varietyasiaonline.com RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, January 26, 2009: Brazil’s main TV channel, TV Globo, started a new soap opera with daily episodes that is planned to air for the next six months. Each episode costs US$108,000. Called “A Path to India,” the stories are set in Rajasthan, Dubai and Rio de Janeiro. Filming crews are working in Jaipur and Agra.…
www.hinduismtoday.com When you react to a situation, do not re-enact it. Wait until the emotional nature has completely composed itself, then study your reaction. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
www.thehindu.com CHENNAI, INDIA, January 1, 2009: Many temples in and around Chennai own prime properties but have difficulties in either possessing them or collecting rent from their tenants. Revenue records show that about 10 acres in Valasarawakkam belong to the Agatheeswarar-Velveeswarar temples. But the temples can neither use the land nor obtain any revenue from it. Many private houses have…
www.hindu.com TIRUCHARIPALLI, INDIA, January 23, 2009: An ancient Vaishnavite temple in nearby Gopurappatti village is finally getting a facelift, thanks to the dedication of residents and other devotees. After a century of neglect, the temple had fallen into ruins; the gopurams (towers) and outer walls had caved in, and even the idol of the presiding Deity, similar to that in…
www.hinduismtoday.com Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being? Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), modern Hindu renaissance inspiration and disciple of Sri Ramakrishna
www.thehindu.com NALGONDA, ANDRA PRADESH, INDIA, January 21, 2009: A total of eleven Agama Patashalas, including one at Gopulaipalli in Nalgonda district, have been set up under the aegis of the Endowments Department to promote temple traditions and rituals in tune with the Agama Shastra, said Endowments Commissioner P. Sundara Kumar. Seven more Agama Patashalas will be established at various places…
The book explores the historical development of image worship, the importance of the temple itself, festivals, the manifestation of God as the various Deities of the Saiva, Vaishnava and Shakta sects, devotion as expressed in temple worship, dance, and more. The interrelations between different forms of worship and beliefs are brought out with great clarity. The book does contain some…
HPI MADURAI, INDIA: The Madras High Court Bench has directed the Executive Officer of the Ramanathaswamy temple at Rameswaram not to permit establishment of shops that might create security problems in and around the temple. The officer is to ensure that the shops do not endanger the safety of devotees, including VIPs, who visit the temple.
www.hinduismtoday.com It is the unique and all-encompassing nature of Hinduism that one devotee may be worshiping Ganesha while his friend worships Subramaniam or Vishnu, and yet both honor the other’s choice and feel no sense of conflict. The profound understanding and universal acceptance that are unique in Hinduism are reflected in this faculty for accommodating different approaches to the Divine,…
www.thestatesman.net DEHRA DUN, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA, January 22, 2009: Robert Brayon, 61, an American citizen, today was cremated on the banks of the Saryu river in Bageshwar according to Hindu rituals, as he wished. He left money for his last rites and for a shanti moksha paath, a Hindu ritual for the deceased. Brayon, who was suffering from blood cancer, had…