World Hindu Congress a Success

Source CHICAGO, September 12, 2018 (dailyo.in, by Avatans Kumar): “It was like a mini Kumbh,” is how one of the 3,000 participants of the recently concluded World Hindu Congress (WHC) in Chicago described her experience. The World Hindu Congress, about which there was very little known just a few months ago, turned out to be a major rallying point for…

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Daily Inspiration

Source If you have not seen your own Self, if you have not pierced the knots of your Heart and washed away the filth of your mind, then what does it matter if you are a human being?— Kabir

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Following Path of Swami Vivekananda, World Hindu Congress Aims to Unite One Billion Hindus Around the Globe

Source CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, August 31, 2018 (India West by Ashok Easwaran): — A century-and-a-quarter after Swami Vivekananda’s rousing speech to the World Parliament of Religions here in 1893, the World Hindu Congress has declared its objective to re-connect the 1.1 billion Hindus worldwide with their common heritage and their spiritual link to people of all other denominations. For three days,…

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Hindu Press International is Back On-Line

HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, September 10, 2018 (HPI): Our apologies for being off-line for several days. A server upgrade took longer than expected. In particular, we’ve become tardy in putting out news on the now completed World Hindu Congress (Sept 7 to 9), and will catch up over the next few days.

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Daily Inspiration

Source One party says thought is caused by matter, and the other says matter is caused by thought. Both statements are wrong; matter and thought are coexistent. There is a third something of which both matter and thought are products.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)

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Malaysian Batu Caves Temple Steps Gets Technicolor Paint Job

Source MALAYSIA, August 31, 2018 ( South Chinese Morning Post):The Batu Caves complex, a series of caverns set in a limestone hill on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, is popular with devotees from Malaysia’s ethnic Indian minority and tourists, with a regular stream of people clambering up the 272 steps to reach the temples. The steps have been painted in…

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How Indian Names are Evolving in South Africa

Source CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, August 21, 2018 (IOL, by Yogin Devan): The first names of Indians are fast losing their Indian identity to modernization. This is so especially to a large extent within the Tamil community and to a lesser extent among those of Hindi background. The bestowal of non-traditional names is not an act of cultural betrayal. Creativity,…

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