Source TIRUPATI, INDIA, March 28, 2012 (Times of India): Members of a numismatic scholars’ committee, formed to segregate the huge collection of coins in the famous Tirupati Tirumala temple, have found that some of the earliest coins in the collection belonged to the Satavahana period, more than 2,000 years ago. The panel, which included 20 numismatic scholars from the south,…
Source What extracts from the Vedas I have read fall on me like the light of a higher and purer luminary, which describes a loftier course through purer stratum. It rises on me like the full moon after the stars have come out, wading through some far stratum in the sky.— Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American author, poet and philosopher
Source UNITED STATES, March 13, 2012 (Mark Bittman-NY Times): Until a couple of years ago I believed that the primary reasons to eat less meat were environment- and health-related, and there’s no question that those are valid reasons. But animal welfare has since become a large part of my thinking as well. If we want a not-too-damaged planet to live…
Fresh herbs, succulent greens, and tasty fruits can be found growing near civic buildings, college campuses, supermarket parking lots, and various other places. Small garden plots, raised planting beds, and even small soil strips in these areas can be found brimming with fresh produce, all of which are free to anyone who want it, and at any time. It is…
Source BANGALORE, INDIA, March 2012, (siliconindia.com): A foundation-laying ceremony has been held in Patna, Bihar earlier this month for the creation of what is said to be the tallest Hindu temple anywhere in the world. But what became a matter of diplomatic confrontation between India and Cambodia is the same proposed Hindu temple in the banks of Ganges River as…
Source As your mind releases its desires and cravings, it releases the hold that it has on you. You dive deeper, fearlessly into this blazing avalanche of light, losing your consciousness. And as you come back into the mind, you see the mind for what it is, and you are free. You find that you are no longer attached because…
Source SHIMLA, INDIA, March 18, 2012 (zeenews): Two prominent Hindu shrines in Himachal Pradesh will offer online prayers and other services to devotees starting this week. From the Chaitra Navratri festival, beginning March 23, the Chamunda Devi and Brajeshwari Devi temples in Kangra district will be available with just a click of a mouse, Deputy Commissioner R.S. Gupta said. Devotees…
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, March 19, 2012 (Deccan Chronicle): In a judgment with far-reaching consequences, the Madras High Court (HC) has held that a decree for dissolution of a marriage by a foreign court is not binding in India if a wedding is solemnised in the country under the Hindu Marriage Act. A division bench comprising justices R. Banumathi and S.…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 22, 2012 (Hindustan Times): The government is working to make laws friendlier to help unhappy couples get divorced faster. The government wants changes in the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 and Special Marriage Act of 1954 to provide ‘irretrievable breakdown of marriage’ as a new ground for parting ways. As of now, a minimum of…
Religion News Service WASHINGTON, March 2012 (RNS): Atheists and nonbelievers gathered on the National Mall Saturday (March 24) in a bid to show politicians, voters and even themselves that they have grown into a force to be recognized and reckoned with. “We are here to deliver a message to America,” David Silverman, president of American Atheists, one of the rally’s…