www.indiajournal.com ANAHEIM, CA, USA, December 19, 2008: At an informal gathering recently at the Chinmaya Mission center,Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, head of the Kauai Hindu Monastery, met with members of the mission and exchanged some thoughts with Swami Ishwarananda, the head acharya of CMLA. Swami Bodhinatha who oversees among other things the well acclaimed magazine, “Hinduism Today” spoke to the gathered…
www.hinduonnet.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 22, 2008: Mobile entertainment company Nazara Technologies has launched a game that can be played on the new generation iPhone. Based on the Mahabharata, the 2D game portrays original incidents from the epic and gives an opportunity to gamers to know more about Hindu heritage. “Epic content is very acceptable in the market. With it,…
museumvictoria.com.au MELBORNE, AUSTRALIA, December 22, 2008: At the Immigration Museum in Melbourne, you can immerse yourself in the ancient world of Hampi, a World Heritage site in Southern India. Using state of the art digital technologies, this ground breaking experience presents 3D stereographic panoramas of an extraordinary site with all its mythological, archaeological, artistic and historic significance. The museum also…
www.hinduismtoday.com Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child, the whole world is your own. Sri Sarada Devi (1853-1920) wife of Sri Ramakrishna
Says college student Ridhima Singh who always wears a chic Ganesha pendant around her neck, “Spiritual jewelry is being touted as trendy and thanks to designers, now there is no dearth of super chic designs when it comes to spiritual jewelry. Wearing spiritual jewelry makes me peaceful and I feel closer to God.” According to jewelry designer Ravi Ajmera of…
Temples al over India are preparing for this festival. It is especially celebrated in the Chidambaram Koyil, where it is the greatest festival of the year.
www.thejakartaglobe.com INDONESIA, Debember 18, 2008: The Indonesian Council of Ulema, or MUI, the highest Islamic authority in Indonesia, is unlikely to issue an edict banning the practice of yoga among Muslims here, according to council chairman Amidhan. “â think Indonesians practice yoga purely as a form of exercise,”†he said.br /br /Amidhan said the council may come to a final conclusion…
pib.nic.in DELHI, INDIA, December 21, 2008: Answering a written question resulting from a legal inquiry, Union Minority Affairs Minister Shri A.R.Antulay stated that the percentage of Christians in the population of India was 2.342% in 1991 and 2.341% in 2001. Another country-wide census is scheduled for 2011.
www.hinduismtoday.com If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman? Mahatma Gandhi in Young India, 10/4/1930