Prominent Hindu leaders and activists from various parts of the United States and Canada will gather in Sunnyvale Hindu Temple in California to discuss current issues facing the worldwide Hindu community on August 28, 2010 or Shravan Krishna Chaturthi 5112 according to the Hindu calendar.
Organized by the Forum for Hindu Awakening (FHA), the California Hinduism Summit, first such gathering in the western USA, will confer on topics such as Hinduism preservation and unity, science behind Hinduism, Hindu living and concepts of spirituality, maintaining Hindu identity, clearing misconceptions, and so on. An exhibition of Hindu living and spiritual practices will also be organized on the occasion and the Summit will end with a question-answer session.
Hindu interfaith leader Rajan Zed will be honored with "Vishwa Nagrik Adhikar Hindu Shiromani Puraskar" or the Global Civil Rights Hindu Jewel Award on the occasion. According to Forum for Hindu Awakening, one of the Summit coordinators, Zed has been chosen for this special honor "for consistently, bravely and selflessly taking-up human and civil rights, religious freedom and equality, and issues worldwide in the spirit of Hinduism". Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism and Senior Fellow of Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy, has undertaken Hindu, interfaith, religion, environment, Roma and other causes all over the world.
The Summit has received blessings of various prominent religious leaders and Hindu saints from India. It will also honor Dr. Mihir Meghani, Co-Founder, Hindu American Foundation - who will discuss 'Issues facing Hindus in America' and social worker Easan Katir, who will speak on the 'Relevance of Hinduism in America and Hindu human rights' with the Vishwa Hindu Ratna or the Global Hindu Jewel Award.
The FHA and Sunnyvale Hindu Temple are non-profit organizations, devoted to awaken society to the unique spiritual science underlying Hinduism, motivate people to live and preserve it, and facilitate the spiritual progress of humanity at large.
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