Daily Inspiration
Source Of all blessings we know of none greater than the begetting of children endowed with intelligence.— Tirukkural
Hindu Festival Draws Hundreds to Botley
Source UNITED KINGDOM, September 18, 2018 (Oxford Mail): Hundreds of people joined in Oxford’s first Ganesh Utsav festival. People of different cultures embraced the Hindu celebration in Botley on Saturday which boasted a colorful mix of traditional dress, dancing, singing and street food. The festival,which celebrated the elephant-headed God Ganesh’s birthday, ended with a procession of around 100 people from…
Hindu Ceremony Sees Lord Ganesha Statues Immersed in Sea at Clacton
Source UNITED KINGDOM, September 17, 2018 (Gazette): Hundreds of worshippers descended upon Clacton’s West Beach for a special Hindu ceremony. The ceremony of Ganesha Visarjan saw final offerings made to Lord Ganesha before two statues were taken out into the sea and immersed in the water on Sunday. It brought an end to ten days of prayer and celebration. The…
Maharashtra Rolls Out Red Carpet for Lord Ganesha
Source MUMBAI, INDIA, September 13, 2018 (Daiji World): Maharashtra rolled out the red carpet for the popular elephant-headed God, Lord Ganesha as the state immersed itself in the 10-day long and biggest public festival on Thursday. Around one million gigantic, big and small statues of Lord Ganesha have reached the homes of the commoner people, celebrities, industrialists and politicians, housing…
Daily Inspiration
Source Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.— Eknath Easwaran
Why Finland Won’t Let Go of the Swastika
Source FINLAND, September 198, 2018 (The Week): The swastika, a symbol most associate with the horrors of Nazi Germany, still adorns flags and military insignia in Finland. Critics argue that the emblem should be consigned to the history books owing to its racist connotations but the Finnish government has repeatedly rejected calls to restrict its use. Finland has used the…
Dancing Shiva at Art Gallery of South Australia Was Stolen from India
Source AUSTRALIA, September 18, 2018, (by Michaela Boland and Penny Timms, ABC): A 600-year-old dancing Shiva owned by the Art Gallery of South Australia has been identified as stolen from India, with authorities there commencing a bid for its return. Five years after suspicions were raised over the origins of the statue, Indian police this week linked it to a…
Daily Inspiration
Source Seek the Infinite, for that alone is Joy unlimited, imperishable, unfailing, self-sustaining, unconditioned, timeless. When you have this joy, human life becomes a paradise; the light, the grace, the power, the perfections of that which is highest in your inner consciousness, appear in your everyday life.— Swami Omkarananda. founder of Omkarananda Ashram, Rishikesh
How the World Hindu Congress was Unfairly Covered by the Indian Media
Source INDIA, September 12, 2018 (Daily O by Makarand Paranjape): I have just returned from the World Hindu Congress (WHC), September 7-9, Chicago, to discover that the event has been poorly, even unfairly, covered. This Congress, second in the series after its inaugural in November 2014, attracted over 2,500 delegates and participants from over 60 countries. It was superbly organised…
Permanent Secretariat Proposed for Hindus Worldwide
Source INDIA, September 12, 2018 (India Herald): Hindus worldwide should become more visible as positive change makers in their respective countries they call home, wherever they may be today, is the main consensus emerging from World Hindu Congress 2018, Dr. Abhaya Asthana, convener of the conference said at the concluding session in Sunday. The Hindu Political Conference, a subset of…