www.boston.com NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA, May 15, 2008: Since the only Hindu temple in New Hampshire was shut down in January, a group of immigrants from India has been trying to rent a place in Nashua that can accommodate about 100 people. The group has about $1,500 a month to spend, after more than a dozen Nashua residents and businesses committed…
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com CHENNAI, INDIA, May 10, 2008: They’re known for their ability to evoke sorrow, to mourn the passing of relatives in a family, singing of the deceased’s life and achievements. The wailing women squat around a dead body singing oppari (dirge) songs choked throats. But these days, as there is nobody to sing these songs, the house-in-mourning plays songs of…
www.hinduismtoday.com PUDUCHERRY, INDIA, May 10, 2008: High-end devices have come to the aid of Lakshmi and Ganesh, the two temple elephants in the Union Territory. Micro chip implants would now help tracking the elephants and prevent illegal trading of the animals. On Monday, 17-year-old Lakshmi, belonging to the Manakula Vinayagar Temple, underwent the procedure for the micro chip implant. The…
www.yousendit.com MAY 14, 2008: The World Council of Religious Leaders has released the final report of the first Hindu leadership summit and meeting with Jewish leaders in Delhi last year. The report (18MB in size) can be downloaded at the URL above until May 21, 2008.
www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, May 14, 2008: Hinduism Today magazine produced remarkable material over the last 29 years, gems about Hindu spirituality and culture, metaphysics and philosophy, temple worship and enlightened saints. The best articles were compiled as a gorgeous 416-page book called “What Is Hinduism?” Now, remarkable plunge into Hinduism is about to become a series of documentaries. The Editors…
www.hinduismtoday.com Sitting in a state of meditation, you must be more alive and alert than a tightrope walker suspended without a net on a taut cable three hundred feet above the surface of the Earth. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
ap.google.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 13, 2008: A series of bombs exploded across the ancient city of Jaipur on Tuesday, killing at least 60 people and transforming busy markets, a jewelry bazaar and a Hindu temple into scenes of carnage. All seven blasts were within the old walls of the western city known for its pink-hued palaces, and suspicion quickly…
weddings.iloveindia.com INDIA, May 6, 2008: A Hindu wedding is all about rituals and customs, which teach us the actual essence of a married life. It tells us the values which should be followed after marriage to lead a happy married life. On the final day, the wedding vows are taken by the bride and the groom before the sacred fire…
www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, May 13, 2008: Over the past several years, scientific momentum has shifted away from hard-core materialism. The brain seems less like a cold machine. Instead, meaning, belief and consciousness seem to emerge mysteriously from idiosyncratic networks of neural firings. Now, scientists have more respect for elevated spiritual states. Andrew Newberg of the University of Pennsylvania has…