Source: www.ddinews.gov.in INDIA, September 6, 2009: India has said it has taken up with Nepal the Pashupatinath temple incident in which two Indian priests were assaulted on Friday by dozens of Maoists who stormed the temple protesting their recent appointment. “We are in touch with the Government of Nepal,” External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna told reporters at Bangalore on…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk NEPAL, September 7, 2009: Nepal has expressed regret over an attack on Friday on two Indian priests by protesters at one of Nepal’s holiest Hindu sites, the Pashupatinath temple. Culture Minister Minendra Rijal said the priests’ attackers would be found and punished. Flanked by helmeted police, the two priests from southern India went through the rituals necessary for…
Source: www.chron.com HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA, September 3, 2009: Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, 66, is the spiritual leader of Kauai, Hawaii’s Hindu Monastery, and the publisher of Hinduism Today, a quarterly magazine in its 30th year of publication. During his recent visit to Houston for the Hindu Janamashtami celebration, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, Bodhinatha was interviewed about the growth of…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com All great ones have undergone suffering. None can escape what is ordained.” Sage Yogaswami (1872-1964)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 6, 2009: Two Indian priests were assaulted by Maoists inside Nepal’s Pashupatinath temple on Friday. Girish Bhatta and Raghavendra Bhatta, from the Singeri Mutt in Karnataka were reportedly assaulted because they are Indian and are carrying on an 800-year-old tradition opposed by the Maoists: having Indians, and not Nepalese, as the main priests of…
Source: living.oneindia.in MUMBAI, INDIA, August 24, 2009: When devotes celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai with fervor, several religious groups in Mumbai took pride in worshipping Ganesha murthis in makeshift temples, called pandals. At Wadala in Mumbai, a community Ganesha Puja has been organized where the murthi is believed to be the most spectacular of all — as far as material…
Source: www.nityanandatradition.org USA, September 7, 2009: A new website, Nityananda The Living Tradition (click on the link above), chronicles the enormous impact of Bhagavan Nityananda (1897-1961), Baba Muktananda’s guru. The designers of the site have carefully researched all of the spiritual heirs of Bhagavan that they could find, and included everyone. This website gives a unique and groundbreaking perspective on…
Source: HPI OMAHA, NEBRASKA, September 7, 2009: When Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya (Frank Morales) began teaching as the Resident Acharya of the Hindu Temple in Omaha, just two years ago, Hindu culture and spirituality center blossomed in the community. Acharya, who is the founder of the International Sanatana Dharma Society, used books, lectures, seminars and practical classes to engage new…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The Eternal Religion, the religion of the rishis, has been in existence from time immemorial and will exist eternally. There exists in this Sanatana Dharma all forms of worship–worship of God with form and worship of the impersonal Deity as well. It contains all paths–the path of knowledge, the path of devotion and so on. Other forms of…
Source: VHP Press release NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 27, 2009: Hindus in Delhi will now be required to obtain a license from the Delhi police to perform Ram Leela or public puja such as Durga Puja. According to the latest directive issued by the licensing department of Delhi police “The season of festivals is coming soon. It is mandatory to…