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Hastinapur' City in Argentina has Shiva, Vishnu & Ganesha temples & is run by Latin Americans! Blog by Shruti Srivastava.
Hastinapur' City in Argentina has Shiva, Vishnu & Ganesha temples & is run by Latin Americans!
Blog by Shruti Srivastava.
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'Hastinapur' City in Argentina has Shiva, Vishnu & Ganesha temples & is run by Latin Americans!
Blog by Shruti Srivastava.
Standing true to its existence, there’s a city in Argentina, which is named ‘Hastinapur –The city of wisdom’ and has idols of Hindu deities established by local natives. Sprawling across 12 acres of area, the city has equal number of deities and residents.
Mostly Latin Americans and people of Hindu-Indian origin visit the place.
While a few idols of Hindu deities were build inside the temple, the rest were placed around the vicinity of temple premises, completely surrounded with scented flora. Upon entering the temple, one could not help but notice the engulfing aroma of typical Indian ‘agarbatties’ (incense sticks).
From walls, pillars to inner sanctum, you’ll see the god idols everywhere. These gods are- Shiva, Vishnu, Ganesha, and even Surya. And, since it is Hastinapur, it couldn’t have been complete with the idols of Pandavas, too.
The temple is often filled with the beautiful sounds of bird nesting in area and the holy bhajans sung by devotees. Unlike regular Indian temples, where devotees come to pray and seek favors from God, local and tourists come and visit this place to seek wisdom.
The city also has a library filled with Holy Scriptures to enlighten the minds of those who seek wisdom.
During the week, around 12 people take care of the temple and its premises, and over the weekends tourists and locals gather to cleanse the city, share and exchange their knowledge and wisdom.
The best thing about this city is there is no ‘godmen’ or a preacher building a following of their own, or a particular religion, neither the city witness any religious activity being forced upon anyone. People from around, come here to relax, meditate and indulge in Yoga and holistic healing.
Hastinapur does not prescribe wisdom doses. It simply helps people to seek, find and pursue their own path to wisdom. The organisers give classes in yoga, meditation, philosophy, devotional singing and sacred drama, hold workshops, seminars and retreats.
They also provide community service. They celebrate festivals such as Ganesh Chathurthi and Baisakhi. Their next project is to broadcast through radio. There are no priests here and no money is collected.
Hastinapur has a post-graduate course in yoga which takes three years to complete. The classes are held on weekends only. There are 2,500 students studying yoga and philosophy in the Hastinapur centres. The students are being taught by 100 teachers on philosophy and 120 teachers on yoga.
Hastinapur Foundation has published a number of books on Indian philosophy and translated the Bhagavad Gita, Bhakti Sutras, Upanishads, Srimad Bhagavatam and Yoga Sutras. Their latest publication is Mahabharatha in Spanish. Hastinapura Foundation was established by Ada Albrecht in 1981. She introduced Indian philosophy to the Argentinian people. She has authored a number of books such as 'The Saints And Teachings Of India' and 'The Teachings Of The Monks From Himalayas'.
Indic spirituality is popular
Gustavo Canzobre, her student, is now the director of the Hastinapur college of professors. He was 17 years old when he became interested in Indian wisdom. During the third Festival of India organised by the embassy in Buenos Aires in November 2010, he gave a talk on the temple architecture of South India. He will give a talk on Indian philosophy in the forthcoming fourth Festival of India in December 2011 and so on.
