Source PYIN OO LWIN, MYANMAR (BURMA), June 5, 2014 (The Irrawaddy): In Pyin Oo Lwin, a former British hill station located on the western edge of the Shan Plateau, several thousand devotees gathered in June for a festival to mark the completion of a four-year-long renovation of the town’s Hindu Ganesh temple. The festival called Shree Ma Harr Kubar Auisha…
BANGLADESH, August 15, 2014 (Sant Mahamandal): A federation of saints organization, Bangladesh Sant Mahamandal (BSM) and the Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) in its joint meeting on June 15, 2014 resolved to rebuild the Ramna Kali Mandir. A joint statement will be issued to appeal to the Hindu community of Bangladesh and abroad for their cooperation and donations…
Source Do not say that you do not have time for God. The busiest of men will have the most leisure, and the laziest will always be short of time, for the former utilizes time and the latter only wastes it. If you really want God, you will find time for Him.— Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati (1912-1954), 34th pontiff of the…
Source PUNE, INDIA, August 13, 2014 (Indian Express): Yogacharya B K S Iyengar, 96, was admitted to the critical care unit of a private hospital on Tuesday afternoon after he complained of breathlessness. Doctors said he was stable and conscious and was being treated. Bellur Krishnamachari Sundararaja Iyengar, the founder of Iyengar Yoga, is considered one of the foremost yoga…
Source INDIA, August 10, 2014 (by Sandeep Joshi, The Hindu): On December 22, 2011, when the only original pandulipi (manuscript) of Sri Ramcharitmanas (also referred to as the Ramayana) dated 1648 ce and a few precious articles of its writer, Goswami Tulsidas, were stolen from the Hanuman temple in the Akhara Goswami Tulsidas on Tulsi Ghat, the Mishra family was…
Source SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, August 13, 2014 (California Legislative Information): For the second straight year, the California State Senate unanimously designated October as California Hindu American Awareness and Appreciation Month. Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 93, authored by State Senate Majority Leader, Ellen Corbett (10th Senate District), “recognizes and acknowledges the significant contributions made by Californians of Hindu heritage to our state”…
Source You seek peace? To attain peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the sages.— Swami Brahmananda (1863-1922), disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and first president of the Ramakrishna Mission
Source MALAYSIA, July 10, 2014 (The Star): The US$3.1 million Batu Caves Cable Car project will most likely be scrapped as soil studies carried out by experts failed to confirm its feasibility. According to the detailed soil stability report, the upper parts of the limestone karsts of the hilltop caves have been zoned as “high risk”, putting a stop to…
Source FRESCAROLO, ITALY, August 4, 2014 (Gazzetta Di Parma): The Hindu community of the Parma region celebrated the seventh anniversary of their Shree Nav Durga temple on Saturday evening August 2nd. In a marvelous show of color and warmth, hundreds of people, coming mostly from Punjab, came together in friendship and religious community. They were celebrating the rites of sacred…
Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, August 12, 2014 (American Bazaar): The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir was inaugurated in Robbinsville, New Jersey, by Pramukh Swami Maharaj and senior Sadguru Swamis of BAPS, on Sunday. The inauguration of this traditional stone mandir marks the completion of the second phase of the Swaminarayan Akshardham complex that is currently planned for the site. The…