All the speakers offered floral tributes to the pictures of Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati and Bharat Mata [Mother India] at the opening of the meeting. Shri Swadesh Pal Gupta, President of the Indraprastha Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Delhi, who had personally known Swami Ji for a long time, expressed his views: “Swami’s murder has shocked the whole world. It is difficult to…
www.hinduismtoday.com Devotion must not be like the flood of the rainy season in which all get washed away. Devotion should be like the river that retains water even in the hottest season. Saint Kabir (1440-1518)
www.hindu.com PALANI, INDIA, September 4, 2008: A redesigned rope car system and a new panchamritham-making facility were inaugurated here Tuesday, as well as several other improvements. The temple will have a modern hall for the offering of hair, additional seating at the winch station and a massive dining hall at Dhandapani Nilayam. The Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments,…
www.hindu.com LEICESTER, ENGLAND, September 2, 2008: Fashion designers in Britain are gearing for a national competition for the best bridal sari, reflecting the hopes, dreams and aspirations of a British-Asian bride. The competition, British Sari Story 2008, is calling for people to create their own embroidery, embellishment and beading with patterns that reflect present-day British Asian life. Leicester’s Indian-origin Lord…
www.nytimes.com AZAMGARH DISTRICT, INDIA, September 1, 2008: When Chandra Bhan Prasad visits his ancestral village in these feudal badlands of northern India, he dispenses the following advice to his fellow dalits: Get rid of things that demand children’s labor. Invest in your children’s education instead of in jewelry or land. Cities are good for outcastes like us, and so is…
www.hinduismtoday.com Nothing ever will be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome. Samuel Johnson
www.hindu.com VIJAYAWADA, INDIA, September 1, 2008: The work of fixing gold plates to the vimana gopuram of the temple of the Goddess Kanakadurga on Indrakeeladri resumed on Wednesday after a gap of four years. Temple officials plan to complete the fixing of all the plates by the nine-day Dasara festivities, which are scheduled to commence in the last week of…
www.mysticaltemplesofmalaysia.blogspot.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, September 2, 2008: A Hindu devotee in Malaysia, Kumaresh Batumalai, has created a blogspot to create awareness of the divine power in Malaysian Hindu temples as well as empower Malaysian Hindus. Each month will feature three short stories focusing on Hindu temples. This month features Arulmigu Maha Sapthakannika Devi Kovil, Seremban, Sri Sakthi Vinayagar temple, Gomback…
www.hinduismtoday.com The older I get, the more Hindu I become. V.S. Naipaul, expatriate Trinidadian novelist, now living in UK, widely regarded in English literary circles as the best living writer in the English language.
religion.info USA, August 27, 2008: Vedanta, an American and Hindu-based organization created for Westerners interested in Eastern religious thought and practice, is becoming increasingly Indian Hindu in makeup, causing controversy and concern among the remaining non-Indian members. Such members claim that Vedanta is losing its distinctive mission of reaching Westerners with Easternphilosophy and spirituality. The first Vedanta center was founded…