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Source KERALA, INDIA, April 23, 2014 (Indian Express): The controversy surrounding the alleged mismanagement of Kerala’s famous Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple on Wednesday evoked sharp reaction from the Supreme Court, which said there are certain “disturbing features” and “extremely serious” issues which require immediate redressal. The observation by the bench came at the outset of the hearing when senior advocate Gopal…

Source INDIA, May 2,2014 (by Ananth Krishnan, The Hindu): Chinese entrepreneur Zhao Qingfeng’s shop sits hidden in a maze of several thousand outlets at the Yiwu market – a sprawling area stretching across the size of 750 football fields that is the world’s largest commodity market. It attracts half a million businessmen from 90 countries in search of everything from…

Source If you long to see God, take to spiritual practices. What is the good of merely crying, “O God! O God!”?— Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)

Source WASHINGTON, May 2, 2014, (by Cathy Lynn Grossman, RNS): Believers don’t buy the Big Bang, God-less evolution or a human responsibility for global warming. Actually, neither do many Americans. But a new survey by The Associated Press found that religious identity — particularly evangelical Protestant — was one of the sharpest indicators of skepticism toward key issues in science.…

https://thecoastnews.com/2014/04/homegrown-yoga-program-expands-to-other-state ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA, April 24, 2014 (The Coast News): At Broome Street Academy, a school that serves homeless and foster-care teens in New York City, students have been doing yoga since January. The template for their program: Encinitas Union School District yoga. “I’m actually surprised at how it’s been embraced,” said Barbara McKeon, Head of School at Broome Street Academy.…

HAVANA,CUBA, January 21, 2014 (5 de Septiembre): A new digital portal called Kamala was created in order to promote the culture and literature of India, and its presence in Cuba. Sponsored by the Asia House, the site can be found at the website http://www.kamala.comlu.com and contains sections dedicated to science, cooking, religion, tours of India and other subjects of interest.…

Source SOUTH AFRICA, April 23, 2014 (The Media Online): The recent decision issued by the Press Appeal Panel in a complaint lodged by the South African Hindu Dharma Sabha against the Sunday Times raises important questions regarding the intersection between freedom of expression and religion. The complaint concerned a Zapiro cartoon depicting officials of Cricket South Africa (CSA) sacrificing their…

Source MARKHAM, CANADA, April 6, 2014 (Weekly Voice): Keeping in line with the principles of Arya Samaj to disseminate and propagate Aryan values as propounded by the Vedas, Arya Samaj of Markham and Arya Samaj of Toronto jointly launched an English translation of the Four Vedas in eight volumes covering eight thousand pages, flown directly from India for this most…

Source CAMBODIA, April 22, 2014: Her Royal Highness Princess Norodom Buppha Devi, head of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia, is pleased to announce the company’s upcoming tour of Theatre of Shadows. The show, featuring 23 dancers and ten musicians, combines elements of the Ream Ker, the Cambodian Ramayana, with Sbek Thom, traditional Khmer shadow theater. Renowned for its graceful hand…

Source To enter into the spiritual life is a rare blessedness, it is a great good: to take it seriously and engage in active spiritual Sadhana is a second blessedness and a still greater good: but to persevere in the spiritual life, to be ever progressive and ceaseless in one’s spiritual life, is the greatest good, the crowning blessedness.— Swami…