Source HYDERABAD, INDIA, January 12, 2018 (Deccan Chronicle): Priests and religious leaders have sought the documentation of murthis in ancient temples across the state to thwart stealing. The state has nearly 20,000 temples, including 12,000 temples that are under the endowment department. According to C.S. Rangarajan, hereditary priest at the famous Chilkur Balaji temple, many temples in the state do…
Source Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions: Why am I doing it? What might the results be? Can I be successful? Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, then proceed.— Chanakya (350-275 bce), Indian politician, strategist and writer
Source INDIA, January, 20, 2018 (Outlook India): The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Centre over a plea that questions the compulsory recital of Hindi and Sanskrit prayers with folded hands and closed eyes in state-run Kendriya Vidyalaya schools. The Public Interest Litigation filed by an advocate alleges that school prayers in the Kendriya Vidyalaya schools propagate Hinduism,…
Source INDIA, January 7, 2018 (India Today): The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) which manages the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateshwara in Tirumala of Andhra Pradesh has issued notices to 44 non-Hindu employees asking them to submit their explanation [of how they as non-Hindus got hired] before removing them. Till the year 1989, there was no restriction on recruitment process…
Source I loved my motherland dearly before I went to America and England. After my return, every particle of dust of this land seems sacred to me.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
KAUAI, HAWAII, January 7, 2018 (Hinduism Today): Hinduism Today is planning a feature story on the ashrams and monthly Girivalam around the sacred Arunachalam hill made famous by Ramana Maharishi. Correspondent Rajiv Malik and our photographer will be visiting the most famous ashrams, including Sri Ramana Ashram, Seshadri Swamigal Ashram, Yogi RamSurathkumar Asram, Esanya Madam, and Sri Thiruchy Maha Swamigal’s…
Source A person’s growth begins with dissatisfaction. Not content with the world, he seeks satisfaction by prayers to God; this purifies his mind and he longs to know God more than to satisfy his carnal desires. Then God’s grace begins to manifest. God will take the form of a guru and appear to the devotee, to teach him Truth so…
Source UNITED STATES, January 2, 2017 (Scientific American by James Hartzell): I spent many years studying and translating Sanskrit, and became fascinated by its apparent impact on mind and memory. In India’s ancient learning methods textual memorization is standard: traditional scholars, or pandits, master many different types of Sanskrit poetry and prose texts; and the tradition holds that exactly memorizing…
Source ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 3, 2017 (Religion News Service): The Magh Mela is an annual gathering of Hindu pilgrims in Allahabad, India, on the banks of the Triveni Sangam — the confluence of three rivers considered holy by Hindus: the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims make the journey over the 45-day period of Magh Mela,…
Source UNITED STATES, December 29, 2017 (Elementa Science): Strategies for environmental sustainability and global food security must account for dietary change. Using a biophysical simulation model we calculated human carrying capacity under ten diet scenarios. The scenarios included two reference diets based on actual consumption and eight “Healthy Diet” scenarios that complied with nutritional recommendations but varied in the level…