Sanskrit Slokas at Buckingham Palace
Source ENGLAND, September 24, 2015 (YouTube): Charming video at source of British Schoolchildren chanting Vedic Mantras in 2010.
Warning: The 21st Century May Get a Lot More Crowded than Previously Thought.
Source U.S., September 18, 2014 (National Geographic): In a paper published Thursday in Science, demographers from several universities and the United Nations Population Division conclude that instead of leveling off in the second half of the 21st century, as the UN predicted less than a decade ago, the world’s population will continue to grow beyond 2100. And for the first…
RSS Spending $82,000 to ‘Re-Convert’ 1,000 Families to Hinduism Every Month
Source LUCKNOW, INDIA, September 20, 2014 (Bhaskar News): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is spending close to US$82,000 every month to ‘re-convert 1,000 people to the Hindu religion. The organisation is spending close to $13,000 to $16,500 in Western UP alone as part of its Dharam Jagaran campaign. “It takes an expense of $82 to re-convert a single family. A team…
Navaratri Fast, a Nine Day Observance begins in Trinadad and Tobago
HPI PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, September 24, 2014 ( by Paras Ramoutar for HPI): Religious leaders see the urgent need to enrich society by enhancing cosmic values aimed at fighting injustice and spiritual decay that haunt mankind. Hindus believe that special oblation, penance, meditation, devotion and prayers to their goddesses will provide a new manifestation for a spiritually-charged humanity. This…
Ninth Hindu Mandir Executives Conference Concludes
Source ORLANDO, FLORIDA, September 26, 2014 (HMEC): Over 200 adult and youth delegates representing over 85 Mandirs (Temples) and Hindu organizations, from across the world, attended the ninth annual Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference (HMEC) that was held from September 19 through 21, 2014 in Orlando, Florida. The 9th HMEC was co-hosted by a record 47 Hindu temples and Hindu organizations…
Daily Inspiration
Source According as one acts, so does he become. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.— Yajur Veda, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.4.5
Did you Study Indian History and Hinduism in California During 6th Grade? If So, We’d Like to Hear from You.
KAUAI, HAWAII, September 25, 2014 (HPI): As readers may know, the California State Board of Education’s Instructional Quality Commission just set in motion a 60-day review period for the revised Framework for History-Social Studies. In this revised Framework, which sets the classroom curriculum for each grade, the section on India and Hinduism has been extensively changed, in our opinion, often…
Kailash Yatra Breaks All past Records
Source INDIA, August 22, 2014 (Hindustan Times): Giving a reason for officials to smile, more than 900 pilgrims have pilgrimaged on foot to Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) this year via the India route, setting a new record of sorts. The yatra is an annual affair which passes through Uttarakhand and goes till Kailash Mansarovar in TAR under…
Government Auditors: Padmanabha Temple’s Treasure Intact
Source THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA, September 21, 2014 (Deccan Chronicle): The documentation of invaluable antiques in vaults A, C and D of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple has been completed. No major theft of temple treasures has been detected during the two-year inventorying and experts reckon the treasures to be worth more than the initial guesstimate of US$16.4 billion. There is no clue…
Daily Inspiration
Source When the fundamentalists of any religion teach an unrelenting duality based on good and evil, man and nature or God and Devil, this creates friends and enemies. This belief is a sacrilege to Hindus, because they know that the attitudes which are the by-product are totally dualistic, and for good to triumph over that which is alien or evil,…