www.hindu.com MADURAI, INDIA: A major effort is under way to restore the centuries-old pillars of the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple to their original state. The pillars will be cleaned scientifically. Under a restoration process using non-toxic chemicals, technicians have begun to remove multiple coats of limestone, paint and other artificial substances that have accumulated on the pillars. Initially, 350 pillars would…
www.daijiworld.com MANGALORE, INDIA, September 10, 2008: State primary and secondary education minister Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri told teachers today that the prevailing Lord Macaulay Education System in India should be abandoned. Addressing the gathering at a one-day seminar for teachers at Swami Vivekananda Auditorium, Kageri said that the present education system is responsible to the chaos in the society and it…
www.hindu.com BANGALORE, INDIA: Twelve Christian prayer halls were attacked Sunday, allegedly by pro-Hindu groups, in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikmagalur districts of Karnataka. At least eight were attacked Dakshina Kannada district alone, and three in Mangalore; and one person was stabbed. In Kankanady, police prevented an attack and arrested three persons. Thousands of Christians took to the streets to protest…
www.hinduismtoday.com Everything is permanent, until it changes. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
www.hinduismtoday.com Alas for me, I cannot rest. This floating bubble, Earth. Its hollow form, its hollow name, its hollow death and birth. For me is nothing. How I long to get beyond the crust of name and form! Ah, open the gates; to me they open must. Open the gates of Light, O Mother to me, Thy tired son. I…
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worldsreligionsjamia.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 17, 2008: The congress on “World’s Religions After September 11 – An Asian Perspective” will meet in New Delhi from January 17-20, 2009 at the Jamia Millia Islamia University campus. The Congress is being hosted by the recently established Center for the Study of Comparative Religion and Civilizations at the university. This Congress is a…
www.thestatesman.net NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 13, 2008: The VHP’s central governing body will deliberate on ways to further intensify their campaign against religious conversion in Kandhamal, Orissa, and north-eastern states at its two-day brain storming session beginning on 25 September. About 300 leaders from across the country, Shankaracharya and top VHP leaders will take part in the meeting, VHP sources…
www.sindhtoday.net AHMEDABAD, INDIA, September 14, 2008: Gujarat’s biggest religious congregation is happening at Ambaji, with over 600,000 pilgrims visiting the temple town in just four days. “The authorities are expecting about 2.5 million pilgrims to take part in the congregation,” said P.K. Jadeja, the administrator of the Ambaji temple, about 124 miles from here. Volunteers from Mumbai, Surat, Ahmedabad and…
Source: Press Release HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA, September 17, 2008: In the wake of Hurricane Ike, Hindu temples have been stepping forward to help those in need. The BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Stafford was open on Sunday and served food to over 500 people. BAPS volunteers also served 400 hot meals at a Stafford shelter which has been set up by…