www.hinduonnet.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, October 2, 2008: Priests and devotees of the Lord Venkatesvara temple are celebrating the annual nine-day Navaratri Brahmotsavam festival, which began Wednesday. Over a million devotees from are expected to participate, coming from all over the world. The festival began with the chanting of Vedic hymns as the high priests hoist the traditional Garuda flag to the…
www.hinduonnet.com MYSORE, INDIA, September 30, 2008: Dusshere, Karnataka’s most prominent festival and part of the Navaratri celebrations, began atop the Chamundi hills here with the centenarian Sri Shivakumara Swamiji of Siddaganga mutt lighting the traditional lamp to inagurate this annual event. The nine-day festival showcases the art and culture of Mysore in all its splendor as the city comes alive…
www.hindustantimes.com JAMMU, INDIA, September 29, 2008: Starting Tuesday, the Vaishno Devi hill shrine in Jammu and Kashmir is celebrating the annual nine-day Navaratri festival. Lasting through October 8, the festival will be held at the shrine and its base camp at Katra. There will be cultural and religious events, including nightly processions, as well as competitions like food, devotional songs…
pib.nic.in TOKYO, JAPAN, September 29, 2008: Namaste India, held September 27-28 this year, has grown from its small beginnings into a mega-carnival that celebrates the very best of India in the heart of Japan. One of the largest Indian festivals held overseas, it provides a window to Indian culture and economy for the Japanese people, celebrating India’s diversity and uniqueness…
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www.ibnlive.com JODHPUR, RAJASTHAN, September 30, 2008: The stampede started after a rumor that a bomb had been planted at the temple. At least 147 people have been killed and over 425 injured in a major stampede at the Chamunda Devi Temple in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, where devotees had gathered in large numbers on the occasion of the start of Navaratri. According…
mandirsangam.vhp-america.org ROMULUS, MI, USA, September 30, 2008 (Press Release): Hindu Temple Executives representing 113 Temples and Hindu Organizations from more than 25 states of US and Canada and Caribbean converged in Romulus, MI to attend the Third Hindu Mandir Executives Conference (HMEC), from September 26, 2008 through September 28, 2008. They traveled from as far as British Columbia in Canada,…
www.hinduismtoday.com What I feel right now is just bliss. Daily life tires the soul as well as the body. This one day, this one bath, is like a new birth for my soul. Vivek Ananda Shastri, 28, teacher, after bathing at the January 2001 Kumbha Mela
www.hinduonnet.com HYDERABAD, INDIA: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the governing body managing the wealthy Lord Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati, has decided to gold-plate the entire Ananda Nilayam (the sanctum sanctorum inside the hill shrine) both inside and out. At present, only a portion of Ananda Nilayam is covered with gold. Board Chairman D. K. Adikesavulu Naidu, announcing the plans, said that…
www.dnaindia.com INDIA, September 26, 2008: Within the space of a decade, India has become the world capital for diabetes, hypertension and heart ailments. Obesity is on the rise as well. The spurt in cardiovascular diseases has been the most steep and rapid–currently 14%, in contrast to 11% in 2003 and just 1% in 1960. Western countries, implementing strict anti-smoking laws…