Source PONDA, GOA, INDIA, May 11, 2019 (Herald): There’s a shortage of Hindu priests in Goa, and the shortfall is being made up by purohits from the neighboring States. Whether it is to celebrate marriages or at Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali, Tulsi vivah, Laxmi poojan when priests are required to perform the rituals at people’s homes, or on a daily basis…
Source INDIA, May 10, 2019 (Devdiscourse): The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday said there is no structural damage to the Konark Sun Temple, a World Heritage Site, due to Cyclone Fani, which made its landfall near Puri in Odisha on May 3. There is also no major damage to the Shree Jagannath Temple at Puri, a top Hindu…
Source Live morality before you talk of it. Practice meditation before you preach it. Taste goodness before you recommend it. Gain bliss before you offer it to others. — Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1993), founder of Chinmaya mission
Source MALAYSIA, May 5, 2019 (Tribune): Some 500 years back, a trading community from South India settled in Malaysia. They married native women and adapted to the local culture. Yet, the Chettis continue to hold on to their Indianness — they still have Hindu names and celebrate Diwali and Pongal. They carry Indian names but don’t look Indian, they speak…
Source KUTUPALONG, BANGLADESH, May 8, 2019 (Religion News): As talks restart this month about repatriating Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh back to Myanmar, neither country’s government has an answer for the fate of Hindu Rohingyas still stuck in Bangladesh. More than a million Rohingya have fled Myanmar to settle in at least 27 camps in neighboring Bangladesh. The refugees are commonly…
Source When diksha is given to a competent disciple, the guru enters into his soul, establishes himself as the disciple’s inner Self and by means of his power, removes all the impurities that limit the essential nature of the disciple’s Self. — Sarvajnananottara Agama
Source AUSTRALIA, October 30, 2018 (abc.net.au): [HPI note-we’re a bit late on reporting on this, but wanted to keep our readers informed. In Hinduism Today, April, 2018, issue we did an extensive report on Quintis company which had become the world’s largest sandalwood producer: https://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5851Just at the time of our story, the company declared bankruptcy and faced a bleak future.…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, May 8, 2019 (HPI): “That’s What Hindus Believe” is a song for children intended to supplement the popular History of Hindu India documentary “From Ancient Times.” The documentary and song, the second of three for this time period, neatly supplement the study of India and the Hindu religion in American middle schools. An easy way for kids…
Source Give yourself up to the wave, and you will be absorbed by the current; having dived into the sea, you do not return anymore. — Anandamayi Ma (1896-1982),
Source RAJAPUR, INDIA, May 7, 2019 (New York Times): In the evening breeze on a stony hilltop a day’s drive south of Mumbai, Sudhir Risbud tramped from one rock carving to another, pointing out the hull of a boat, birds, a shark, human figures and two life-size tigers. He was doing a brief tour of about two dozen figures, a…