Source ATLANTA, GEORGIA, April 14, 2015 (Associated Press): Federal prosecutors say the former leader of a Hindu Temple in Georgia has been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for defrauding his followers and the temple’s creditors. Annamalai Annamalai of Baytown, Texas, was convicted in 2014 of 34 counts including fraud and obstruction–related charges. Prosecutors say Annamalai demanded fees…
Source NORWAY, March 24, 2015 (NRK): Norway’s fourth Tamil temple has opened, in Alesund. Three priests, from England, Denmark and Oslo, came to do a “water vessel ceremony” to consecrate the place, which will be repeated every twelve years. “In order for a building to be considered a temple it must be consecrated. If it has not been blessed there…
Source There is no greater mystery than that we keep seeking reality though, in fact, we are reality. We think that there is something hiding reality and that this must be destroyed before reality is gained. How ridiculous! A day will dawn when you will laugh at all your past efforts. That which will be on the day you laugh…
Source WASHINGTON, D.C., April 11, 2015 (Times of India): In an event unique in the history of US politics and of Hawaii, the country’s 50th state, a lawmaker from the famed island was married in a Hindu ceremony on Thursday, with the chanting of Vedic mantras and the dappling backwaters of the Pacific bouncing off lush green mountains in the…
Source EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, April 6, 2015 (Edinburgh STV): Over 1,300 people joined for a ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Edinburgh Hindu Mandir & Cultural Centre, the first of its kind in Edinburgh. While the St. Andrew Place building has been used over the last 32 years by the local Hindu community, the official launch marks the instatement of…
Source PARIS, FRANCE, April 10, 2015 (Business Standard): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a portal for the International Day of Yoga here, describing the ancient Indian spiritual practice as capable of awakening a sense of oneness. Flanked by UNESCO Director General Irena Bukova, Modi officially launched the http://www.Idayofyoga.Org website after addressing a gathering at the UNESCO headquarters that included…
Source The way to freedom is a way of silence–of silent resolve and silent service.— Sadhu Vaswani, (1879-1966) founder the Sadhu Vaswani Mission
Source SWITZERLAND, April 2, 2015 (Voce Evangelica): A new Hindu temple has opened in the eastern Swiss town of Zizers near Chur. The ceremony, which took place Saturday, March 28, was organized by the Hindus of the Grisons Canton (Grisons is the only Swiss canton which is officially trilingual: Swiss German, Italian and Romansh) who turned a warehouse, located in…
Source MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 10, 2015 (Times of India): The two-century-old Shree Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai devoted to the Hindu elephant-headed God Ganesha bristles with close circuit cameras and is guarded by 65 security officers. It is one of India’s richest temples, having amassed 348 lbs. of gold offerings, worth some $67 million, and its heavily guarded vaults are…
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,…