Source BANARAS, INDIA, February 24, 2014 (Zee News India): Elaborate security arrangements have been made in view large number of devotees visiting Kashi-Vishwanath temple here on the occasion of Maha Sivratri festival on Thursday, Inspector General of Police (IG range Varanasi) Prakash D. told PTI. “More than 500,000 devotees are expected to visit the Kashi-Vishwanath temple on the day. Last…
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, February 24, 2014 (My Republica): Around five thousands yogis, santa and mahasanta from India are visiting the Pashupatinath Temple on the occasion of Mahasivaratri festival this year. The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has estimated that around US$141,000 will be spent for food and accommodation of the saints coming to the temple on Mahasivaratri including dakshina (financial…
Source Love says, “I am everything.” Wisdom says, “I am nothing.” Between the two, my life flows. I express it by saying that I am both, and neither, and beyond both.— Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981), Hindu sage
Source DENPASAR, BALI, January 21, 2014 (Jakarta Post): An academic from Dwijendra University in Denpasar, Dr. Gede Sedana, said that farmers grouped in subak (traditional farming and irrigation communities) conducted 15 different kinds of ritual for one rice cultivation period. “Dozens of times these rituals are carried out by farmers in a specific order according to the phase of the…
Source INDIA, February 22, 2014 (TTD Devastanams): The TTD Trust board under the leadership of its Chairman Sri K. Bapi Raju has approved an approximately US$388 million budget for the fiscal year 2014-15. The TTD board chief briefing the media persons on the expected income through various means said that the offerings to be made by millions of devotees in…
Source It is impossible for me to reconcile with the idea of conversion as it happens today. It is an error and perhaps the greatest impediment to the world’s progress toward peace. Why should a Christian want to convert a Hindu? Why should he not be satisfied if the Hindu is a good or godly man?— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Source BALI, INDONESIA, February 8, 2014 (Jakarta Post): Dressed in white Balinese attire, more than 120 devotee couples underwent the pewintenan gana wisesa ritual recently at Silayukti temple in Padangbai village, Karangasem. The ritual, which is a purification and initiation rite, elevates the spiritual and social status of the participants into pemangku (temple priests) for males and serati banten (offering…
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, February 23, 2014 (ekantipur.com): Around 700,000 Hindu devotees are expected to visit the Pashupatinath Temple for the Shivaratri festival on Thursday. To manage the sea of people to route their way to the temple while ensuring their safety and convenience, the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) this year has made arrangement for four lines, among them one…
Source He cannot be seen by the eye, and words cannot reveal Him. He cannot be reached by the senses, or by austerity or sacred actions. By the grace of wisdom and purity of mind, He can be seen, indivisible, in the silence of contemplation. This invisible Atman can be seen by the mind wherein the five senses are resting.—…
Source INDIA, February 19th, 2014 (travPR.com): The Holy Amarnath Yatra (pilgrimage) 2014 dates have been announced. The 44-day Yatra will commence on June 28, an auspicious day as per Hindu Calendar and shall conclude on Raksha Bandhan on 10 Aug, 2014. A very special puja will be conducted on June 13, the day of Jyesth Purnima, to invoke the blessings…