KAUAI, HAWAII, July 13, 2021 (Hinduism Today by Sanjeevani Dedge, 12, California): If you ever visit villages in Maharashtra during Diwali, you will see a unique tradition as part of the festival celebrations: mud forts made by children in alleys, against walls in front and backyards. Actual forts themselves in India date back 2,000 years and were a core part…
The son’s duty to his father is to make the world ask, “by what great austerities did he merit such a son?” Tirukkural
INDIA, July 11, 2021 (Scroll.in): With travel paralysed by the Covid-19 pandemic struck, technology still allows us to visit far-flung places vicariously. It isn’t just museums and galleries that have made their spaces accessible digitally. Even the very specific tirtha yatra or pilgrimage, which is intrinsically tied to physical presence, is substituted online. More Hindu temples are embracing the concept…
KAUAI, HAWAII, July 9, 2021 (Hinduism Today by Lavina Melwani): The flourishing of Hinduism in America has generated many questions. How does one answer them? A snapshot of our history in America can start by showing how far we’ve come. When the first Indian immigrants came to America in the 1900s, all were simply known as “the Hindoos”–no matter what…
Whenever you have the chance, laugh as much as you can. By this all the rigid knots in your body will be loosened. But to laugh superficially is not enough; your whole being must be united in laughter, both inwardly and outwardly. Do you know how this is to be expressed? You literally shake with merriment from head to foot;…
JAKARTA, INDONESIA, February 14, 2020 (tanda-baco.co.id): | The Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan today attended the laying of the first stone for the house of worship for Hindus, especially ethnic Tamils, on Jalan Bedugul, Kalideres, West Jakarta on land donated by the government. The event was also attended by the Indian Ambassador to Indonesia, Pradeep Kumar Rawat, and various parties from…
Alas for me, I cannot rest. This floating bubble, Earth. Its hollow form, its hollow name, its hollow death and birth. For me is nothing. How I long to get beyond the crust of name and form! Ah, open the gates; to me they open must. Open the gates of Light, O Mother to me, Thy tired son. I long,…
TAMIL NADU, INDIA, July 5, 2021 (News Bricks): The curfew with additional relaxations in Tamil Nadu has come into effect from this morning. Temples across the state were opened for the darshans and prayers of devotees from early morning. Many relaxations are widened across the state from today. Since the temples were reopened after two months, the devotees came to…
KAUAI, HAWAII, July 5, 2021 (Hinduism Today): Welcome to Lion Sage, a spiritual adventure for children. Adapting an earlier work by Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, called Mystic Mouse, the editors of Hinduism today magazine enlisted Ashley Moore in California to redraw all of the art, adding color and her creative ability to tell stories with graphics. Lion Sage is a child’s version…
Just as, when we touch a live wire, the electric force infuses itself into our body, when we deeply meditate on God the power of the whole universe seeks entry into our personality. Swami Krishnananda, General Secretary, Divine Life Society