Source BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, June 15, 2014 (Odisha Today): The Govardhan Peeth, the seat of Puri Shankaracharya, today slammed the Odisha Government for not imposing a blanket ban on devotees climbing chariots during Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra and demanded to reconsider its decision. “The state government should reconsider its decision and impose a complete ban during the entire festival. No decision…
Source “To listen to some devout people, one would imagine God never laughs.”— Sri Aurobindo
Source SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, June 11, 2014 (India West): Calif. — Gods, demi-gods, demons, giant ogres, birds and monkeys garbed in splendid bejeweled Indian wear with gilded headdresses and crowns created a vivid spectacle at the opening weekend of the 36th annual production of the epic “Ramayana!” presented here by the students of Mount Madonna School. This portrayal of the…
Source BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, June 11, 2014 (Orissa Diary): Devotees cannot climb on the huge chariots during Ratha Yatra. As it’s a sensitive matter further consultations are going on. This was announced by the Law minister, Arun Sahoo. The minister also said that the decision applies not just on Rath Yatra day, but also on Bahuda Yatra (return car festival) and…
Source There is something beyond our mind which abides in silence within our mind. It is the supreme mystery beyond thought. Let one’s mind and one’s subtle body rest upon that and not rest on anything else.— Maitri Upanishad
Source UNITED KINGDOM, 05 June, 2014 (by Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph): A person’s entire immune system can be rejuvenated by fasting for as little as three days as it triggers the body to start producing new white blood cells, a study suggest. Researchers say fasting “flips a regenerative switch” which prompts stem cells to create brand new white blood cells.Although…
Source BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, June, 10, 2014 (by PTI): With this year’s Rath Yatra festival slated for June 29 fast approaching, the controversy triggered by the suggestion of a ban on the devotees of Lord Jagannath climbing over the chariots as they are pulled is yet to be resolved. Devotees are at present allowed by the pandas to mount the chariots…
Source Wealth and happiness are not related to each other as cause and effect. An attempt to secure happiness by securing wealth is as futile as it is absurd. — Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal(1912-1954), 34th pontiff of the Sarada Peetham
Source INDIA, June 7, 2014( by Amitrav Ranjan, Indian Express): As a first step to fast-tracking development high on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s agenda, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has submitted a classified document identifying several foreign-funded non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that are “negatively impacting economic development”. “A significant number of Indian NGOs (funded by some donors based in the US, the…
Source INDIA, June 8, 2014 (by Venugopala Reddy, The Hindu): Every day, thousands of devout Vaishnavas from all over the world return disappointed and frustrated from the ghats in Braj mandal, the land of Sri Krishna-Radha, when they see the miserable condition of the Yamuna river, stinking and rotting with pollutants, dead fish and toxins flowing down from upstream industrial…