www.deccanherald.com KARNATAKA, INDIA, January 13, 2009: [HPI Note: we bring you a few of the many reports about the last days’ celebrations of Makar Sankranti, Pongal and Magh Bihu]. Pongal is a happy and prosperous time for Tamilians. Apart from being the first festival of the New Year, it is the time of harvest and prosperity. In Karnataka and Andhra…
Press Release HOUSTON, TEXAS, January 14, 2009: The annual Makar Sankranti and kite flying festival saw a high turnout of Indian Americans in the Houston area, considering the cold temperature and the stiff wind that took the mercury to near freezing on Sunday, January 11, at the George Bush Park in far west Houston. This is the biggest event organized…
www.intervarsity.org MADISON, WISCONSIN, January 5, 2008: The International Student Ministry has published two documents on how to convert Hindu college students to Christianity. Some excerpts are provided below. The articles lament the difficulties in converting Hindus, are recommends a method known as “friendship evangelism” by which the Christian feigns friendship with the Hindu for the purpose of converting him or…
www.hinduismtoday.com At this time in the Kali Yuga, ignorance is equally distributed worldwide, and wisdom has become an endangered species. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
www.thehindu.com PUDUKOTTAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, January 9, 2009: [HPI note: the Avudaiyar Koyil is a famed South Indian temple where Siva is worshipped as an immaterial lingam. Only the lingam’s base, or avudaiyar, exists in the sanctum]. A large number of devotees pulled the temple-car at Avudaiyarkovil, about 60 km from Pudukottai, on the occasion of “Thiruvathirai ther” festival on…
www.nytimes.com MEXICO CITY, January 20, 2009: (HPI note: Our founder, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, often expressed concerned about the effect of violent toys on young people. You can read his thoughts at https://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1992/03/1992-03-06.shtml). Over the Christmas holidays, Othon Cuevas Cordova, a Mexican congressman, had his life threatened, albeit in jest. His young nephew pointed a toy pistol that he had received…
www.hinduismtoday.com Though many people use God as a spare wheel, we need God in each and every moment of our life. His Divine Holiness, Pramukh Swami Maharaj, spiritual head of Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Puroshottam Swaminarayan Sanstha
indiannationalism.org DELHI, INDIA, January 8, 2008: A lively discussion on Maoist assault on Hindus’ holy place in Nepal Lord Pashupatinath temple took place today afternoon in the conference hall of India International Centre, New Delhi. The theme was- “Atheists Assault Faith.” It was organized by Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee research Foundation, a nationalist think tank. Former Governor and ambassador N.N.Jha,…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, January 9, 2008: Hundreds of people cried and sang in jubilation on Thursday as Hindu devotees began a victory march to celebrate the return of Indian priests to Nepal’s 17th century Pashupatinath temple and the pledge by the humbled Maoist government not to interfere in its management. “It is a victory for Hindus worldwide,” said Bharat Jangam,…
www.ptinews.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, January 9, 2008: Unhappy with the Maoist bid to interfere into the Pashupatinath temple management, the aides of priests today demanded that instead of the Prime Minister, the President should be made patron of the body overseeing the affairs of Nepal’s most revered Hindu shrine. In the past, the King as the head of the state used…