My Neighbour's Faith: Hindu Mission Montreal

Sunday, February 16, 2025 12:45to15:00

Join MORSL in experiencing one of the world’s oldest religions at a local Hindu Temple. Hindu Mission Montreal, founded in 1971, accommodates diverse types of worship, including North Indian and...

Omnipresence

16 Dec 2024

I come home, and I hear "Churaliya" playing in the kitchen CD player as my mom is cooking dinner. I smile discreetly to myself as I casually walk in, and settle to my room. Hmm. One song has the...

Ratha Yatra Festival of India

12 Jul 2023

On July 8, 2023, I attended the Ratha Yatra Festival of India with MORSL staff and McGill students during a My Neighbour’s Faith Event. It was a moving experience to be immersed in Hindu traditions...

Spring is here! Happy Vaisakhi!

14 Apr 2023

Vaisakhi, also known as Baisakhi, is a significant festival celebrated during springtime by Sikhs and Hindus in India and around the world. It marks the beginning of the new solar year, and it...

Celebrating Holi - the festival of colours

8 Mar 2023

Holi is one of the biggest celebrations in the Hindu tradition, and today Hindus all around the world will be celebrating with an abundance of colours, water balloons, and flowers. Holi represents...

Celebrating Pancha Ganapati

20 Dec 2022

December 21st is a special day for many reasons, as it marks the beginning of Yule as well as the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. But did you know that this day also marks the beginning...

Diwali

18 Oct 2022

Diwali, a "festival of lights" cuts across many faith communities-Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, and Sikh. Diwali comes from the word Deepavali, “a row of lights.” Observants light rows of clay oil lamps...

Stories and Miracles in Hindu Places

1 Mar 2022

Hinduism has thousands, if not millions, of sacred spaces where a devotee can go to worship his or her ishtadevata, or personal god. For example, there are places like Chidambaram, one of the most...

How I Celebrate: Navaratri

7 Oct 2021

October 7th, 2021 marks the beginning of Navaratri, a nine-day long festival that honors the Mother Goddess in all her manifestations, including Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati.

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