Source PARIS, FRANCE, August 29, 2016 (Euro News): More than 4,000 Hindu devotees and others celebrated the birth of the elephant God Ganesh in Paris as they paraded through the streets of the French capital in a festival held each year for the past 21 years. As the parade left the temple of Ganesh, devotees made their way through the…
Source ITALY, August 29 (First Page News): Sunday, August 28 over two thousand people came to the Gitananda Hindu Matha Ashram Monastery of Altare (SV) for the celebration of the Ganesha Festival, for many years an annual event for Hindus from all over Italy and neighboring European countries. The stream of devotees came walking the long dirt road that separates…
Source Is there a deeper tragedy than that of a man immersed in the pursuit of the not-self who has no time to realize the Divine Self within?— Sadhu Vaswani, (1879-1966) founder the Sadhu Vaswani Mission
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, July 8, 2016 (Swadeshi Indology Press Release): The Swadeshi Indology (SI) Conference series is a new movement that critiques & replaces the Western (videshi) study of Indian civilization. Rather than depicting Indian civilization as a cause of all sorts of problems, SI adopts a balanced approach. It explains how our civilization is also a source of solutions.…
Source By constantly repeating, “I am free, I am free,” a man verily becomes free. On the other hand, by constantly repeating, “I am bound, I am bound,” he certainly becomes bound. The fool who says only, “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” verily drowns himself in worldliness. One should rather say: “I praise the name of God.…
Source INDIA, August 26, 2016 (Aol Travel): Hundreds of people attending a Hindu festival in India’s western Maharashtra state on Thursday defied India’s Supreme Court order limiting the height of human pyramids due to safety concerns. Members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) regional party wearing T-shirts reading “I will break the law” formed a human pyramid 49 feet (15…
Source [HPI adds: Dahi-Handi is an Indian festival that involves youth groups forming human pyramids in the street during the festival and attempted to break an earthen pot filled with curd (in immitation of the child Krishna’s theft of such a pot) tied high above. These pyramids occasionally collapse with injuries to those involved.] MUMBAI, INDIA, August 17, 2016 (Indian…
Source WARANGAL, TELAGANA, INDIA, August 21, 2016 (The Hans India): HPI note: What isn’t said in this report is that this action constitutes removing the temples from the control of the hereditary trusts and subsuming their management and income under the State government, as is the case in the rest of India. The State government is all set to constitute…
Source INDIA, August 22, 2016 (Boom Live by Hindol Sengupta): Who is a Hindu? What does he believe or can he be an unbeliever and still be a Hindu? Why is Hinduism so open to everything and yet driven the same goal to adapt and accommodate everything? What does a Hindu seek? While addressing these questions Hindol Sengupta explores the…
Source WASHINGTON D.C., August 23, 2016 (Washington Post): It took petitions from everyone from schoolchildren to members of Congress, and 12 years of waiting. Soon, a long-hoped-for goal will be a stickum-backed reality of less than a square inch: a new postage stamp recognizing the holiday of Diwali. The stamp, announced by the U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday, will be…