In Goa, Devotees Honor Lord Shiva

timesofindia.indiatimes.com GOA, INDIA, January 22, 2009: Mahashivratri – a festival dedicated to lord Shiva – will be celebrated with much fervor across the country and state on Monday. The twin temples of Chandreshwar and Bhutnath are located on a hillock near Quepem, while one of the most ancient shrines of Shiva is the Saptkoteshwar of Narve. It is more than…

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Daily Inspiration

www.hinduismtoday.com Only the ignorant man expects perfection and lasting fulfillment from this Earth.    Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), founder of Self-Realization Fellowship

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Mahashivaratri, Even More Auspicious This Year

timesofindia.indiatimes.com CHANDIGARH, INDIA, January 22, 2009: The date on which Maha Shivaratri falls this year is auspicious for many reasons thistime around. Jaipur-based astrologer Avnish Pandey said that this year, the festival falls on Monday, which is considered day of Lord Shiva. In Jyotish, Chaturdashi belongs to Lord Shiva and Monday belongs to the moon. It was in 2006 that…

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p class=”source”/p p class=”summary”br /Around 200 workers had been engaged in the construction of the venue for the past two weeks. The sound system arranged for the venue is of one lakh watts. As many as 35 light towers have been erected around the sprawling maidan.br /br /The programmes at the venue will start from February 23 morning. Sanskar channel…

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Siva’s Devotees Prepare For His Great Night

HPI HPI’S EDITORIAL OFFICES, February 21, 2009: HPI has been receiving news about the arrangements done in preparation for Mahasivaratri in India and, actually, all over the globe. While most reports focus on the logistics and material aspects of the preparation, HPI brings to you, below, a mystical description of Siva’s great night, drawn from the book “What is Hinduism?”.…

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Canada Temple Establishes Twelve Sacred Jyotir Lingams

www.hinduvision.com MISSISSAUGA, ON, CANADA, February 18, 2009: [Press Release] The newly opened Hindu Heritage Centre Mississauga created history in North America by becoming the first ever temple to do the establishment of the twelve Jyotir Lingams. The event was spread over 3 days starting on February 13 and finishing on February 15, 2008. Hindu Devotees came to see the Sthapana…

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Hindu Gods Paraded on Brazil’s Carnival

timesofindia.indiatimes.com RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, February 19, 2009: Ganesh, Durga and Surya will form part of a carnival float that will roll through the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city on Saturday night. The float is being presented by Samba Club Perola Negra (Black Pearl), and its theme is “Guided by Surya, journeying through India in quest of a…

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www.hinduismtoday.com There are voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world.    American poet, lecturer and Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) who taught that God could best be found by looking inward to one’s own soul.

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Priests from India Receive Certification to Work in Malaysia

www.nst.com.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, February 20, 2009: Sixty-three Hindu priests, musicians and sculptors from India became the first batch to receive the certificate of eligibility to work in Malaysia after going through the Human Resources Ministry’s induction program. They will serve at 31 temples nationwide. Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said the induction program, a condition imposed by…

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