Dwarkamai, a nonprofit religious organization, began its multi-week annual spiritual program with a kids' cultural program, Sai Rainbow, followed by the initiation of the Shri Shirdi Sai Palkhi (annual spiritual walk) at the Chinmaya Maruti Center in Andover, Mass., on August 14.
Indian Americans and curious passers-by gathered under threatening skies at Boston's Hatch Shell in celebration of India's 63rd Independence Day on Sunday, Aug. 15. In the end, fair weather prevailed, much to the delight of the more than 13,000 attendees at the annual event, which is hosted by the India Association of Greater Boston and features a lineup of cultural performances.
The founder of the Art of Living Foundation, Ravi Shankar, also addressed as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar or Guruji, visited the Nashua Hindu temple in Nashua, N.H., on Friday, Aug. 6.