Source AMRITSAR, INDIA, December 11, 2015 (Business Standard): A group of 179 Hindu devotees left for a pilgrimage in neighboring Pakistan from Amritsar city of Punjab. The pilgrims will be paying obeisance at Krishna temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna, in Lahore. The pilgrims will also be visiting a cluster of temples of the Mahabharata era at Katasraj in Chakwal district…
Source SOUTH AFRICA, November 27, 2015 (Phoenix Sun): The South African Hindu Maha Sabha will host the “Hinduism in the 21st Century: Unity in Diversity” conference from June 25 to 26, 2016. The conference, which aims to explore and reflect on the role and relevance of Hinduism in the last 155 years in South Africa, will be jointly hosted by…
Source SOUTH AFRICA, November 13, 2015 (The Phoenix Sun): The South African Hindu Maha Sabha (SAHMS) has initiated a process whereby all those wishing to practice as Hindu priests will be required to undergo formal training as per a structured curriculum and independent examination, across the linguistic and ideological spectrum. Successful candidates will subscribe to a code of ethics and…
Source TAMIL NADU, INDIA, December 11, 2015 (by Ayub Dawood, ScoopWhoop): While religion is considered as a very personal thing for an individual, certain regulations regarding public worship have been in place for a while and have also invited criticism in recent times. Now, the Madras High Court has come out with a verdict, introducing a dress code for temple…
Source You are God. I am God. Only one. You cannot separate me from you.— Satguru Siva Yogaswami (1872-1964), Sri Lanka’s most revered contemporary mystic
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, December 14, 2015: Today’s Google Doodle marks the birthday of renowned Indian yoga guru, B.K.S. Iyengar. Iyengar, who passed away last year, would have been 97 today. The doodles are animations of a cartoon Iyengar doing Trikonasana, Kapotasana, and Parivrrtaikakapada Sirsasana. If it’s not moving, click the image.
Source About many things in Hinduism I had once been inclined to believe that there was much of dream in it, much that was delusion and maya. But now day after day I realized in the mind, I realized in the heart, I realized in the body the truths of the Hindu religion. They became living experiences to me, and…
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, December 9, 2015 (Asia News): A dozen young people will be baptized on Christmas Eve in Kathmandu’s Assumption Cathedral. Many reasons are behind their decision they told AsiaNews [a Catholic website], ranging from discriminatory Hindu traditions to the Missionaries of Mother Teresa who “care for the needy.” San Shrestha Sharma and Sonika B.K. are two of them.…
Source CAMBODIA, December 9, 2015 (Gizmodo): A new excavation on an iconic Cambodian temple reveals who worked there, how they lived, and how they may have been conquered. The Temple at Angkor Wat is an icon, both within Cambodia and around the world. Even people who don’t know anything about it often recognize the image. Today, the temple is a…
Source CAMBODIA, December 11, 2015 (Canindia): Cambodia’s famed Angkor Wat Temple, originally built as a Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Vishnu, posted a revenue of US$53.5 million from ticket sales to foreigners during the January-November period this year, the authority managing the 12th century temple complex said on Tuesday. In November alone, the temple welcomed 200,085 tourists. Angkor Wat Temple,…