Source GUPTKASHI, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA, June 27, 2013: As the mammoth rescue operations in the Uttarakhand disaster neared completion, around 2,500 survivors remained to be evacuated in Badrinath and Hershil Thursday but concerns grew over the fate of 3,000 people who were reported missing. Amid fears of epidemic outbreak, the focus shifted to retrieving bodies buried in debris and expediting mass…
Source If you have not seen your own Self, if you have not pierced the knots of your Heart and washed away the filth of your mind, then what does it matter if you are a human being?— Kabir
Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, June 20, 2013 (DNAinfo): The smoldering heat was nothing to thousands of yogis who turned out in Times Square Wednesday for the world’s largest Bikram Yoga class. The 92-degree weather was substantially less than the 105 degrees — and 40 percent humidity — of a typical indoor Bikram class. More than 14,000 yogis spread out…
Source MADRID, SPAIN, June 15, 2013 (El Faro Digital): The priest Juan Carlos Ramchandani, of Ceuta, successfully concluded participation in the first meeting of Hindus of Spain on June 8 and 9 in Madrid, where he served as coordinator. The conference, one of the great aspirations of the community in recent years, benefited from presentations and panel discussions by leading…
Source NEW DELHI, June 26, 2013 (TNN): The most revered symbol of Lord Shiva at Kedarnath–the “bhog murthi” or the icon of the deity that must be offered daily in what is called its akhand puja (unbroken worship)–has also fallen victim to the devastating flood. But its custodian, the priest Vageshling from Davanagre, Karnataka, waded through mud and corpses to…
Source A Swiss devotee visited Ramana Maharishi (1879-1950), the sage of Arunachala. She was disturbed from having a vision of Siva. “Is He not the Destroyer?” she asked. The mystic replied, “Yes, He is the destroyer of sorrows. Siva is the embodiment of auspiciousness. Have you got a form? That is why you think of Siva’s form. The Self is…
Source WASHINGTON D.C., U.S., June 18, 2013 (Care 2): Washington D.C. will soon be the home of a piece of yoga history. The Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian’s Museums of Asian Art will host the first large exhibition of yoga-related art. The show, titled “Yoga: The Art of Transformation,” takes a look back at yoga’s history as far back as…
Source Sacramento, CA (June 25, 2013) — “California and our nation have greatly benefited by Hindu Americans, especially through yoga, meditation, Vedanta philosophy, ayurvedic medicine, classical Indian music, art, and dance…” In a historic moment for Hindu Americans yesterday, the California State Senate unanimously passed Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR 32): California Hindu American Awareness and Appreciation Month. Introduced by State…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, USA, June 25, 2013: The following is a list of relief organizations recommended by the Hindu American Foundation: Indian Development and Relief Fund, http://www.idrf.orgIndia Heritage Research Fund, http://www.ihrf.com/projecthope-flood.pdfSEWA International, http://www.sewausa.org/UttarkhandFloodReliefAppeal
Source KEDARNATH, INDIA, June 21, 2013 (NDTV): The evacuation is completed in Kedarnath, the epicenter of the Himalayan tsunami that struck Uttarakhand. “Source” above is a video ground report on the scale of devastation in the temple town. The Uttarakhand government says 550 people have died in the flash floods and at least 14000 people are still missing; 50,000 people…