Source INDIA, July 11, 2017 (Daily Beast): For one month a year, the icy waters of Roopkund Lake melt enough to reveal scattered skeletal remains of 200 humans who perished in the region 1,200 years ago. Because of the harsh conditions of the remote lake, nestled 15,750 feet in the Himalayan mountains of India bordering Nepal and only accessible via…
Source CAIRO, EGYPT, August 19, 2019 (Egyptian Streets): Cairo’s long awaited landmark “Hindu Palace” or “Baron Palace” will open its doors to welcome the public this October after its restoration is complete. Its much-needed renovation, which started in August 2017, was reported to cost over US$6 million. According to Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, 90 percent…
Source Hinduism is not a definite dogmatic creed, but a vast, complex and subtly unified mass of spiritual thought and realization. Its tradition of the Godward endeavor of the human spirit has been continuously enlarging through the ages. — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), philosopher, statesmen and second President of India
Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, August 18, 2019 (NY Times): Officials of the Indian government and the Metropolitan Museum of Art are discussing whether a number of prized antiquities that the museum began acquiring three decades ago were the product of looting by Subhash Kapoor, a Manhattan art dealer accused of being one of the world’s most prolific smugglers of…
Source IPOH,MALAYSIA, August 17, 2019 (Malay Mail): The Sri Maha Mariaman Temple in Kampung Dusun, Bertam was a wreck when Hindu worshippers entered the prayer hall and saw 15 Deities smashed or in a broken heaps. The sacrilegious vandalism looked like it could have been the work of a group, but police have zoomed in on one person they suspect…
Source Do you realize the sacred significance and the supreme importance of the guru’s role in the evolution of man? It was not without reason that the India of the past carefully tended and kept alive the lamp of guru-tattva. It is therefore not without reason that India, year after year, age after age, commemorates anew this ancient concept of…
Source Listen for silence in noisy places; feel at peace in the midst of disturbance; awaken joy when there is no reason. — Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source INDIA, August 15, 2019 (Fortune India): A unique project in Varanasi is pushing for modern development in the heartland of Indian antiquity. It may well become a model for historic precincts in the country as India develops economically. The Kashi Vishwanath corridor project, which is being personally supervised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and funded by the local Uttar…
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, August 15, 2019 (Press Release): The Center for Soft Power has undertaken a project to document those performing artists from Chennai who have acted as India’s Soft Power Assets globally. This project will take the form of interviews with 30 of Chennai’s most internationally recognized performing artists, and will look at their journeys and how they have…
Source When you obey laws of health, your body is your friend. When you love God, nature is your friend. When you love man, God is your friend. When you love hard work, success is your friend. When you possess an understanding heart, peace and harmony are your friends. Everywhere you have a friend. In all things there is a…