www.hindu-blog.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, January 20, 2009: The hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala Tirupati will be closed on January 26 due to Suryagrahanam, a partial solar eclipse on that day. The temple will be closed from 6 am to 6 pm. All Sevas in the Srivari Temple including Suprabhatam, Thomala, Archana, Archana Anantara Darshan will not be performed. January…
RNS LONDON, UK, January 20, 2008: A government-sponsored opinion poll in Britain has found that religion has displaced race as the most divisive issue facing the nation. The survey, conducted by the respected Ipsos MORI research organization for the government’s Equalities and Human Rights Commission, says 60 percent of respondents believe religious intolerance has become a bigger headache than racial…
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…
www.hinduismtoday.com The pilgrimage toward any experience starts with your first concept of it. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
www.doe.virginia.gov VIRGINIA, USA, January 19, 2009: HPI has just become aware of the successful outcome of Hindus in Virginia to change the State’s curriculum for teaching of Hinduism as part of world history. Rakesh Bahadur, with others, spearheaded the effort. The entire curriculum revision for the State may be downloaded at the URL above. One can then search “Hinduism” to…
www.hafsite.org WASHINGTON, DC, USA, January 20, 2009: [Press Release] Hindu temples throughout the United States marked the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama with the ringing of temple bells, lighting of sacred lamps, the sweet scent of burning incense and melodic recitations from holy Hindu scripture. The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) invited leaders of Hindu temples across America to participate in…
thestar.com.my GEORGETOWN, MALAYSIA, January 19, 2009: The Hindus in Penang are unhappy with the Penang Hindu Endowment Board’s interference in the organizing of the silver chariot procession on Thaipusam eve. Hindu Action Network chairman G. Mugunthan said yesterday that from the public feedback he received, the Hindus were “disturbed and uncomfortable” with the board’s interference. “The Chettiar community has been…
www.hinduismtoday.com Like treasure hidden in the ground, like flavor in the fruit, like gold in the rock, and oil in the seed, the Absolute is hidden in the heart. Akka Mahadevi, twelfth-century Vira Saiva saint
HPI WASHINGTON, DC, USA, January 20, 2009: [From President Obama’s inaugural speech] “For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus – and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this earth; and because we have tasted the…
www.fijilive.com FIJI, January 20, 2009: Fiji’s largest Hindu organization wants the local police to stop a group of people who are using its name to swindle money from members of the public. Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji secretary Vijendra Pratap told Fijlive, “somebody has tried to use the name of a Hindu temple to get money out of…