Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, September 28, 2017 (Associated Press): The holiday of Diwali is starting to light up mainstream America. Diwali, a festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and others in India and other countries, has long been observed in immigrant communities around the U.S. But now public celebrations of the holiday are starting to pop up…
Source DHAKA, BANGLADESH, September 17, 2017 (Dhaka Tribune): India’s Tripura state will be supplying additional power to Bangladesh on the occasion of Durga Puja. Tripura’s Power Minister Manik Dey confirmed the matter and said: “Of the total power requirement of 450MW, Tripura would need 300MW for its own consumption while 150MW will go to Bangladesh.” He said Bangladesh generally receives…
Source You are God. I am God. Only one. You cannot separate me from you.— Satguru Siva Yogaswami (1872-1964), Sri Lanka’s most revered contemporary mystic
Source MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, September 23, 2017 (El Universal, translated from Spanish): After adults or children have a traumatic experience, like during the destructive earthquake of September 19th, it is highly likely that there will be symptoms of post-traumatic stress, a situation where the mind is constantly reliving images of the earthquake resulting in insomnia, headache and especially fear. One…
Source ALVDAL, NORWAY, September 11, 2017 (Ostlendingen, Google translation from Norwegian): It’s been 100 years since the Indian philosopher, poet and sage Swami Sri Ananda Acharya, known locally as Baral, came to Alvdal and settled down at Tronsvangen. On Saturday evening, September 16, this anniversary is celebrated with two and a half hours of musical and artistic celebration in the…
Source INDIA, September 24, 2017 (International Business Times): Soon, all the temples under the endowments department in Karnataka will be implementing a dress code. The Karnataka Rajya Dharmika Parishat (a quasi-judicial body formed by the government under the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Amended Act 2011) decided to make dress code compulsory to preserve the sanctity inside temples…
Source Devout Hindus meet a satguru and in seeing him, draw the darshan vibration from him, absorbing it into themselves. When we say someone is holy or saintly we are feeling the radiations of that divine energy flooding through him and out into the whole world.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source BALI, INDONESIA, September 22, 2017 (Coconuts Bali): Balinese Hindus have been conducting a number of ceremonies at Mt. Agung, trying to prevent a deadly eruption from the volcano, while Muslims across the island have been getting together and likewise praying that the island is spared from a great natural disaster. Agung, a volcano located in Karangasem, Bali, has shown…
Source SINGAPORE, September 22, 2017 (Straits Times): Solar and lunar eclipses usually draw many admirers eager to view the phenomenon, but there is a lesser known impact when they fall on the same day as the annual Thaipusam procession. As a result of a total lunar eclipse taking place on Jan 31 next year from 6.51pm to 11.11pm, the usual…
Source DUBAI, September 23, 2017 (Gulf News): Thousands of Hindu Indian expatriates in Dubai are recreating the vibrant Navratri festival which began on Thursday in India. Navratri (nav means nine and ratri means nights) symbolises the victory of positivity over negativity and culminates in the celebration of Dussehra, a tenth-day festival celebrating the victory of good over evil, where effigies…