Source DENPASAR, BALI, March 29, 2014 (The Jakarta Post): Balinese Hindus marched to the beaches, major rivers, lakes and holy springs on Friday to perform Melasti, a ritual to cleanse temple paraphernalia and to recharge the supernatural power of the temple’s sacred objects, in preparation for Nyepi, the Hindu Day of Silence, which will falls on March 31. Dressed in…
Source PAKISTAN, March 29, 2014 (Indian Express): A Hindu temple has been desecrated and set on fire by unidentified persons in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, two weeks ahead of an annual fair at the holy site. The caretaker of the temple of Hindu deity Hanuman, in Latifabad town told police that three men came on Friday to offer prayers. “But…
Source Today is in your hands. Tomorrow the chance may never come.— Swami Sivananda (1887-1963), founder of Divine Life Society
Source FAIRFIELD, IOWA, US, March 22, 2014 (Altoona Herald, by Rekha Basu): Whatever you call what happened, it was an unfortunate introduction to the community of 350 Indian “pandits” and their purpose here. Curious about what could have provoked purveyors of peace to such disruptive measures, I spent a couple of days last week in Fairfield and nearby Maharishi Vedic…
Source LONDON, March 31, 2013 (Press Release of National Council of Hindu Temple UK): The last decade has seen a dramatic upsurge in the area of “Indology” the academic study of Hindus and their civilization and typically this involves non-Hindus dissecting and commenting upon what they think we Hindus are all about. Of late, this has developed a nasty unpleasant…
Source As to a mountain that’s enflamed, deer and birds do not resort–so, with knowers of God, sins find no shelter.— Krishna Yajur Veda, Maitreya Upanishads 6.18
Source CALIFORNIA, U.S., March 17, 2014 (Mercury News): In the beginning, there was nothing. And then, in an explosive instant: Everything. That explains not just Stanford physicist Andrei Linde’s landmark theory, but also his moment of epiphany, in Moscow 30 years ago, that transformed our understanding of the beginnings of the universe. Astronomers announced new findings last week that, if…
Source ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, March 25, 2014 (Tribune): Out of 428 Hindu places of worship in the country, 408 have been converted into commercial use including toy stores, restaurants, government offices and schools after 1990, a survey has found. Another shocking figure disclosed in the survey conducted by the All Pakistan Hindu Rights Movement (PHRM) was that only 20 Hindu temples…
Source DENPASAR, BALI, March 21, 2014 (The Bali Daily): The Jagatnatha Temple in Denpasar said it had increased security measures by assigning special guards to accompany the existing pemangku (priests) that had been guarding the temple. The decision was in follow-up to the thefts of pretima — small, sacred effigies usually made of precious woods and bedecked with jewels —…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, March 24, 2014 (BBC): A stunning manuscript of the great Hindu epic, the Ramayana, is brought together by the British Library for the first time in 150 years. The 17th century manuscript was split between Britain and India in the early 19th century and has been reunited in digital form by the British Library and the CSMVS…