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…
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)
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…
www.hinduismtoday.com Many think of God only after receiving blows from the world. But blessed indeed is he who can offer his mind, like a fresh flower, at the feet of the Lord from his very childhood. One should practice renunciation in youth. Sri Sarada Devi (1853-1920)
www.chinmaya-chicago.org CHICAGO, IL, USA, March 2, 2009: From June 30 to July 5, Chinmayananda Yuva Kendra (CHYK) at Chicago will be holding their tenth annual Hindu youth camp for college students and young professionals. The week will be filled with wonderful and fulfilling experiences to help today’s Hindu youth reconnect with their culture and religion and rediscover some of those…