DEHRADUN, INDIA, November 18, 2015 (by Seema Sharma, Times of India): The portals of Badrinath temple were closed at 4 pm on Tuesday for the winter amid chants and hymns. Thousands were present on the occasion. Badrinath was the last of the Char Dham shrines to close for the winters after Gangotri, Kedarnath and Yamunotri shrines. Owing to the easy…
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, November 18, 2015 (News Today): Renowned devotional singer Pithukuli Murugadas, who had rendered more than 1,000 songs, mostly on Lord Muruga, passed away due to age-related ailments. He was 95. His wife passed away about five years ago. He has no children. Best known for his compositions on Lord Muruga, Murugadas has been suffering from age-related ailments…
Source A Swiss devotee visited Ramana Maharishi (1879-1950), the sage of Arunachala. She was disturbed from having a vision of Siva. “Is He not the Destroyer?” she asked. The mystic replied, “Yes, He is the destroyer of sorrows. Siva is the embodiment of auspiciousness. Have you got a form? That is why you think of Siva’s form. The Self is…
Source ROCKBANK, AUSTRALIA, November 17, 2015 (Star Weekly): Construction on the Sri Durga temple, at 705 Neales Road, Rockbank, started almost five years ago. A ritual named Prana Pratishtha – which is believed to infuse life and bring divinity and spiritually into the temple – will be conducted from November 24 to 30. Sri Durga arts, cultural and education centre…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 17, 2015 (Zee News): Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal, who was undergoing treatment in a Gurgaon hospital died on Tuesday. Singhal’s demise was confirmed by Praveen Togadia. “Singhal died at 2.24 PM at Medanta Medicity hospital in Gurgaon,” Togadia said. 89-year-old Singhal was admitted on November 14 to Medanta with complaints of acute…
Source Peace has three dimensions. Peace within ourselves, peace among nations and peace with nature.— Dada J.P. Vaswani, head of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission
Source ROME, ITALY, November 13, 2015 (Agenparl): Deepavali was celebrated on November 11, 2015, at the Italian Senate hall in Rome (beautifully decorated with flower petals and candles) with the traditional lighting of the Divali lamp. Senators, the Indian ambassador, representatives of the Indian Hindu community and religious leaders from many faiths came together to celebrate the Hindu festival of…
Source When I think of myself as a body, I am your servant, my Lord; when I think of myself as an individual soul, I am part of you; but when I realize I am atman, you and I become one.— Lord Hanuman in the epic Ramayana
Source UNITED KINGDOM, November 13, 2015 (Asian Image): A grand parade brought the streets of Preston city centre alive. The procession was among several events held to mark the opening of the new BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Preston (230 miles north of London on England’s west coast). Volunteers joined religious leaders in Preston as weekend festivities began. Fantastically decorated…
Source SPAIN, November 2, 2015 (Andalucia Informacion): The city of Torremolinos hosted the celebration of Diwali or Festival of Lights, the most important festival in India. The mayor of the municipality, Jose Ortiz, together with the Councillor for Culture, Aida Blanes, attended the reception organized by the Indian community in San Miguel Street, which was illuminated with ‘Happy Diwali’ lights…