February 20, 2020 The following statement was issued by the World Hindu Council of America (VHPA), the most prominent national American non-profit organization on February 2, 2019. India’s neighboring countries persecute minorities without impunity. Just ...
VHPA Position Paper on Caste
To quote a well known leader of India, “If Untouchability is not wrong, nothing is wrong in the world.” Untouchability refers to treating certain class of persons as so lowly that even to come in physical contact with them is regarded unclean. Paradoxiall ...
Threads 2019: Public Service and Advocacy
Threads 2019 – a conference to highlight achievements of Hindus in America
AHAD / VHPA Decries Attack on Hindu Priest in New York
The following statement was issued by World Hindu Council of America (VHPA) The World Hindu Council of America (VHPA) decries the attack on the Hindu priest, Swamiji Harishchander Puri in Queens, New York. Swamiji, the priest at the ...