Source KAUAI, HAWAII, May 9, 2016: The editors at Hinduism Today are celebrating today the availability of the fourth issue of the magazine on our mobile app, whether Apple or Android. You can download the free app at “source” above And you can get a short tutorial on use and features here: http://www.himalayanacademy.com/blog/taka/2015/08/12/the-amazing-ht-app-is-born/
Source BHOPAL, INDIA, May 9, 2016 (Daily Pioneer): On the eve of the second Shahi Snan of Simhastha at Ujjain, a large number of devotees from elsewhere within the country and abroad enjoyed various arts all night by listening to spiritual and religious discourses at various akharas. Tribal artistes from various states of the country with their unique musical instruments…
Source It is the unique and all-encompassing nature of Hinduism that one devotee may be worshiping Ganesha while his friend worships Subramaniam or Vishnu, and yet both honor the other’s choice and feel no sense of conflict. The profound understanding and universal acceptance that are unique in Hinduism are reflected in this faculty for accommodating different approaches to the Divine,…
Source LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, May 4, 2016 (New York Times): Victors are said to write history. But in California, history is being written by a committee that is at the center of a raging debate over how to tell the story of South Asia as it tries to update textbooks and revise curriculums for Grades 6 and 7. The dispute…
Source UJJAIN, INDIA, May 5, 2016 (Outlook): Seven people were killed and around 90 others injured when heavy rains accompanied by lightning and squalls flattened and uprooted makeshift tents of pilgrims in and around the site of ongoing Simbatha Kumbh Mela here this evening. According to police official B.S. Chauhan, nearly a third of the tents put up by the…
Source The pweor of the hmuan mnid: Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae…
Source MASSACHUSETTS, USA, May 5, 2016 (by Michael O’loughlin,The Atlantic): HPI Note: Trustees of temples in the US should pay attention to this unusual court case which could ultimately impact their organization. The Massachusetts Supreme Court will decide whether a local shrine should be tax-exempt–a decision that could have broad implications for faith organizations in America. A case now in…
Source DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, May 5, 2016 (by Sherlissa Peters, IOL): Devotees of the Northdale Siva Nyana Sabha in Pietermaritzburg have been left devastated by a burglary which desecrated the temple. According to the chairman of the temple in Chetty Road, Sagren Phillips, the burglars smashed down the boundary wall between the temple and Ramatha Primary School at the weekend…
Source BHOPAL, INDIA, April 22, 2016 (Times of India): Politicians, judges, bureaucrats, industrialists, movie stars and celebrities of all shades planning to take a holy bath this Simhastha Kumbh Mela at Ujjain have been told by an “overburdened” Madhya Pradesh police that they will not be provided with additional security, sparing personnel at the expense of routine cover for the…
Source Devotion must not be like the flood of the rainy season in which all get washed away. Devotion should be like the river that retains water even in the hottest season.— Saint Kabir (1440-1518)