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…
Source UNITED STATES, April 24, 2014 (HAF): The Hindu American Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of The Bhutanese American Community Grant Program. This grant program is specifically intended to support Bhutanese Hindus struggling to maintain their religion, culture, and traditions through their resettlement in America. Through the Grant Program, a total of $5,000 has been made available for…
Source THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, November 6, 2013 (The Hindu): Russia has expressed its keenness to take Ayurveda to new realms and to work with Kerala to see how best they can integrate the age-old system of medicine with theirs. The intention to popularize Ayurveda in Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries was conveyed by the Russian delegation to Chief…
Source The biggest sorrow is poverty. The greatest happiness is that of meeting with a saint, which is beyond compare.— Tulsidas in the Ramacharitamanasa, 16th century
Source REUNION ISLAND, April, 16 2014 (Zinfos): The Reunion Tamil Federation, the Reunion Vaikoundam Association and the insurance company, Assurances Australes, have teamed up to offer the population of Reunion the possibility of organizing a funeral according to Hindu rites. It is a first for the island. This funeral agreement is a turnkey product to avoid financial and administrative burdens…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-8IYtyVKHQ MIDLANDS,TEXAS, Feb 19, 2014 ( Kauai Aadheenam, Hawaii): On February 19, 2014, one Hindu, one Jew and three Christians sat together to answer questions submitted by the moderator and the local community before an audience of mixed faiths at First Baptist Church in Midland, Texas. This was the fourth such interfaith panel held in the Permian Basin. The five…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 19, 2014 (Times Of India): [HPI note: this report should be taken with a grain of salt. Ever since the discovery of the temple’s wealth, the state government has been trying to take control of the temple’s finances, something they can do only if mismanagement is proven. The temple’s present management has challenged this amicus…
Source INDIA, April 20, 2014 (Daily Mail): Heavy snowfall accompanied by rainfall since Saturday night has hampered reconstruction work at flood-hit Kedarnath in Rudraprayag district. Presently a Special Task Force (STF) team, comprising Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (Uttarkashi) and the Uttarakhand Police, is engaged in constructing a trek road to the famous Hindu shrine, which will reopen on May 4.…
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