India Post News Service
Zimbabwe Hindus celebrated the 90th anniversary of Cameron Street Shree Omkar Mandir in Harare (Zimbabwe) on Sunday February 10.
The celebrations were organized by the Hindoo Society Harare (HSH), a registered welfare organization whose history goes back to 1916. The celebrations covered havan, bhajans and food.
This temple, for which the Society managed to obtain three stands on Cameron Street “after a long battle with the colonial administrators”, has been centerpiece for various spiritual activities for the Hindu community.
Motto of HSH is to promote and preserve Hindu religious and cultural heritage and to strive for inter-religious harmony, understanding, and universal brotherhood.
HSH also runs Ridgeview Shree Omkar Mandir (whose 25th anniversary was celebrated in 2017), Westridge High School (“character building” is one of whose missions), Westridge Primary School, Gujarati School (foundation stone laid in1928), Mahila Mandal, Shishu Mandal and Yuvak Mandal. It conducts various bhajan events, twice-weekly yoga classes, Hindi lessons, cultural/social activities; organizes daily aarti at both the temples, Havan on Sundays; and offers funeral assistance for bereaved families; etc.
