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Ayurvedic Treatments Gain Popularity in Britain
www.hcilondon.net LONDON, UK, June 20, 2008: Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, is fast gaining popularity in the UK with Indian companies setting up treatment centers in London. A Kerala-style “panchkarma” treatment facility opened by the India-based Santhigram Company in the UK earlier this year has proved to be a success. The company has now opened another centre in…
Hindus Divided On “The Love Guru” Movie
www.religionnews.com USA, July 20, 2008: The latest character to test the good humor of Indian Americans is Mike Myers’ “The Love Guru,” a narcissistic spiritual leader whose goals in life are to meet girls and appear on “Oprah.” The film opened Friday (June 20) in theaters nationwide. Enough is enough, some Hindu activists claim. For them, lampooning a guru crosses…
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www.hinduismtoday.com A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him. Swami Chinmayananda (1917-1993), Vedantist writer, lecturer and Hindu renaissance founder of Chinmaya Mission International
The Societal Impact of Migration to British Colonies from India, 1873 to 1916
www.himalmag.com INDIA, June 26, 2008: (HPI note: This is a moving account from the Nepal-based magzine Himal of the experience, mostly of those who stayed behind, when tens of thousands of workers were shipped from the Bhojur region of India to the British colonies.) Nearly 150 years ago began an agonising saga of migration from the Bhojpur region of India.…
An Overseas Love For Their Tamil Heritage
www.hindu.com TIRUCHI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA: A group of 20 secondary-level school students of Tamil origin from Singapore is in Tiruchi as part of their “Immersion Program” to gain a first-hand understanding of the way Tamil is spoken in Tamil Nadu, and have an exposure to literary and cultural contexts. Being third or fourth generation residents of Singapore, most of the…
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www.hinduismtoday.com If you want to know how much you have progressed in your spiritual life, just look back and reflect on the changes. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
World Association for Vedic Studies Conference Opens June 27
www.wavesinternational.net ORLANDO, FLORIDA, June 19, 2008: Over three hundred scholars, students, professors, and other participants are expected to gather in Orlando, Florida, to sort out clues from ancient Indian wisdom for the coming generations in the modern context of social, economic, environmental, and political upheavals throughout the world. This gathering (click URL above) will be at the Seventh International Conference…
Meenakshi Temple Sculptures To Be Digitally Documented
www.hinduonnet.com MADURAI, INDIA: The famed Meenakshi temple has taken up a project to digitally document the thousands of magnificent sculptures adorning the nine towers of the shrine. Renovation of the various towers was underway now and the documentation would also help in preserving the originality of the sculptures, temple officials said. The digital pictures would give details about the position…
Hinduism Today Trinidad Correspondent Passes Away
www.hinduismtoday.com TRINIDAD, June 20, 2008: Anil Mahabir, long-time correspondent for Hinduism Today in Trinidad and the Carribean, passed away May 23, 2008. He was a graduate of the University of the West Indies, a teacher, journalism, radio host and, in his youth, a rather good cricket player. He provided some twenty stories to Hinduism Today since 1996.