Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 13, 2017 (Times of India): The Pakistan supreme court is annoyed that some Hindu temples in the country’s Punjab province don’t have statues of the religion’s Gods, reported The Express Tribune. The country’s top court accused the province’s administration of negligence towards members of the Hindu community from around the world. “What impression of Pakistan…
Source MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, December 8, 2017 (Courant): The growing population of Hindus in the area has prompted a congregation’s proposal to build a temple in Manchester, a leader of a local congregation said. The planning and zoning commission is to consider an application from OM Foundation, Inc. to construct a 10,125-square-foot temple on vacant land on Burnham Street Ext. The…
Source INDIA, December 14, 2017 (Outlook India): The NGT on Wednesday had directed the Amarnath shrine board that there should be no chanting of mantras or jaykaras, no ringing of bells in the shrine. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday said that it has not declared Amarnath a “silent zone” and that it has only instructed devotees to maintain…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 12, 2017 (Times Now): The Ram Setu Bridge between India and Sri Lanka is not a natural formation as previously thought but man-made claims a special show on a popular international channel citing American scientists. If true, this could be a ground-breaking discovery with far-reaching implications. This finding, to be aired on a show called…
Source Hinduism is the most skeptical and the most believing of all religions. The most skeptical because it has questioned and experimented the most and the deepest, rejecting nothing but insisting on testing and experiencing everything. From this comes our scriptures and our beliefs: the Vedas, the Vedanta, the Gita, the Upanishads… But the most authoritative scripture is in the…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 12, 2017 (Times Now): The Ram Setu Bridge, also called the Adam ‘s Bridge, between India and Sri Lanka, was not a natural formation as previously thought but man-made, a special show on a popular international channel has claimed citing American scientists. If true, this could be a ground-breaking discovery with far-reaching implications. This finding,…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, USA, December, 15, 2018: Hinduism Today’s latest issue has gone to press and is now available online free of charge at “source” above. You can also download our free Hinduism Today app and get the entire magazine in a mobile-friendly format for your device at bit.ly/HT-APP. In his Publisher’s Desk editorial, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami returns to the…
Source The whole world is your school. See that all are you. You are the commander. You are the Commander-in-Chief! All are commanders; there is no greater or lesser. All are God. God sees God, God talks to God.— Satguru Yogaswami (1872-1964), Sri Lanka’s most revered contemporary mystic
Source INDIA, December 8, 2017 (MENAFN): It should come as no surprise that the first recorded use of the number zero, to be made as early as the 3rd or 4th century, happened in India. Mathematics on the Indian subcontinent has a rich history and thrived for centuries before similar advances were made in Europe, with its influence meanwhile spreading…
Source MOENCHENGLADBACH, GERMANY, December 6, 2017 (RP, translated from German): Finding a home for the community, that was the ultimate goal of the Hindu community when it first arrived. After 20 years and many relocations within the city, the goal has now come within reach. The foundation stone was laid in a solemn ceremony. On the grounds of the former…