Source MUMBAI, INDIA, June 22, 2018 (Hindustan Times): Several Hindu outfits in Maharashtra have opposed the state government’s move to take control of the Shri Shaneshwar Devasthan at Shingnapur in Ahmednagar district. These outfits allege that the move is “anti-Hindu” and aimed at getting control over the huge donations given by devotees. “Why should a secular government manage Hindu temples?…
Source It is the unique and all-encompassing nature of Hinduism that one devotee may be worshiping Ganesha while his friend worships Subramaniam or Vishnu, and yet both honor the other’s choice and feel no sense of conflict. The profound understanding and universal acceptance that are unique in Hinduism are reflected in this faculty for accommodating different approaches to the Divine,…
Source Devotion must not be like the flood of the rainy season in which all get washed away. Devotion should be like the river that retains water even in the hottest season.— Saint Kabir (1440-1518)
Source LOPBURI, THAILAND, June 2, 2018 (Latin American Herald Tribune): Monkeys, said to be descendants of the Hindu God Hanuman, continued to live a life fit for kings on Saturday in the Thai city of Lopburi, where local authorities give them food twice a day by and allow them to roam freely in the streets and around temples. An estimated…
Source INDIA, June 21, 2018 (The HIndu): June 21 is being observed as International Yoga Day every year, after the United Nations accepted India’s proposal in 2014. This year, the national event was held at Dehradun’s Forest Research Institute with the participation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr. Modi highlighted the importance of yoga, a gift from India to the…
Source Look at the man who walks on a tight rope. He is performing various tricks, but his mind is only on the rope. So also, we may be doing various things, but our minds must be on God.” Sri Sri Sri Sivaratnapuri Tiruchi Mahaswamigal (“Trichyswami”) founder of Kailasa Ashram, Bangalore
Source INDORE, INDIA, June 17, 2018 (Times of India): Opposing the concept of “grihasth sant”, or householder saints (ie, married men who claim to be sadhus), the Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad has said that they do not accord “saint” status to married persons. The ABAP is an apex body of 13 major akhadas, or religious orders, of Hindu saints and…
Source REUNION ISLAND, June 18, 2018 (France TV Info, translated from French): The Hindu Temple of the Chaudron district of Saint-Denis is getting a new look. On the eve of its centenary, this place, deeply linked to the history of the importation of indentured labor from India and of the Chaudron district, is open again, after a little more than…
Source INDIA, June 18, 2018 (Economic Times): The much-awaited DNA study of the skeletal remains found at the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi, Haryana, shows no Central Asian trace, indicating the Aryan invasion theory was flawed and Vedic evolution was through indigenous people. The lead researchers of this soon-to be published study — Vasant Shinde and Neeraj Rai — told ET…
Source Parents must teach children to appreciate those who are different, those who believe differently; teach them the openness that they need to live in a pluralistic world where others have their unique ways, their life and culture; teach them the value of human diversity and the narrow-mindedness of a provincial outlook; give them the tools to live in a…