Source: www.theasiannews.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, September 16, 2009: The National Hindu Students Forum (UK) is hosting its annual national conference titled “Hindu Times” which will explore myths and misconceptions about the Hindu faith. Around 500 delegates from all over the UK including high-profile politicians and guest speakers will be attending to discuss and debate a wide range of current and controversial…
Source: www.boston.com MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, September 13, 2009: I (journalist Michael Paulson) moderated a panel on Hinduism in America featuring three experts on the subject, Anantanand Rambachan, the chairman of the religion department at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, who gave an overview of American Hinduism; Khyati Joshi, an education professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, who talked about…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If silence is silver, then to speak of God is golden. His Divine Holiness Pramukhswami Maharaj, spiritual head of Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com One party says thought is caused by matter, and the other says matter is caused by thought. Both statements are wrong; matter and thought are coexistent. There is a third something of which both matter and thought are products. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source: www.indopia.in CHENNAI, INDIA, September 15, 2009: (HPI Note: This short report, the first we have of the court action, does not present the side of the temple priests who appealed the takeover.) The Madras High Court today upheld a 1987 Tamil Nadu government order appointing an Executive Officer (EO) for managing the endowments and vast immovable property of the…
Source: www.ndtv.com BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, September 13, 2009: Human rights activists have appealed to the priests in Puri and the Orissa government to allow physically challenged devotees to enter the Jagannath temple on wheelchairs. The priests do not currently allow wheel chairs to enter the temple, possibly because of concerns about cleanliness: while ordinary devotees remove their shoes before entering the…
Source: www.expressbuzz.com CHENNAI, INDIA, August 25, 2009: Barack Obama may have been the only American president to refer to Hindus in his first presidential address. He could also be the first US President to call for Hindu participation in his advisory council. Yet, the concept of Indian Hindus in the US is largely confined to cow, caste and curry in…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com VADODARA, INDIA, August 27, 2009: The 161-year-old Dhundiraj Ganpati Mandir in the Wadi area is one of Gujarat’s oldest Ganesh temples and perhaps the only one made completely out of wood. The carvings on its wooden pillars are a must-see, as is the fountain in front of the Lord’s murti. However, the temple is struggling to survive and…
The Scottish Indian Arts Forum¬†Press Release EDINBURG, September 12, 2009: The Scottish Indian Arts Forum will celebrate the famous Indian Festival of Dusherra on Sunday, October 4, at Calton Hill, Edinburgh. The Ram Lila Parade will consist of horse-drawn chariots with Rama, Lakshman and Hanuman on one and Ravana on the other. There will also be colorful floats of Sita…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The whole path is a total surrendering. All four sects of Hinduism meet in surrender, prapatti, to the Divine. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)