indiapost.com NEW YORK, May 31, 2008: The Staten Island Hindu temple celebrated the Prana Pratistha, a ceremony during which the consecration of the Hindu deities Sri Shiva and Parvati, Sri Karthikeya, Durga Mata, Lakshmi Mata, Saraswati Mata, Sri Radha Krishna and Sri Hanumanji at the temple in a three-day ceremony, from May 23 to 25. This marks the third stage…
howrah.org LUCKNOW, INDIA, May 22, 2008: Sadhus, saints and religious leaders in Varanasi will embark on a new mission from next week. These religious leaders will perform shramdan (voluntary labour) to clean up the Ganga river in the holy city. Led by Swami Avimukteshwaranand, a representative of Shankaracharya of Jyotis and Sharda-Dwarka Peeth Swami and Swarupanand Saraswati, they will start…
www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, May 20, 2008: When older people can no longer remember names at a cocktail party, they tend to think that their brainpower is declining. But a growing number of studies suggest that this assumption is often wrong. Instead, the research finds, the aging brain is simply taking in more data and trying to sift through a…
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news.bbc.co.uk KATHMANDU, NEPAL, May 29, 2008: The Himalayan nation of Nepal has become the world’s newest republic, ending 240 years of monarchy. A constituent assembly meeting in the capital, Kathmandu, overwhelmingly voted to abolish royal rule. The Maoists, the largest party after laying down arms and standing in last month’s elections, were committed to ousting King Gyanendra. People celebrated wildly…
news.bbc.co.uk KATHMANDU, NEPAL, May 29, 2008: With the ending of the monarchy in Nepal, what is ex-king Gyanendra planning to do now – and what will take the place of the crown? There are reports that Gyanendra and his ex-queen, Komal, are already packing to leave the royal palace, Narayanhiti. Although they have had months to think about it, Nepal’s…
www.hindu.com CHENNAI, May 23, 2008: An ambitious project to conserve more than 200 ancientpaintings in the Siva temple at Kalakkad in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district is to be undertaken soon by the REACH Foundation, a non-governmental organization. The paintings on the inner walls of each of the nine tiers of the temple’s gopurams are about 400 years old and resemble…
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 5, 2008: A recent survey says that couples, if both partners are working, spend not more than 30 minutes a day with their children. Even more alarming is the finding that fathers may not even get that half an hour to interact with their kids. Not surprisingly, the surveyed parents come down hard on themselves,…
indiapost.com NEW YORK, May 25, 2008: The Staten Island Hindu temple celebrated the Prana Pratistha, a ceremony consecrating the Hindu deities Sri Shiva and Parvati, Sri Karthikeya, Durga Mata, Lakshmi Mata, Saraswati Mata, Sri Radha Krishna and Sri Hanumanji, from May 23 to 25. This marks the completion of the third stage of the temple dedicated to Shree Ram Parivar.…