Source: www.hindustantimes.com UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, January 21, 2010: He’s 10 years old, his voice hasn’t quite cracked, he can twist his nimble body into yogic postures that would impress Chinese acrobats, and when he grows up he sees himself as a sadhu or holy man. A member of the Juna Akhara, one of the prominent sadhu sectsparticipating in the Kumba…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, January 20, 2010: Ram Prasad slowly walks up the steps of Har-ki-pauri, one of the holiest Hindu sites on the banks of the Ganga in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. It’s the 37-year-old Mauritius citizen’s third trip to the Kumbh Mela. “I feel quite at home here and am experiencing the kind of spiritual bliss I’ve never felt before,”…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com A journalist dreamed that he interviewed God and asked Him what surprised Him most about people. God answered, “That they get bored being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then later long to be children again. That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health.”
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com UDUPI, INDIA, January 20, 2010: This temple town, considered to be the abode of Udupi Sri Krishna, is immersed in the festive mood of Paryaya, the biennial religious ceremony where a seer from the Ashta mutt ascends the Sarvajna Peeta and takes the leadership reins of the temple from the present seer who is relinquishes his responsibility. This…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com INDIA, January 12, 2010: Incorporating yoga sessions in your daily routine could lower a number of compounds in the blood and reduce the level of inflammation that normally rises because of both normal aging and stress, revealed a new study. Conducted by Ohio State University researchers, the study showed that women who routinely practiced yoga had lower amounts…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The world looks like a mathematical equation which, turn it how you will, balances itself. Every secret is told, every crime is punished, every virtue rewarded, every wrong redressed, in silence and certainty. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: www.thaindian.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, January 19, 2010: The hospitality industry in this pilgrim town is leaving no pebble unturned to lure even high-end tourists to the Maha Kumbh Mela with well-appointed luxury Swiss tents and private bathing sites on the Ganges, combining spirituality with comfort. Apart from private access to the Ganges for those auspicious dips, most of these weather-proof…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk TAMIL NADU, INDIA, January 18, 2010: Silpi sculptor Chinnakkannu used a single piece of hard black granite to make a nagaswaram, the classical musician instrument traditionally used in South Indian Temples as part of the worship. The artist used a single piece of hard black granite to make the instrument which is more than two feet in length…
Source: hinduexistence.wordpress.com THAILAND, December 17, 2009: The Government of Thailand released remarkable new edition of stamps depicting the Hindu Deities, to the delight of local Hindus. Thailand has a strong affinity to the Hindu religion, part of the rich and colorful Thai culture. The newly published stamps are embossed and printed with four images of Hindu Gods, namely Lord Ganesha,Lord…
Source: www.theworld.org NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 5, 2010: While retirement homes for the elderly are commonplace in the US, they are a new, and growing, phenomenon in India. Fountains tumble in manicured gardens. Gray haired retirees shuffle along on afternoon walks. Inside the activity center, card players pair up in the early evening. And elderly spectators gather as a ping…