Source PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINADAD/TOBAGO, March 1, 2014 (Free Press Journal): Away from fetes, dancing and merry-making as Trinidad and Tobago, the oil-rich Caribbean republic observes its annual carnival, devout Hindus went to temples and other public places to observe the annual Sivaratri here February 27. Thousands of Hindus spent Thursday night in over 400 temples across the land, offering special jhalls…
Source The syllable gu means shadows. The syllable ru, he who disperses them. Because of the power to disperse darkness, the guru is thus named.— Advayataraka Upanishad
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 26, 2014 (Times Of India): In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday assured it would come to the rescue of any citizen who felt harassed by a fatwa issued by a Muslim cleric and said such fatwas had no sanction in law. A bench of Justices C.K. Prasad and P.C. Ghose made it…
Source GAZIPUR, BANGLADESH, February 26, 2014 (The Daily Star): Criminals vandalized the murthis (Deities) of a Hindu temple at Bathania Chala of Kaliakoir in Gazipur late Tuesday night and left a note. Dilip Kumar, a member of Sarbojanin Temple Committee, said miscreants desecrated all the murthis in the temple, including the Durga, Laxmi, Saraswati, Kartik, Ganesh and Asur. All the…
Source There are three kinds of devotees. The inferior devotee says, “God is out there” and thinks God is different from His creation. The mediocre devotee says, “God is antaryami, the inner guide who dwells in everyone’s heart;” thus the mediocre devotee sees God within. But the superior devotee sees that God alone is everything, for He has become the…
Source AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, February 27, 2014 (Community Scoop): Hindu Youth New Zealand proudly announces the 3rd National Hindu Youth conference in Auckland on Saturday, 1st March. The theme of the conference is Dynamic You The Power of Youth. The conference will be held at the Aotea Center in Auckland. It is an exciting time for Hindu Youth New Zealand…
Source BANARAS, INDIA, February 24, 2014 (Zee News India): Elaborate security arrangements have been made in view large number of devotees visiting Kashi-Vishwanath temple here on the occasion of Maha Sivratri festival on Thursday, Inspector General of Police (IG range Varanasi) Prakash D. told PTI. “More than 500,000 devotees are expected to visit the Kashi-Vishwanath temple on the day. Last…
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, February 24, 2014 (My Republica): Around five thousands yogis, santa and mahasanta from India are visiting the Pashupatinath Temple on the occasion of Mahasivaratri festival this year. The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has estimated that around US$141,000 will be spent for food and accommodation of the saints coming to the temple on Mahasivaratri including dakshina (financial…
Source Love says, “I am everything.” Wisdom says, “I am nothing.” Between the two, my life flows. I express it by saying that I am both, and neither, and beyond both.— Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981), Hindu sage
Source DENPASAR, BALI, January 21, 2014 (Jakarta Post): An academic from Dwijendra University in Denpasar, Dr. Gede Sedana, said that farmers grouped in subak (traditional farming and irrigation communities) conducted 15 different kinds of ritual for one rice cultivation period. “Dozens of times these rituals are carried out by farmers in a specific order according to the phase of the…