Source HAMBURG,GERMANY September 16, 2013 (Abendlatt): The people in the Harburg suburb of Hamburg were treated on Friday night to an uncommon religious spectacle: 200 Indian men, women and children, along with some Germans, moving in procession through the Harburg Town Hall Square to celebrate the birthday of the Deity Ganesha. Men carried a 30-centimeter (one foot tall) statue of…
Source TEXAS, September 18, 2013 (India Herald, by Seshadri Kumar): The 150th birth anniversary celebration of Swami Vivekananda scheduled to be held in Chicago on Sept. 27 and 28 under the banner “World without borders 2013” is in limelight for the wrong reason. Chicago-based Council for World Parliament of Religions has withdrawn its support for the celebration, apparently on the…
Source The food of the soul is silence. If we don’t practice silence, we are starving ourselves.— Dada J.P. Vaswani, spiritual head of Sadhu Vaswani mission
Source TORONTO, CANADA, September 20, 2013 (Press Release): “For all that are not able to make it to our conference, we will be live streaming all activities throughout the weekend. Please visit http://ustre.am/FRhn to watch the conference from the comfort of your own home. All activities will be recorded and posted on youtube after the conference.” For more on the…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, September 20, 2013 (HPI): The October/November/December, 2013, edition of Hinduism’s leading spiritual magazine, Hinduism Today, has been released in digital form and is now available for free on your desktop. You can read articles online or download the PDF, ePub or Kindle version and enjoy it on your iPad or other devices. One of the major thrusts…
Source Lord Siva, the bestower of happiness, gave the art of yoga. As Nataraja, King of dancers, He gave dance.— BKS Iyengar
Source UNITED STATES, December 5, 2012 (Huffington Post): (HPI Note: This study counts only Hindus who identify as part of a local temple congregation. It is not based on the actual population of Hindus or Indian-Americans in a specific area, and may not even accurately count Hindus connected with a temple. See http://www.rcms2010.org/images/2010_US_Religion_Census_Appendix_G.pdf for an interesting description of the methodology.)…
Source ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, September 16, 2013 (The Hindu): The historical Chaya Someshwara Swamy temple located at Panagal is all set to get a new look very soon as the Department of Archaeology and Museums is preparing to provide chemical treatment to the temple walls to remove fungus. Speaking to The Hindu over the phone, Assistant Chemist K. Rambabu, who…
HPI USA, September 17, 2013 (Press Release): The following statement was sent out jointly signed by Anant Rambachan (rambacha@stolaf.edu) and Anju Bhargava (anju@hinduamericanseva.org), both trustees of the Parliament: “We, Anju Bhargava and Anant Rambachan, found out on September 14th, through media reports, that the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions (CPWR) had withdrawn its participation in a Chicago…
Source INDIA, July 28, 2013 (The Hindu): Projects worth approx. US$8 million have been sanctioned under the tourism development program in view of the Kumbh Mela scheduled at Nashik in 2015, the Maharashtra Government has said. To prevent incidents of landslides at the famous Saptshrungi temple at Nanduri near Nashik, the work for rock fall protection at the cost of…