Source VARANASI, INDIA, February 24, 2017: The annual festival in honor of God Shiva, Maha Shivaratri, is celebrated in the dark fortnight or Krishna Paksha on the 13th day or the 14th night of Phalguna or Maagha month (February or March). This year, Maha Shivaratri 2017 will be celebrated on Friday, February 24. Maha Shivaratri, the most significant festival for…
Source A person who has realized the principle of nonviolence has God-given strength for his weapon, and the world has not yet known anything that can match it. — Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Source HYDERABAD, INDIA, February 22, 2017 (India Today): Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, popularly known as KCR, offered jewelery worth about US$834,000 to Lord Venkateswara Swamy in Tirumala Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh on behalf of his government on Wednesday morning. KCR, who was the flag-bearer of the agitation for a separate Telangana state, had taken a vow during the…
Source When you demand nothing of the world, nor of God, when you want nothing, seek nothing, expect nothing, then the Supreme State will come to you uninvited and unexpected. — Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981), Indian teacher and philosopher
Source ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA, February 19, 2017 (adelaidenow.com): The Shri Ganesha Temple in Oaklands Park has been given the go-ahead to start work on a US$325,000 expansion. Hindu Society of South Australia president Siva Selva said work would start in September or October on a redevelopment of the Dwyer Road site. Marion Council’s Development Assessment Panel last week approved the plans,…
Source ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, February 18, 2017 (Hindustan Times): The upper house of Pakistan’s Senate passed the much-awaited Hindu marriage bill on Friday, awaiting the President’s signature to become a law. The bill, which had been approved by the lower house in September 2015, will help Hindu women get documentary proof of their marriage. It will be the first personal law…
Source You are perfect this very moment. You are all that you will ever be. If you don’t see it that way, then you live in a difficult state of affairs, striving toward perfection and being imperfect along the way. — Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Source NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, February 18, 2017 (rubin Museum): OM is central to many Asian religious traditions and has endured for more than three thousand years. The sound has been called “elemental” and “universal,” serving as a preface to prayers and chants. Become a part of the history of this sacred syllable by learning about its importance and…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, February 9, 3017 (BBC): The multi award-winning travel documentary series The Real Marigold Hotel returns with a new line-up of senior stars, for a brand new Indian adventure. Catch the new series of The Real Marigold Hotel on BBC One from Wednesday 15 February at 9pm. Inspired by, but unrelated to the blockbuster film, The Real Marigold…
Source UNITED STATES, February 15, 2017 (Pew Forum): On the heels of a contentious election year in which partisan politics increasingly divided Americans, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that when it comes to religion, Americans generally express more positive feelings toward various religious groups today than they did just a few years ago. Asked to rate a variety…