www.hinduonnet.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, March 5, 2009: For the first time in Nepal’s history, the young girl worshipped as a living goddess by Hindus and Buddhists alike (and a major attraction for foreign tourists) has discontinued her much-awaited daily public appearances. Also for the first time, tourists have been stopped from entering her palace. “We took the decision Monday to protest…
www.hinduonnet.com BALI, INDONESIA, March 5, 2009: Despite all the talks about the ban on certain elements of yoga by the country’s top Muslim body, Indonesia formed its first yoga association on Thursday at the International Bali India Yoga festival. Formed under the aegis of Somvir, an Indian spiritual guru and academic who formed the Bali India Foundation to teach yoga…
Religion News Service NEW YORK, U.S., March 5, 2009: More than 40 years after they traveled to India to study transcendental meditation, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will reunite for the cause. The only two surviving Beatles, who rarely appear in public together, will perform at “Paul McCartney and Friends: Change Begins Within,” an April 4 benefit at New York’s…
www.organiser.org INDIA, March 03, 2009 : India is a secular republic, and secularism commands separation of state and religion. Yet State governments have taken over all prominent Hindu temples and shrines. This is an anti-secular act–and it is clearly discriminatory and anti-Hindu, since no Christian church or Muslim mosque has been touched, only Hindu temples. Article 25 of the Indian…
www.hindu-blog.com PURI, INDIA, March 3, 2009: Gobinda Dwadasi is an auspicious day which falls on the 12th day during the waxing phase of the moon in the Phalguna month. Gobind Dwadasi is considered highly auspicious by Vishnu devotees. In 2009, the date of Gobinda Dwadasi is March 8, which is of great significance at the Puri Jagannath Temple, because a…
www.hinduismtoday.com The future is the continuing summation of all our past actions and reactions, for there is only the moment in which we live. The eternal now is the only consciousness we have when living in the higher states of mind. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
www.theatlantic.com In October 1908, a brilliant article discussing India’s new nationalist movement appeared in The Atlantic. A summary follows; read the whole article at “Source” above. BOSTON, USA, January 1908: What is India’s Nationalist Movement? What has brought it into existence? What does it portend for the future of India, and the future relations between India and Great Britain? India…
www.thenews.com.pk KARACHI, PAKISTAN, February 28, 2009: Though the Sindh government claims that the Shri Varun Dev Mandir in Manora is protected under the Sindh Cultural Heritage Act, controversy persists over its jurisdiction. The Pakistan Navy claims that the temple falls in their jurisdiction, and also the powers to renovate and change it. In January this year, The News had learnt…
www.hinduismtoday.com There is one thing God cannot do. He cannot separate Himself from the soul. Yogaswami of Jaffna (1872-1964)
www.dailytexanonline.com AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA, February 24, 2009:The sounds of Bollywood music Monday accompanied an educational rally that launched the annual Hinduism Awareness Week at the University of Texas campus here. The rally, presented by the Hindu Students Council, aims to educate students and dispel common misconceptions about the religion; it is followed by a week of events, including guest speakers,…