Source INDIA, July 27, 2018 (The Hindu): News of the Mahakumbabishekam of Sri Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi came as a surprise. And it was happening after two centuries, 238 years to be precise. History has it that Rani Ahalyabai Holkar of Indore built the present temple and dedicated it without much fanfare in 1780. Ever since no consecration has been…
Source That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal Religion because it embraces all others.— Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950)
Source GEORGE TOWN, MALAYSIA, August 15, 2018 (Free Malaysia Today): Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P. Ramasamy said a draft law to oversee interests of Hindus in the country will be presented to the country’s top leadership so that it can be enacted in Parliament. Ramasamy said the proposed federal law will see the creation of Hindu Endowment Boards (HEBs)…
Source MAURITIUS, July 20, 2018 (Bharata Bharati, World Hindu Foundation): We proclaim and affirm our acceptance of the unity of life and the relationship of all beings as divine and the Dharmic way of life as the way to tranquillity of the individual, family, community and world. The Dharma Shastras of Sanatana Dharma recognize that divinity resides in the heart…
KAUAI, HAWAII, August 15, 2018 (HPI): Hinduism Today is seeking a philosophically astute book reviewer to undertake writing a 1,200 word review of the newly released book by Swami Paramtattvadas of the Swaminarayan Fellowship. It is a scholarly work that presents the unique Vedanta of BAPS in an idiom the author developed at Oxford. A modest remuneration and full attribution…
Source INDIA, April 16, 2018 (Quora, by Ram Abloh): Sanskrit was the spoken language of ancient India, in spite of what the modern miscreants would like you to be indoctrinated with. The feature that distinguishes a spoken language from a purely literary or artificially constructed language is that the former quickly develops variants, whereas the latter is frozen forever. All…
Source BENGALURU, INDIA, August 12, 1018 (Yahoo News): Speaking here on Sunday to students and faculty of Dayanand Sagar on their graduation day, Takayuki Kitagawa, Consul General of Japan, stated, “You will be surprised to know that the town near Tokyo has its origin from Lakshmi temple. Kichioji means Lakshmi temple in Japanese.” Recalling the influence of India on Japanese…
Source One who is established in a comfortable posture while concentrating on the inner Self naturally becomes immersed in the Heart’s ocean of bliss.— Siva Sutras III, 16
Source When the Creator dances, the worlds He created dance. To the measure that He dances in our knowledge, our thoughts, too, dance. When He in heart-endearing dances, the several elements, too, dance. Witness in rapture surpassing the dance of that One who is a glowing flame.— Tirumantiram, 2786
Source BUTUAN CITY, PHILIPPINES, August 13, 2018 (Philstar): As the United States government plans to return the historic Balangiga bells to the Philippines, relatives of the Manobo woman who found the Golden Tara in 1917 along Agusan River want the relic returned too. The 13th century 21-karat Golden Tara, considered as one of the most important archeological discoveries in the…