www.odishatoday.com DALLAS, TEXAS, July 7, 2008: The DFW Hindu Temple Society, Ekta Mandir celebrated Rath Yatra, the car festival of idols Jagannath, Balabhadra and their sister Devi Subhadra on Sunday, July 6, in Dallas, Texas, two days after the world famous Rath Yatra at Puri, with much fanfare and traditional fervor. Hundreds of devotees from Dallas, Fort Worth and the…
www.himalmag.com INDIA, June 26, 2008: (HPI note: This is a moving account from the Nepal-based magzine Himal of the experience, mostly of those who stayed behind, when tens of thousands of workers were shipped from the Bhojur region of India to the British colonies.) Nearly 150 years ago began an agonising saga of migration from the Bhojpur region of India.…
www.thehindu.com CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, April 22, 2009: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is starting a movement across the country, hold meetings with all school heads to convey that no form of corporal punishment will be tolerated. “These meetings will have to be held ahead of the new academic year,” Commission chairperson Shanta Sinha told The…
kaymoodly@ihug.co.nz (press release) AUCKLAND, AUSTRALIA, April 24, 2009: Swami Nirliptananda, Vice-President of The Divine Life Society, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, will visit Australia and New Zealand from April 24 to April 29. Swami Sivananda’s teachings of “Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realise” is a simple and practical approach to the profound and lofty ideal of spirituality, and Swami Nirliptanandaji is a…
groups.google.com USA, April 20, 2009: [Review by David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri)] Hinduism remains the most attacked and under siege of all the major world religions. This is in spite of the fact that Hinduism is the most tolerant, pluralistic and synthetic of the world’s major religions. Yet many have continued to promote their missionary agendas and plan the conversion of…
www.hinduismtoday.com O foolish one, do not thank God for loving you: He cannot do otherwise. Thank Him for having ignited in your heart love for Him. Let it grow, from more to more, until it burns away all self, only God remains. Dada J.P. Vaswani, Hindu of the year for 2002
www.hinduonnet.com KUALA LUMPUR, APRIL 21, 2009: The Malaysian government has said that 28 Hindu temples, which are currently situated on disputed land around the national capital, will be relocated by next month. The caretakers of 28 temples have agreed to relocate to several locations provided by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Deputy Federal Territories Minister M Saravanan said. However, the…
The appeal to voters came from the newly appointed RSS general secretary “Sarkaryavaha” Mr BhaiyyaJi Joshi in an interview. He underlined the necessity of mounting a two-pronged pressure through 100 per cent voting turnout. He also advocated bringing about a transformation in the thinking among masses on Hindu issues.
www.hinduismtoday.com Even among high-context cultures, the Indian wedding stands out. It involves as much planning as the construction of a nuclear power plant–except it costs more. Anonymous
timesofindia.indiatimes.com MADURAI, INDIA, April 9, 2009: Thousands of devotees thronged the famous centuries-old Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple to catch a glimpse of the mahakumbabishekam grand consecration, which was last performed nearly 15 years ago. Amidst tight security, devotees crammed the temple premises and filled every street leading to the shrine. The initial ceremonies for the function began on March 26 and…