Source INDIA, May 18, 2019 (The Better India): Caron Rawnsley, a French-born Irishman in his early 70s, has spent the past five years cleaning Jodhpur’s famed stepwells, locally known as bawaris, jhalaras (square-shaped open stepwells with steps on three or all four sides), and lakes. Thus far, he has led efforts to clean 10 precious reservoirs including the Ram bawari,…
Source Those who cannot live in harmony with the world, though they have learned many things, are still ignorant. — Tirukural 140
Source INDIA, June 3, 2019 (Swarajyamag): The incidents displaying stark Hinduphobia of Christian missionaries continue to surface. Video clips have been doing rounds on social media showing evangelists unabashedly entering Hindu temples and ridiculing Hinduism, going as far as calling Hindu Deities “Satan” in front of the devotees. In another video, Christian missionaries try to enter Nanganallur Hanuman temple, ridiculing…
Source VIETNAM, June 3, 2019 (VN Express): A cluster of Hindu temples at My Son is on CNN’s list of abandoned sacred places. The UNESCO heritage site My Son Sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam is a complex of abandoned and partly ruined Hindu temples constructed between the 4th and 14th centuries by the Champa, a united kingdom…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, June 1, 2019: HPI is reaching out to find a great writer/communicator to create the text for four large (4′ by 8′) posters on the subject of Dharma in the US and the history/story of Hindus in American. The posters will seek to cover the principal aspects of dharma and to present how Hindus have brought Dharma…
Source UNITED STATES, May 28, 2019 (Religion News): HPI note: Hinduism Today has long encourage the development of a Hindu chaplaincy to serve in hospitals, the military and universities. This article helps explain their function. A common perception of clergy who work in hospitals is that they are there to perform last rites for the terminally ill, or prompt 11th-hour…
Source UNITED STATES, May 17, 2019 (Pragyata by Vamsee Juluri): The Wester media coverage of events in India have a heavy tilt where they repeatedly show Hindus in a bad light. There have been several news reports, analyses and opinion pieces published in important Western media outlets in the past few months about the ongoing elections in India. The New…
Source It is not a matter of becoming the Self, but of realizing that you never were not the Self. — Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Source Men who can brave death on the battlefield are common; but rare are they who can face an audience without fear. — Tirukural 723
Source RAJAHMUNDRY, INDIA, May 28, 2019 (Deccan Chronicle): Officials of the popular Lord Satyanarayana temple at Annavaram in East Godavari will impose a dress code on devotees who will visit the temple to perform rituals and puja from July 1. Temple officials said the male devotees will be required to wear a shirt, a dhoti and a kanduva shawl while…