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…
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)
www.hinduonnet.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, July 16, 2008: Nepal’s main royal palace will soon open as a public museum offering a glimpse of centuries of royal life, including a jewel-studded crown, a king’s throne, royal attires and a vintage car with a peculiar history, the government said on Monday. Home Secretary Umesh Mainali said the target was to complete work in a…
www.hinduismtoday.com JAFFNA, SRI LANKA, July 16, 2008: Dr. Thangamma Appakutti passed away on Sunday noon, at the age of 84 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Her contributions toward the Tamil Hindu community of Sri Lanka in the areas of social services and education made her one of the most outstanding Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu leaders of the last decades. In 2007,…
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www.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON, D.C. June 14, 2008: [HPI note: We were surprised to see this negative report on the “Speak Sanskrit” movement in India and Sanskrit in general, which includes statements including, “Such camps, run by volunteers from Hindu nationalist groups, are designed to promote a language long dismissed as dead….” “Dismissed as dead” is an inaccurate statement given that Sanskrit…
www.hinduonnet.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, June 10, 2008: The sacred laddu “prasadam,” popularly known as “Tirupati Laddu” at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala near here, would soon get patent rights under Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act. The sources said the famous Tirupati laddu was introduced at the hill temple some eight decades ago. Over 25…
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www.business-standard.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 12, 2008: Close on the heels of its animated feature film The Return of Hanuman, the Thiruvananthapuram-based Toonz Animation is readying an animated television series on Shiva. In an exclusive chat with Business Standard, Toonz Animation Chief Executive Officer (CEO), P Jayakumar, said: “We are venturing into a different format, which would be close to…
www.telegraphindia.com CUTTACK, INDIA, June 13, 2008: Thirty-two black granite statues, believed to be more than 800 years old, have been found from a well inside the precincts of the 12th century Chateswar-Bateswar Temple in Choudwar. “We stumbled upon the exquisite pieces when we were clearing the well. The work began from Sunday,” said Gagan Bihari Raul, the head of the…