Source UNITED STATES, February 7, 2017 (Vegetarian Resource Group): Due to the generosity of an anonymous donor, The Vegetarian Resource Group each year will award $20,000 in college scholarship money to graduating U.S. high school students who have promoted vegetarianism in their schools and/or communities. One award of $10,000 and two awards of $5,000 will be given. Entries may only…
Source PENANG,MALAYSIA, February 7, 2017 (by Predeep Nambiar, Malaysia Today): The Penang Chettiars have refused to have their silver Thaipusam chariot run together with the hilltop Murugan Temple’s new golden chariot on the eve of Thaipusam Day, which falls on Feb 9. The Penang Hindu Endowments Board (PHEB), which manages the hilltop temple, said the inaugural golden chariot would now…
Source RAIPUR, INDIA, February 6, 2017 (Daily Pioneer): The 10th century statue of Lord Ganesha atop Dholkal hills of Dantewada district in insurgency-infested Bastar region of Chhattisgarh which was pushed down by unidentified miscreants some time back in a deep valley has grabbed global attention. Thanks to personal interest and concern displayed by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh who had…
Source Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin–to say that you are weak, or others are weak. — Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, February 4, 2017 (Times of India): A fire broke out in Srikalahasteeswara Temple premises in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor a short while ago: now doused, no casualties reported. Short video at “source” above. It appears to be a temporary yagasala structure in front of the temple rajagopuram which was consumed. Such structures, often made of wood and…
Source ORLANDO, FLORIDA, February 2, 2017 (Press Release): The Mahatma Gandhi Center for Non-Violence, Human Rights and World Peace at the Hindu University of America is organizing an international conference titled “Relevance of Sri Aurobindo and the Grand Visions of the Ancient Indian Wisdom” on May 4 and 5, 2017. The conference aims to focus on Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy and…
HPI GEORGE TOWN, MALAYSIA, February 5, 2017 (Hinduism Today): Dr. S.P. Sabharathnam, a renowned scholar of Saiva Agamas in Tamil Nadu, has weighed in on the controversy here regarding the Penang Hindu Endowment Board’s new golden chariot which will debut at the February 9th festival of Thai Pusam to Lord Murugan. According to this article, http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2150406, a group called the…
Source Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too self-full to seek other than itself. — Kabir (1440-1518), mystic Indian poet
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 31, 2017 (New York Times): Three years ago, Dr. Rajesh Yadav, an investigator with the India Epidemic Intelligence Service, moved to the city of Muzaffarpur, the site of one of the country’s most mysterious outbreaks. And he waited. Every year in mid-May, as temperatures reached scorching heights, parents took children who had been healthy the…
Source RUSSIA, January 18, 2017 (Radio Free Europe): A Russian computer programmer who was accused of conducting illegal missionary work after giving a lecture on yoga has been cleared of the charges by a court in St. Petersburg. The 44-year-old Dmitry Ugay was detained by Russian police in October while giving a talk on the philosophical origins of yoga after…