Source WASHINGTON, DC, June 21, 2014 (indiablooms.com): Rajan Zed, first Hindu to offer the opening prayer in the US Senate, delivered the third opening Hindu prayer in the House of Representatives on June 19. Starting and concluding with “Om,” Zed read the Gayatri Mantra followed by excerpts from the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita–all in English. He sprinkled a few…
Source You may develop a thousand virtues and be reckoned as the greatest in the land. But the lotus of your heart will not blossom until you receive the grace of the Guru, the grace of God!— Dada Sadhu Vaswani
Source BALI, INDONESIA, June 16, 2014 (Bali Daily): The Bali chapter of the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has called on all broadcast media to play an active role in preserving Balinese culture by airing cultural activities regularly. The commission head Anak Agung Gede Rai Sahadewa said on Saturday that the richness and uniqueness of Balinese culture needed to be introduced…
Source DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, June 14, 2014 (Daytona Beach News-Journal): Wearing saris and carrying offerings of flowers and coconuts, women and girls processed from North Beach Street to the Hindu Cultural Association building on Madison Avenue east of Mulberry Street in Daytona Beach. The procession on June 7 marked the beginning of a weeklong series of observances and rituals that…
Source FIJI, June 14, 2014 (The Jet): The Government of India via its Indian Council for Cultural Relations continues to assist people of Fiji with donations of musical instruments and educational scholarships. Director Indian Cultural Centre in Fiji, Kishan Lal Kanojia said,“The musical Instruments sent from Indian Council for Cultural Relations were gifted by His Excellency the High Commissioner Shri…
Source You may turn your bones to fuel, your flesh to meat, letting them roast and sizzle in the gold-red blaze of severe austerities. But unless your heart melts in love’s sweet ecstacy, you never can possess my Lord Siva, my treasure-trove. — Tirumantiram Verse 272
Source FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, June 17, 2014 (World Hindu Council of America): Hindu Mandir Priests’ Conference (HMPC) grew out of the Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference (HMEC). The mission of HMEC is to provide leadership to the Hindu-American community by promoting program activities to nourish, protect and sustain Hindu Dharma in North America through Hindu Temples. The 3rd HMPC was hosted by…
Source ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, June 16, 2014 (The Express Tribune): The two-storey Krishna Mandir, nestled in a bustling market in Rawalpindi, welcomes worshipers with a small cage-like gate and a guard. As the only place of worship for more than 3,000 Hindus in the twin cities, the temple management always struggles to fulfill the water requirement for regular worshipers. In October…
Source Attach yourself to Him who is free from all attachments. Bind yourself to that bond so all other bonds may be broken.— Tirukkural 350
Source SIERRA LEONE, AFRICA, June 12, 2014 (BBC): Sierra Leone may not be the kind of place you expect to find yoga. But thanks to a group called Yoga Stretch, it is becoming increasingly popular. The organization is headed by Tamba Fayia, once a child soldier in Sierra Leone’s civil war, who in 2012 became the country’s first qualified yoga…