Digital Dharma Web Sites

Below are links to all web sites covered in the Digital Dharma pages of Hinduism Today since 1997.

This list in its current form is designed to be an aid to those who might recommend new web sites to be reviewed. Criteria for sites considered for review in Hinduism Today include:

Sites that have deep, unique and educational content of value to Hindus.
Sites that help Hindus globally.
Sites that offer useful resources for the Hindu lifestyle, even if not specifically religious or spiritually oriented. They offer in-depth or very useful content related to areas we should all be aware of: technological advances, economic issues relevant to the Hindu community, health, family, diet related, etc.
Sites that are "news" in the sense that they are indicative of new trends or issues of importance that are showing upon the Internet or which have a significant message for humanity.
Sites previously reviewed which, after several years, have made major upgrades we should all be aware of.

Typically we do not review sites in the following categories:

Sites which are re-iterating the basics of ayurveda, jyotisha, basic yoga.etc., whose main focus is marketing health care, consultations or yoga classes. There is very little that is new for Hindus at these sites which have proliferated in huge numbers on the internet. Such companies can advertise in the magazine.
Sites requiring payment to access their resources.
Sites that are "localized." For example, a temple in Florida or Paris may have a great web site, but its resources only serve the people within a 100 mile radius of the temple. (listing puja times, class schedules and festival days, etc.)
Sites that are primarily commercial in natureÑunless their products are uniquely valuable in enhancing Hindu dharma in our lives and accessible worldwide.
Sites that are "quasi-Hindu."

Send your recommendations to letters@hindu.org

Note: Be aware that many from earlier years have closed down and the links no longer work, but we keep them here as a reference. In many cases "domain sharks" have bought out domains where organizations have forgotten to pay their registration fees on time. In some cases these "domain brokers" try to resell the domain name or use it to deliver objectional content. If you should run into one of these, please let us know and we will remove it from the listing and from the original page. If your domain was so stolen and you have a new one, please send us the new domain name and we will replace it in the review of your web site in the original page and on this listing.

Listings are by issue and by alphabetical order. The Listing by Year, Issue has links to both the original page and links to the sites themselves. The Alpha Listing (coming soon) only links back to the original Digital Dharma review page, where you can read our review. We recommend you use the FIND function in your browser to search on this page. If you don't find a site, then scan the Alpha Listing to see if you can spot the site. If you don't find it, then you may assume it has not been reviewed, and submit it as a recommendation.

Listing by Year, Issue

Click the issue link (e.g "1997, March") at the top of each set to go to the digital dharma page where you can read the reviews to sites that are linked below it. Click any link to go to the web site. Many links are no longer functional. We will eventually upgrade this list to indicate sites that have disappeared. Feel free to keep us informed of any thing you find regarding these sites.

1997, January