Source BELGIUM, May 5, 2015 (Dunia News): The celebration of Saraswati by Bali Hindus was held solemnly at Pura Santi Agung Bhuwana in Brugelette, Belgium on Saturday, May 2nd, 2015. At least 500 Balinese Hindus from 12 European countries participated. The event saw a series of ceremonies that began on Friday. A communal prayer ceremony ritual formally began the celebration…
Source PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, MAY 17, 2015 (By Sopheng Cheang, The Associated Press): Cambodia welcomed home a 10th century stone statue of a Hindu God that was looted from a temple during the country’s civil war and spent the past three decades at an American museum. The sculpture of Hanuman was formally handed over Tuesday at a ceremony in Phnom…
Source The joy of the vengeful lasts only for a day, but the glory of the forbearing lasts until the end of time.— Tirukkural
Source HIDDEN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, May 17, 2015 (by Sarah Ruf, Maricopa Monitor): Organizers of a three-day religious ceremony expect about 5,000 worshipers to converge on a Maricopa-area temple this weekend.They will celebrate the addition of two new Hindu deities in the Maha Ganapati Temple, now home to 11 gods and their corresponding shrines.The Murti Prana Prathishtapana Kumbhabhishekam ritual started at…
Source JAKARTA, BALI, May 17, 2015 (Jakarta Post) Bali provincial tourism office data revealed on Saturday that the number of tourists from India has increased by 47.52 percent in the first two months of the year to 17,400 people. “The significant increase of travelers from India is supported by good relations between India and Indonesia from the political, economic and…
Source BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, May 16, 2015 ( Daily Pioneer): The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, for the first time, has initiated an audit of about 18,000 mutts and temples in Odisha. The State Government has enlisted these mutts (monasteries) and temples, which, apart from their own sources of income, also get Government aid. The mutts and temples, which…
Source Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.— Ramana Maharshi, (1879-1950), South Indian mystic
Source INDIA, May 11, 2015 (Press Info Bureau, India): The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, inaugurated a festival of Indian Culture in Russia, “Namaste India,” in Moscow on May 10, 2015. Speaking on the occasion, the President said Indian culture and its heritage of art, music and cinema have enjoyed love and appreciation across Russia over centuries. In India…
Source IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, USA, May 16, 2015 (UCI): May 9th marked the public celebration of the establishment of the “Thakkar Family-DCF Presidential Chair in Vedic and Indic Civilizational Studies”, at the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). A $1.5M gift from the Thakkar Family and Dharma Civilization Foundation (“DCF”) established the endowed chair in January 2015.…
Source UNITED STATES, May 14, 2015 (NBC News): The share of Americans who do not identify with a religion has grown dramatically and now surpasses every affiliation except evangelical Protestants, according to a survey released Tuesday. The Pew Research Center found that 22.8 percent of Americans were religiously unaffiliated last year — up from 16.1 percent in 2007. That group…