nights are to worship […]
Greetings for the Hindu New Year
April 13, 2021 by ·
Greetings for the Hindu New Year Hindu Council of Australia wishes you and your family a very happy Hindu New Year that starts on 13 April 2021 which this year is the first day of the month of Chaitra of Vikram Samvat 2078. Hindus follow a twelve-month lunar calendar, with thirteen months year every fourth […]
Durga Puja celebrated in Darwin Australia
October 20, 2018 by ·
By: Shashi Khanna. MA DURGA’S BLESSINGS AT DARWIN,NT Cultural Harmony at Harmony Hall , Darwin! October 13,2018 another cultural and religious initiative by the Indian community at Darwin. The occasion was the Durga Puja, first time celebrated at this magnanimous scale. The Puja & Durga society of Northern Territory was the organising body but a […]
Labour MPs condemn temple attack
October 20, 2018 by ·
Labour Mps Message – Regents Park Temple – 2018
Hindu Council condemns attack at Hindu Temple in Sydney
October 18, 2018 by ·
Hindu Council of Australia expresses its pain on learning of the vandalism that occurred at the Hindu Temple in Regents Park on Sunday, 14 October 2018. Unfortunately it happened in the most holy period of Navaratri in Hindu calendar. The vandalism has caused lot of pain and anguish to the devotees. We do not have enough […]
