Source In the four eternal Vedas; in the study and reading of scripts; in sacred ashes and in holy writs and muttering of prayers you will not find the Lord! Melt with the heart inside and proclaim the Truth. Then you will join the light life without servitude.— Sivavakkiyar, 10th-century Tamil devotional poet and mystic
Source LONDON, ENGLAND, February 5, 2014 (Hindustan Times): Officials in the east Midlands city of Leicester have designated a quiet, leafy spot on the River Soar where, instead of travelling to India, members of the city’s large community of Indian origin can scatter ashes of the deceased. The spot, near the National Space Centre, has been identified by the Leicester…
Source ITANAGAR, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, February 4, 2014 (New York Times): Though the event they advertised had passed a month earlier, the neon-colored posters remained, clinging to the state capital’s walls, lampposts and storefronts. On them were invitations to Indigenous Faith Day celebrations on Dec. 1, with slogans like “Culture without faith is body without soul,” and, more pointedly, “Imitation of…
Source SANGAM, INDIA, February 4, 2014 (Times Of India): The Magh mela police, on Monday, reviewed the security arrangements in and around the mela campus ahead of the Basant Panchami snan scheduled on Tuesday. Around 5 million pilgrims and devotees, especially from city areas, are expected to take holy dip on Tuesday. The police further claimed that the majority of…
Source RAIPUR,CHATTISGARH, INDIA, Feb 2, 2014(News 24): Raipur – The wall of a cave leading to a popular Hindu temple in central India collapsed on Tuesday killing eight worshippers, including three young girls, police said. State home minister Ram Sewak Pekra said the accident at Bildwar Cave in Chhattisgarh may have been triggered by blasts in nearby coal mines.”Frequent blasts…
Source SAN FRANCISCO, January 1, 2014 (Huffingtonpost): The much hyped Smithsonian exhibit, Yoga: The Art of Transformation, is packing up to move from its primary residence in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC to spring at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and summer at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Bringing to Light Yoga’s Hindu Roots (TBY)…
Source INDIA, February 3, 2014 (The Hindu): Legend has it that Manickavasagar, one of the four Saivite savants, constructed the temple at Avudaiyarkoil, known as Thiruperunthurai, in Pudukottai district. Now the State Archaeology department has stumbled upon inscriptions confirming that Manickavasagar, the Minister of Pandiya King Arimarthana Pandian (862-885 ce), built the sanctum sanctorum and the kanagasabha mandapam. “His contribution…
Source LONDON, UK, February 3, 2014 (nchtuk.org): The National Council of Hindu Temples (UK) is currently carrying out a project on Hindu Healthcare Chaplaincy work in the UK. NCHTUK is Planning to Organise a three-day Hindu Healthcare Chaplaincy Training Course from April 18 to 20, 2014, at Birmingham, West Midlands, funded by the National Health Service -NHS. Application form is…
Source Other religions have all been founded by individuals, but Hinduism is not based on the teachings of any one single person. Before any prophet was born, the Sanatana Dharma was there.— Swami Rama Thirtha (1873-1906)
Source UNITED STATES, January 27, 2014 (Science Daily): Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center have found a link between yoga and lower rates of inflammation in breast cancer survivors. Scientists followed nearly 200 breast cancer survivors for five years and found that six months after taking up yoga, fatigue levels dropped 57 percent and inflammation dropped as…