Daily Inspiration

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com I see God walking in every human form. When I meet different people, I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.”    Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886), guru of Swami Vivekananda

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Daily Inspiration

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com What you have is His gift to you, and what you do with what you have is your gift to Him.    Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1993)

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A New Hindu Temple For Switzerland

Source: http://www.zo-online.ch DURNTEN, SWITZERLAND, February 24, 2010: The opening ceremony of the new premises of the Sri Vishnu Thurkkai Amman Temple took place on January 27th. The temple, formerly located in Adliswil, was moved 40 kilometers to a building located in pasture land at Edikerstrasse 24 in Durnten. More than 100 devotees attended the morning opening ceremony. Water from the…

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A New Hindu Temple For Switzerland

Source: http://www.zo-online.ch/article24077/ressorts/hinwil/duernten/duernten-hat-einen-hindu-tempel.htm DURNTEN, SWITZERLAND, February 24, 2010: The opening ceremony of the new premises of the Sri Vishnu Thurkkai Amman Temple took place on January 27th. The temple, formerly located in Adliswil, was moved 40 kilometers to a building located in pasture land at Edikerstrasse 24 in Durnten. More than 100 devotees attended the morning opening ceremony. Water from the…

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Ancient Traditions Alive, For Now, at the Kadavallur Sri Rama Temple

Source: http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/article108634.ece KERALA, INDIA, February 24, 2010: Kadavallur is a small village in Thrissur district of Kerala, where an age old Sri Rama temple shines as a perfect example of all traditions of Kerala. The existence of this temple the 10th-11th century is attested by a Vattezhuthu record inscribed on a stone on the base of the enclosure. Like all…

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Ganga Sagar Sinking Into the Sea

Source: http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?263999 SAGAR ISLAND, BENGAL, INDIA, February 19, 2010: The Ganga Sagar Mela, the two-day religious fair which falls in mid-January every year, attracts hundreds of thousands. A vast beach stretching across the silver, sandy southeastern tip of the Sagar island is taken over by a sea of humanity–not just pilgrims and sadhus from across the country but also a…

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Ancient Traditions Alive, For Now, at the Kadavallur Sri Rama Temple

Source: http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/article108634.ece KERALA, INDIA, February 24, 2010: Kadavallur is a small village in Thrissur district of Kerala, where an age old Sri Rama temple shines as a perfect example of all traditions of Kerala. The existence of this temple the 10th-11th century is attested by a Vattezhuthu record inscribed on a stone on the base of the enclosure. Like all…

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Ganga Sagar Mela Sinking Into the Sea

Source: http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?263999 SAGAR ISLAND, BENGAL, INDIA, February 19, 2010: The Ganga Sagar Mela, the two-day religious fair which falls in mid-January every year, attracts hundreds of thousands. A vast beach stretching across the silver, sandy southeastern tip of the Sagar island is taken over by a sea of humanity–not just pilgrims and sadhus from across the country but also a…

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A New Hindu Temple For Switzerland

Source: http://www.zo-online.ch/article24077/ressorts/hinwil/duernten/duernten-hat-einen-hindu-tempel.htm DURNTEN, SWITZERLAND, February 24, 2010: The opening ceremony of the new premises of the Sri Vishnu Thurkkai Amman Temple took place on January 27th. The temple, formerly located in Adliswil, was moved 40 kilometers to a building located in pasture land at Edikerstrasse 24 in Durnten. More than 100 devotees attended the morning opening ceremony. Water from the…

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Kashmir Exiles’ Dream of Returning Comes Closer

Source: www.independent.co.uk KASHMIR, INDIA, February 22, 2010: The 400,000 Hindus driven out by Muslim extremists 20 years ago hope talks beginning this week will bring them a step closer to going home. There are positive signs, for in recent months several long-closed Hindu temples have been restored and reopened, with the help of the Muslim community, and a key Hindu…

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