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Source To have an altar at home alters our life.— Swami Tejomayananda, spiritual head of Chinmaya Mission

Source AUSTRALIA, November 25, 2011 (wasandalwood.com): With global demand for sandalwood products continuing to strengthen, Perth-based company WA Sandalwood Plantations has established what is believed to be the world’s largest single sandalwood plantation, located east of Perth in the state’s Central Wheatbelt. With site preparation work completed in April, more than 5 million trees were planted over recent months on…

KAUAI, HAWAII, November 17, 2012: Here at Hinduism Today we have become increasingly aware of the large quantity of quality YouTube videos that have been created on Hinduism, Hindu music, Indian dance, spirituality, Hindu history and more. We invite YouTube fans to submit their lists of the best in any or all of these categories as part of an article…

Source UDUPI, INDIA, November 6, 2012 (daijiworld.com): Twenty-five temples in the state have been chosen for the Muzrai Temple Tourism Project. On this account, US$181,000 has been sanctioned to Neelavara and Kota Sri Amritheshwari temple in the district said Muzrai and Udupi district in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary. He inaugurated the district priests’ convention organized by Zilla Dharmika Parishad and…

Source UNITED STATES, November 2012 (The Hindu): Recognition has come for temple architects, from Hawaii. Hinduism Today, run by the Saiva Siddhantha Church of Kauai Aadheenam, founded by Sri Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, has conferred the Hindu of the Year Award collectively on the creators of divine edifices. “It is a proud moment for the entire Viswakarma community,” exults Selvanathan Sthapati, nephew…

Source CHAKRA, November,15th,2012: Hindu American Foundation (HAF) announced the formation of a partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) earlier today, as part of a joint project to serve the medical needs of Bhutanese Hindu refugees in Nepal. The protracted refugee crisis originated during the 1990’s, when Bhutan forcibly expelled more than 100,000 minority Nepali-speaking Lhotshampa, the…

Source INDIA, November 17, 2012 (HPI): HPI thanks a reader for sending us the press release below. It clarifies that a textbook published in India and purchased by schools which says meat-eaters “easily cheat, lie, forget promises and commit sex crimes,” as reported by the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20354669) is not connected to a Hindu author. The story was picked up by…

Source They have “Dial-a-Prayer” for atheists now. You call it up, it rings and rings, but nobody answers.

Source WAYNE, NEW JERSEY, November 14, 2012 (northjersey.com): A 300-pound statue of the Hindu God Siva has been stolen from the Indian Cultural Society Hindu Temple and Mahatma Gandhi Center, according to temple officials who plan to offer a reward for information leading to an arrest. The statue, valued at around US$6,200, was perched on a hill on the temple…

Source INDIA, November 15, 2012 (Daily Pioneer): The Lord Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala, Kerala’s famous mountainous Hindu pilgrim centre, opened on Thursday evening for the annual Mandalam-Makaravilakku pilgrimage amidst tight security measures.The pilgrimage season starting on the morning of Friday, the first day of Vrischikam month of the Malayalam calendar, will conclude on January 20 after the sighting of the…