Source BALI, INDONESIA, June 2, 2012 (Jakarta Post): Since early Friday morning, many farmers at Jatiluwih village, Tabanan, about 12.5 miles from Denpasar, began marching to their rice fields bringing offerings, as part of the pre-harvest thanksgiving ceremony, locally known as Mesaba. The main rituals are held in the afternoon at the subak temple in Bedugul. All of the subak…
Source AMRITSAR, JUNE 5, 2012 (India Times): The Pakistan government was only keen on developing a cluster of Katasraj temples situated in Chakwal district of Pakistan as a heritage site and not as a prominent Hindu religious site, said researcher and historian Surinder Kochhar while talking to TOI on Tuesday. He said though the Pakistan government had undertaken restoration work…
Source SOUTH AFRICA, June 8, 2012 (The Times): KwaZulu-Natal police are awaiting feedback from the national office whether religious wristbands will be allowed in their dress code. This follows complaints from 24 police officers who were told by Pinetown station commander Brigadier Owen Zama to remove red strings, a Hindu symbol of protection usually given at Raksha Bandhan festival by…
Source KAPAA, HAWAII, June 9, 2012 (Hinduism Today): The July/August/September 2012 edition of our flagship magazine is available in print, on-line and in downloadable PDF format. This issue travels the worlds: the outside and inside worlds, that is. On the Outside:Travel with us to an amazing mela just outside of Mysore, India. We did! The Hinduism Today editor attended the…
Source REUNION, FRANCE, May 22, 2012 (clicanoo.re): In the courtyard of the Maha Kali Temple on Marechal Leclerc Street, workers from Reunion and India are busy. Everything must be ready for tomorrow, the day given for the kickoff of Kumbhabhishekam ceremonies which will run until 1 June, the great day of consecration. Work started in August 2010 to restore the…
Source JAMMU, INDIA, June 2012 (ibnlive.in): A large number of Amarnath pilgrims who assembled in Jammu on Sunday to leave for the cave shrine in Kashmir courted arrest after the state administration did not allow them to start the pilgrimage before the scheduled date. Around 600 yatris from across the country assembled at Parade area early morning to leave for…
Source It is Divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts. Your duty is to treat everybody, including yourself, as a manifestation of the Lord.— Swami Sivananda (1887-1963), founder of Divine Life Society, Rishikesh
Source For our cause I too am prepared to die, but for no cause, my friend, will I be prepared to kill.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian spiritual leader
Source BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, May 27, 2012 (Times of India): If you’re ever in Buenos Aires don’t forget to visit Groove, a trendy nightclub that should pleasantly surprise any Indian. Because at Groove you won’t hear salsa or reggaton music, like you do at most such places, but instead soulful Sanskrit melodies that rent the air. “I had the most…
Source EUGENE, OREGON, USA, June 1, 2012 (kval.com): The sky behind University of Oregon’s Knight Library filled with bright colors as the Students of the Indian Subcontinent hosted Holi: a Hindu Festival of Colors. “I got an email, and they said this was happening,” said Andrew Fujimato, an Oregon student. “They said it was free, and it sounded like fun.”…