Daily Inspiration
www.hinduismtoday.com You don’t stop laughing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop laughing. Anonymous
Ganga To Be Declared A “National River”
pib.nic.in NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 4, 2008: At a meeting chaired by Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with Ministries of Water Resources, Environment and Forests and Urban Development in New Delhi today, a decision was taken to declare the Ganga a National River. It also created the Ganga River Basin Authority as an empowered planning, implementing and monitoring authority for…
Temple’s Treasures Wiped Out
www.hindu.com CHENNAI, INDIA, November 8, 2008: A 1,200-year-old Siva temple of the Pallava period at Tiruppulivanam village in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, has been wiped clean of its beautiful Chola-period paintings. The frescoes, about 975 years old, have been sand-blasted out of existence. The frescoes were painted perhaps during the rule of Rajendra I, on the northern prakara wall. Dr.…
Daily Inspiration
www.hinduismtoday.com O God of mercy who performs the dance of illimitable happiness in the hall of inconceivable intelligence! The Rig and the other Vedas are thundering forth in words, announcing to us that all are thy slaves, all things belong to thee, all actions are thine, that thou pervades everywhere, that this is thy nature. Such is the teaching of…
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www.hinduismtoday.com In the midst of great joy do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger do not answer anyone’s letter. Chinese Proverb
Utah Governor Keeps Lights On For Diwali
www.sltrib.com UTAH, USA, November 7, 2008: The smells of paneer pakora and stuffed okra filled the Governor’s Mansion on Friday night as Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. invited many from Utah’s Indian community to celebrate Diwali with him and his family. It all happens because two years ago, the Huntsmans adopted a daughter, Asha, from India. He told the crowd gathered…
Indian Congressman Says Hanuman Helped Obama
timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 5, 2008: Indian congressman Brij Mohan Bhama credits Barack Obama’s election to Lord Hanuman. “It was the magic of Pawanputra Hanuman that did it all,” asserts a convinced Bhama, who is also an Obama fan. “It is the triumph of Lord Hanuman on the soils of America.” The president-elect of the US said earlier this…
Six Thousand India Muslim Clerics Condemn Acts of Terror
www.hindustantimes.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, November 9, 2008: Nearly 6,000 senior Islamic clerics from around the country endorsed a fatwa (edict) against terror issued on May 31 by influential Islamic seminary Darul Uloom, Deoband. On Sunday, 50,000 more are expected to put their signatures on it, making it the biggest and clearest rejection of terror by Muslims. Darul Uloom, some 100 km…
Robbinsville Approves Plans for Hindu Temple Complex
www.robbinsvilleweb.com [HPI note: Yesterday’s editions of HPI had the first paragraphs of each item missing. This edition corrects it and presents the full version.] ROBBINSVILLE, NEW JERSEY, USA, October 28, 2008: The Robbinsville planning board has unanimously approved plans for a five-building Hindu worship complex to be built by BAPS Swaminarayan. The buildings will be erected on 37 acres of…