Source AHMEDNAGAR, INDIA, April 8, 2016 (Tribune India): In a big victory to the campaign for gender equality, the famed Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra on Friday lifted the centuries-old ban on entry of women at the sanctum sanctorum, yielding to a high voltage crusade by activists and court directions. Soon after the temple trust announced the decision to facilitate…
Source Love is seeing and feeling life everywhere. When your heart is full of love, you sense life pulsating through all creation.— Mata Amritanandamayi Ma, Kerala-based hugging saint
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, April 5, 2016 (Deccan Chronicle): The Madras high court set aside an order of a single judge directing the state government to impose a dress code on devotees worshipping in Tamil Nadu temples. Allowing an appeal from the state government, a division bench comprising Justices V. Ramasubramanian and K. Ravichandrabaabu said, “Courts are not expected to adjudicate…
Source HARIDWAR, INDIA, April 1, 2016 (New York Times): Baba Ramdev is surrounded by the trappings of any major corporate leader almost anywhere in the world. But Mr. Ramdev is also an Indian swami, having renounced all worldly pleasures and possessions. Famous for bringing yoga to the Indian masses, Mr. Ramdev, 50, is also the leader a group of spiritual…
Source At a national and international level, we will enjoy more peace as we become more tolerant. Religious leaders can help by teaching their congregations how to live in a world of differences without feeling threatened, without forcing their ways or will on others. World bodies can make laws which deplore and work to prevent crimes of violence. It is…
KAUAI, HAWAII, April 7, 2016 (Hinduism Today): Mr. Rajiv Malik, our Senior Correspondent for Hinduism Today magazine in India, is now in Vrindavan to research a feature story on the sacred area for our next issue. He will focus on the major temples, the sacred places of the Radha/Krishna tradition, the gurukulams, resident saints, sadhus and sadhvis, and the great…
blog.cpsindia.org. INDIA, April 5, 2016 (Centre for Policy Studies, Dr. J. K. Bajaj): I have posted our eighteenth note on the Religion Data of Census 2011. This concerns Assam, where the accretion to the Muslim share during 2001-11 has been the highest of all States. Their share in Assam has gone up by 3.3 percentage points, as compared to the…
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, April 5, 2016 (The News Minute): Kapaleeswarar is one of the prominent Shiva temples in India situated in Mylapore, Chennai. Here Lord Shiva is worshipped as Kapaleeswarar (self-manifested) and Goddess Shakti as Karpagambal. During the Tamil month of Panguni, the traditional brahmotsavam (annual festival) takes place when the entire neighborhood comes alive with a mela-like atmosphere. Watch…
Source Joys and sorrows are time-born and cannot last. Therefore, do not be perturbed by these. The greater the difficulties and obstructions, the more intense will be your endeavor to cling to His feet and the more will your prayer increase from within. And when the time is ripe, you will gain mastery over this power. — Anandamayi Ma (1896-1982),…
Source NEW ORLEANS, April 5, 2016: Applications are now open for young Hindus living in the United States or Canada, age 21-35, for GreenFaith’s North American Convergence. Happening in New Orleans, June 20-24, 2016, the Convergence is an interfaith gathering of emerging leaders who want to put their beliefs into action for the environment in meaningful ways. Applications are due…