Source WASHINGTON, D.C., August 6 (Huffington Post): President Barack Obama ordered flags at all U.S. government facilities both at home and abroad to be flown at half-staff Monday, a response to a mass-shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin over the weekend. “As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on August 5,…
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, August 4, 2012 (The Hindu): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa today approved an allocation of US$224,200 towards subsidizing the travel of Hindu pilgrims to the holy sites of Mansarovar and Muktinath, both in foreign countries. The State Government will bear US$717 of the US$1800 estimated per individual for air travel to Mansarovar in China and US$179…
Source Find God.That is the only purpose in life.”— Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886)
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 3, 2012 (Indian Express):A special enclosure in the courtyard of Tihar Jail was abuzz with a range of emotions as families of nearly 4,500 inmates thronged the prison to celebrate Raksha Bandhan on Thursday. The jail authorities implemented a unique “advance booking system,” allowing the prisoners’ relatives to apply a month-and-a-fortnight ago for the visit.…
Source SRINAGAR,INDIA, August 3, 2012 (Economic Times): A massive sanitation drive has been launched en route to the 12,700 feet-high Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas to safeguard environment and ecology of the area. “A post-yatra sanitation drive has been launched in collaboration with the security forces and development authorities to clean up the camp sites and tracks,” Shri…
Source — “A” is the first and source of all the letters. Even so is God Primordial the first and source of all the world. Tirukural
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, August 4, 2012: Hinduism Today was gifted an unusual painting of the 2010 Kumbha Mela and now offers it for sale on eBay to help the magazine. The original, highly detailed oil painting is 8 feet long and 3 feet high, unframed, on canvas. To see bid or see photos on eBay, click on “source” above. The…
Source LONDON, ENGLAND, March 21, 2010 (mandir.org): The winning designs of the Olympic Landmark London pin badges have been launched, with BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Neasden featured as the selected landmark for the London Borough of Brent. In September 2009, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and London Councils launched the Landmark London competition.…
Source KARACHI, INDIA August 3, 2012 (tribune.com): Every year at Raksha Bandhan, a middle-aged Padma dresses in her best red sari and comes to the Laxmi Narayan Temple with a red rakhi, but without a brother. She goes up to the room where the statue of Lord Vishnu resides and tries the thread around its wrist. “He is my only…
Source HYDERABAD, INDIA August 3, 2012 (Times of India): It was festival time in the city on Thursday as families celebrated Raksha Bandhan with great fervor. Most schools and colleges remained closed on the occasion while sweet shops and gift stores cashed in on the festive boom to report 25%-40% increase in sales. Gift boxes of assorted chocolates sold like…