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www.hinduismtoday.com Any event has an endless past and an endless future, it is never-ending and nowhere-ending. This tantalizing endlessness which marks it as unreal invites the soul to press on to the Absolute.    S. Radhakrishnan

www.indiaglitz.com VIJAYAWADA, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, March 6, 2009: Thanks to a gift of over 26 kilos of silver, the entrance doors to the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Malleshwara Swamy Temple, situated on the Indra Keeladri in Vijayawada, have been covered with silver plating. The silver, worth over Rs. 700,000, was gifted by Dr. RamaNaidu, a movie mogul. Prior to installation,…

www.helsinkitimes.fi HELSINKI, FINLAND, March 6, 2009: Senni Kela, spokesperson for the Finnish Vegan Society , says several studies indicate that the number vegetarians in Finland is somewhere between 3 and 5 percent of the population. “I believe that the number is constantly growing, especially now when people are realizing that their meat- and dairy-heavy diets contribute to climate change.” This…

www.hinduismtoday.com Just as a man will use a staff to climb a mountain, so should virtue be used in life.    Yogaswami of Jaffna (1872-1964)

blog.travel-culture.com KATASRAJ, INDIA, March 8, 2009: The Punjab Archaeology Department is setting up a museum at Katasraj near Chakwal to highlight the culture and history of this fine historical treasure. A team experts, assisted by Punjab University Archaeology Department students, is searching the area for archeological fragments. The researchers are also preparing a report on on the architecture in the…

www.mercurynews.com FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, USA, March 7, 2009: Priests at the Fremont Hindu Temple and Cultural Center sprinkled flames with clarified butter and chanted ancient prayers in a consecration ceremony held this weekend to enliven the temple’s Lord Jagannath deity, making it worthy of being worshipped as a living God–one of 330 million in the Hindu religion, a number that signifies…

national-express-malaysia.blogspot.com PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA, March 6, 2009: Malaysia’s oldest Ganesha temple, the Sri Sithi Vinayagar Temple in Petaling Jaya, faces a possible takeover by the Insolvency Department following a long-standing row among the administrators. This would be the first time a religious institution in Malaysia is subjected to such a disgrace. The Registrar of Societies, Datuk Md Alias Kalil, issued…

www.thestatesman.net BARIPADA, INDIA, March 8, 2009: The villagers of Kishoripur in Betanoti area dug up a 2.5-foot-tall granite statue of the Goddess Chandi today. The statue has been installed in a local temple, in a ceremony attended by thousands of devotees. Local historians believe the statue might have been concealed for safekeeping when Kala Pahad had attacked the state, destroying…

www.thestar.com QUEBEC, CANADA, February 28, 2009: Attendance is down at Catholic churches in Quebec, whose population–more than elsewhere in Canada–has turned its back on organized religion. Fewer than ten percent here attend mass. Virtually every parish is faced with the dilemma of what to do with a church it can no longer afford to maintain. Some churches have found new…

www.sewausa.org USA, March 9, 2009: Sewa International invites youth aged 18-30 to participate in an exciting summer internship. This year, Yuva for Sewa offers projects in both India and the US. In Maharashtra and Bangalore, projects include health-related activities (including volunteering in hospitals and promoting Ayurveda, traditional Indian herbal medicine), educational enhancement, empowerment of women, rural development, vocational training, social…