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By Rajiv Malik Hundreds of thousands of devotees participate every year in the nine-day Navaratri festival in honor of the […]

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By Mangala Prasad Mohanty Only the hardest of hearts could lack compassion for an environmental conservation program like the Sri

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By Gilles Flament It is late afternoon in a small village on Reunion, a mountainous island nation about the size

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A Pluralisim Solution Hinduisms view of religious coexistance holds the answer to the delima of religious conflict BY JAY PRAKASH

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Sanskrit a Unifying Force I agree with the two points that Mrs. Vittal made about the priests’ decline in Hinduism

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‘Amma’

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By Kesava Mallia Besides the unique way it’s construction was originally inspired, the famous Adhi Parasakthi Temple of Melmaruvathur, just

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By Vrindavanam S. Gopalakrishnan Visitors to the famed Krishna temple at Guruvayoor in Kerala seldom skip visiting the nearby Punnathur

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By Helen Fazio and Julie Rajan The long, slender limbs of Lord Nataraja arch gracefully through the air with purpose,

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