Michigan Hindu Center Announces Ceremonies

www.sambodh.us KALAMAZOO, MI, USA, April 29, 2009: The Sambodh Society and the Sambodh Center for Human Excellence will celebrate the 7th Annual Rudrabhisheka and Chandi Homa program on Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17, 2009. Swami Bodhananda Saraswati, Founder and Spiritual Director of the Center, will preside over the occasion. The religious ceremonies will be conducted by Sree Aswath…

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Daily Inspiration

www.hinduismtoday.com Most people, most of the time, are under the influence of the ego. Now, when someone is driving under the influence, a policeman can pull that drunk driver over and measure the level of inebriation with a breathalyzer test. But what policeman has the authority to pull you over and give you an egolizer test? You are driving, living,…

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In South India, A 40-Foot Trishula Honoring Shiva Near Kallar River

www.expressbuzz.com COONOOR, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, April 25, 2009: A trishula 40 feet tall, believed to be the first of its kind in South India, is being installed at the Brahmeshwar Mandir now under construction at the Nilgiri foothills on the banks of Kallar River. Replicating the trishula that stands in Viswanath Mandir at Uttarkasi in the Himalayas, the brass face,…

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A Special Ganga Arati in Spain’s Canary Islands

www.europapress.es CANARY ISLANDS, April 29, 2009: A similar arati ceremony to that performed every day at dusk on the banks of the holy will be done in Tenerife, Canary Islands. It was announced for May 3rd at the La Enramada beach, and HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati has come from India to perform the ceremony organized by the Hindu Association…

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Study Probes Why Christian Americans Leave Their Faith

HPI WASHINGTON, DC, USA, April 27, 2009: A new study has found that few Americans cite recent scandals or disbelief in God as their reason for leaving Christianity. Instead, the vast majority of former Catholics and former Protestants who are now unaffiliated with any faith have “just gradually drifted away.” The new analysis, called “Faith in Flux: Changes in Religious…

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Test Post For Category

This is a test post for the category of from the editors. MUMBAI, INDIA, April 23, 2009: It may be hard to credit now, as 700 million voters go to the polls in the world‚Äôs biggest elections, but back in the 1940s the wise men of the British Raj predicted that while Pakistan would prosper, India would soon be divided…

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