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p class=”source”a HREF=”http://www.divyajivan.org/divya_tour2006/index.htm”www.divyajivan.org/a/p p class=”summary”AHMEDABAD, INDIA, July 28, 2008: The Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad is pleased to bring you the news of Pujya Swami Adhyatmanandaji’s “Divya Tour 2008 ” to UK, USA Canada (July 29, 2008 – November 21, 2008). There are Yoga, Pranayam and Meditation sessions in the morning and Spiritual discourses in the evening. br /br /Swamiji’s USA tour…

www.thecheers.org INDIA, July 25, 2008: Is Guwahati the site where the ancient kingdom of Kamrupa existed? This and many more questions, which are still mired in controversy, could be answered more vividly when the archeologists excavate the entire Bhaitbari-Tikrikilla area in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district. Wadagokgre is the site of an ancient civilization; believe to be cast out of…

www.hinduismtoday.com When I rest, I rust.    Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1992), founder, Chinmaya Mission, VHP

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timesofindia.indiatimes.com UNITED STATES, July 24, 2008: This summer young Gujarati teenagers across the US are getting a better understanding of ancient Hindu scriptures such as Bhagavad Gita, Vedas, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Regional kishore conventions organized by BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha are a huge draw with youngsters who not only learn about the values contained in these scriptures but also how the…

news.bbc.co.uk ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, July 27, 2008: Love really does hurt, just as poets and song lyric writers claim. New brain scanning technologies are revealing that the part of the brain that processes physical pain also deals with emotional pain. And in the same way that in some people injury can cause long-lasting chronic pain, science now reveals why some will…

youtube.com USA, July 27, 2008: HPI reports on a precious video with 50-year-old footage of an abhishekam being done at Tirupati. The Deity is clearly seen here, usually only shown decked out in clothes, jewels and garlands. A very devotional piece. Click on the link above to see it.

news.xinhuanet.com PREAH VIHEAR, CAMBODIA, July 24, 2008: Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen agreed Thursday not to refer both countries’ ongoing land dispute to the UN Security Council, but resume to bilateral means to solve it, said a senior official. According to the premiers’ oral agreement, both sides will initiate foreign minister negotiations on Monday…

news.bbc.co.uk ORISSA, INDIA, July 24, 2008: High in the monsoon mists in eastern India there is place called Golgola, home of the Dongria Kondh. Only 7,950 of them are left today. They have lived in the Niyamgiri hills in a remote part of eastern India’s Orissa state for centuries and survive by gathering fruit, growing small crops of millet and…

www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/neighbours/story.html CALGARY, CANADA, July 17, 2008: The Hindu Society of Calgary held a Guru Purnima fundraising event on Friday, July 18. Guru Purnima is the full-moon day in the month of July, that recognizes the spiritual gurus, their teachings and their lives. To celebrate, a cultural program learned in the traditional guru shishya parampara (teacher-student tradition) method was planned, says…