Hindu Priestess Sees Change in Tradition

SUVA, FIJI, January 15, 2011: Premila Devi Prasad, 50, has been practicing her role as a priestess for nearly 20 years now. But it was only recently that she has found satisfaction in her work because of acceptance by the community. Prasad was registered as a priestess in 1992 by the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Vanua Levu and has solemnized…

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Conversion Has No Justification, Says India’s Supreme Court

NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 22, 2011: The Supreme Court on Friday held that conversion from one religion to another had no justification in ‘secular’ India as it amounted to interference in religious belief. ‘We hope Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of religion playing a positive role in bringing religions and communities together into an integrated prosperous nation will be realized. There is…

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Christian Council Reacts to Verdict

NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 22, 2011: Dr. John Dayal, Secretary General of the All of India Christian Council, said, ‘Although we are yet to analyse the full judgment of the Supreme Court, we are disturbed by the parts carried by the media, mentioning terms like fraud and forcible and conversion. But more than anything, we fear such remarks may negatively…

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God As Guard: Bank Opens Lockless Branch

MUMBAI, INDIA, January 17, 2011: The United Commercial (UCO) Bank has opened the country’s first lockless branch at Shani Shinganapur in Maharashtra. Shani Shinganapur is a small village in Ahmednagar district whose presiding Deity is Lord Shani. More than 5,000 devotees visit the temple every day, while on weekends the number crosses the 100,000 mark. Local NCP legislator Shankar Gadakh…

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Volcanic Mud Threatens Prambanan Temple

JAKARTA, INDONESIA, January 17, 2011: Powerful flows of volcanic mud carried by rivers from Mount Merapi that have destroyed bridges, houses, farmlands and other structures along river banks also pose a threat to the Prambanan Temple. The famous Hindu temple complex, located in Prambanan on the border of Yogyakarta and Central Java provinces, sits 100 meters from the banks of…

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India Losing Its Edge In Math?

NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 14, 2011: Primary school students have slipped over the past year in math, a subject for which Indian brains are tapped globally in research and technology firms, one of the country’s most credible non-government surveys of the nation’s rural schooling system has found. The decline in mathematics and in the ability to perform routine calculations expected…

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Daily Inspiration

If even a single one of the senses is uncontrolled, all knowledge leaves a person just as water drains from a leaking water vessel. %26nbsp;%26nbsp;%26nbsp;Manu Samhita, Verse II.99 Source

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Daily Inspiration

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com At this time in the Kali Yuga, ignorance is equally distributed worldwide, and wisdom has become an endangered species.    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)

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New Issue of Hinduism Today Released

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HI, USA, December 1, 2010: The January/February/March edition of Hinduism Today, Hinduism’s flagship magazine, has been released in digital form and is now available for free on your desktop. You can read it on our website or download it. In this issue we deliver two monumental Educational Insights, a major feature story on the famed Gold-Clad Temple…

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