Source PAHALGAM, KASHMIR, INDIA, June 30, 2012 (Jagran Post): Residents of Pahalgam on Saturday observed a shutdown over the alleged high handedness of Central Reserve Police Force personnel, who went on a rampage following an altercation with taxi drivers at Chandanwari camp. All the business establishments in Pahalgam, the base camp for ongoing Amarnath yatra, downed their shutters as soon…
Source JAMMU, INDIA, June 30, 2012 (Hill Post): Over 110,000 pilgrims from across the country have paid their obeisance at the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir, since the pilgrimage began June 25, while 13 pilgrims have died en route, the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) spokesman disclosed today. The spokesman also said that Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra, who…
Source If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?— Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), sixteenth president of the United States
Source KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, June 29, 2012: The International Muruga Bhakti Conference 2012 is being organized to learn and share facts about the various aspects of Murugan worship and philosophy. It will be held on 9, 10, 11 12 August, 2012 at the University of Malaya, jointly organized by Thirumurugan Thiruvakku Thirupeedam and Department of Indian Studies, University of Malaya,…
Source HARVEST, ALABAMA, June 24, 2012 (al.com): Ratha Yatra, the festival when the image of Lord Jagannath, along with his brother and sister Deities, are transported from their temple shrine to another building, demonstrates the best of Hinduism, says former Ambassador Pramathesh Rath. “This is the opportunity for all devotees, irrespective of religion or caste or race or age, to…
Source You seek peace? To attain peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the sages.— Swami Brahmananda (1863-1922), disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and first president of the Ramakrishna Mission
Source MADIKERI, KARNATAKA, INDIA, June 28, 2012 (Deccan Herald) Next time you visit Bhagamandala or Talacauvery temples (ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagamandala), make sure you are clad in traditional or decent attire. The members of the Talacauvery-Bhagandeeshwara Temple Management Committee along with local residents have decided to impose a dress code on tourists and devotees. It was decided that antics of tourists needed to…
Source LONDON, June 27, 2012 (Times of India): Citing stark examples from school curriculum, a prominent Islamabad-based scholar has said that extreme religious and anti-India views fed into children in schools reinforced the cycle of extremism that showed no signs of receding in Pakistan. Pervez Hoodbhoy, nuclear physicist and commentator on current issues, presented the examples at a seminar in…
Source UNITED STATES, June 28, 2012 (Business Week): The U.S. Copyright Office says that a sequence of yoga poses can’t be copyrighted. In a release published in the Federal Register on June 22, the Copyright Office found that “a selection, coordination, or arrangement of exercise movements, such as a compilation of yoga poses, may be precluded from registration as a…