Source BLACKTOWN CITY, AUSTRALIA, October 7, 2020 (Mirage News): Homes and businesses across Blacktown City are about to be lit up. Nominations have now opened for this year’s Blacktown City’s Diwali Lights Competition. The ancient Hindu festival of Diwali celebrates the victory of light over darkness, with observers around the world lighting lamps and candles in and around homes and…
Source Austerity is the powerful bath of fire and bright rays of showering light that washes the soul clean of the dross of its many past lives, and of the current life, which have held it in the bondage of ignorance, misgiving, unforgivingness and the self-perpetuating ignorance of the truths of the Sanatana Dharma. — Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder…
Source A millennium before Europeans were willing to divest themselves of the Biblical idea that the world was a few thousand years old, the Mayans were thinking of millions and the Hindus billions.— Carl Sagan (1934-1996), astrophysicist and author of Cosmos
Source UNITED STATES, October 6, 2020 (The Fool): A recent survey of teen likes and dislikes discovered that that out of almost 10,000 teens surveyed, 47% either already eat or are willing to try eating plant-based meat, with Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods being two of their most recognized brands. The researchers noted that openness to trying new things–such as…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, September 18, 2020: “India’s Popular Impact Today,” just published at “source” above, is the fifteenth and last song in Hinduism Today’s History of Hindu India Music Video series. It is a song for children intended to complement the fifth chapter of our popular History of Hindu India documentaries, “21st Century India.” The documentaries and songs neatly supplement…
Source He is the Supreme Brahman, the Self of all, the chief foundation of this world, subtler than the subtle, eternal. That thou art; thou art That.— Atharva Veda, Kaivalya Upanishad
Source THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, September 28, 2020 (Deccan Chronicle): The Kerala government on Monday decided to allow only a limited number of devotees to the Sabarimala hill shrine during the annual pilgrimage season including Makaravilakku. Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that notwithstanding the restrictions imposed on the number of devotees, all rituals and ceremonies at the temple will be held as…
Source Your heart is the temple where God should be enshrined. Your good thoughts are the flowers, your good words the hymns, your good deeds the rituals. And love is the offering.— Mata Amritanandamayi Ma, Kerala-based hugging saint and Hinduism Today’s Hindu of the Year 1993
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, September 29, 2020 (Washington Post): The old palace courtyard packed with hundreds of thousands of people each year during the Indrajatra festival is deserted, the temples are locked and all public celebrations are banned by the government to curb the coronavirus. Autumn is the festival season in predominantly Hindu Nepal, where religion, celebrations and rituals are big…
Source MADURAI, INDIA, August 17, 2020 (YouTube): Madurai, Tamil Nadu on the banks of the Vaigai River is Tamil Nadu’s second largest city and possibly the oldest. The Meenakshi Amman temple is a wonder of art and architecture and one of the largest temples in South India. The towering outer gopurams are Madurai’s distinctive landmarks–these pyramid shaped gateways are embellished…