Source NEW YORK, U.S., January 17, 2013 (Washington Post): When Uma Mysorekar looks at the members of the new Congress, the Indian immigrant and practicing Hindu can see that, for the first time, there’s someone who shares her ethnicity and someone who shares her faith. To her surprise, they are two different people. Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii is…
Source MUMBAI, INDIA, March 16, 2013 (Times of India): (HPI Note: We are astounded as you are by this report. Perhaps one of our readers can explain what this is about. It appears that the Shiv Mandir trust itself made the claim that Shiva worship is not a religious act in order to receive a tax exemption, and that the…
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, March 10, 2013 (My Republica): Around one million Hindu pilgrims visited the Pashupatinath temple on the occasion of Mahashivaratri in the Capital on Sunday. The officials of Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) said that more Hindu devotees from several other Asian countries visited the temple this year as a result of the positive impression it created about…
Source Of all the scriptures in the world, it is the Vedas alone that declare that even the study of the Vedas is secondary. The real study is “that by which we realize the Unchangeable.” And that is neither reading, nor believing, nor reasoning, but superconscious perception, or samadhi.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source ALLAHABAD, INDIA, March 9, 2013 (Raw Story): A record 120 million pilgrims washed away their sins with plunges in an Indian holy river during the world’s biggest religious festival set to end Sunday, officials said. The two-month-long Kumbh Mela Hindu festival celebrated every 12 years at the conjunction of two sacred rivers on the outskirts of the northern Indian…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, March 10, 2013 (India Today): Hindu groups based in the UK have called on the government to enforce stricter disclosure norms after it emerged that many restaurants serving Indian food in Scotland were using the wrong kind of meat. In the wake of the Europe-wide horse meat scandal that is still under investigation, it emerged that more…
Source Acquire the transcendental knowledge from a Self-realized master by humble reverence, by sincere inquiry and by service. The wise ones who have realized the Truth will impart the Knowledge to you.— Bhagavad Gita
Source SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, December 21, 2011 (Smithsonian Magazine): Sanjay Patel, 36-year-old pop artist and Pixar veteran, arrives at the entrance of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, breathless. His vahana, or vehicle, is a silver mountain bike; his white helmet is festooned with multicolored stickers of bugs and goddesses. The name of the show–Deities, Demons and Dudes with ‘Staches–is as…
Source KOCHI, INDIA, March 9, 2013 (India Times): The Kerala high court has ruled that the Arya Samaj cannot conduct marriages between people if they are not followers of the samaj, and it will not be legally valid if it takes place. Arya Samaj mandirs are found in all Indian cities and towns and solemnize love, arranged, inter-religion and inter-caste…
Source You shine, all living things emerge. You disappear, they go to rest. Recognizing our innocence, O golden-haired Sun, arise; let each day be better than the last. Rig Veda (X, 37, 9)