Source NASHIK, INDIA, January 20, 2014 (Times Of India): The priests in major temples in Nashik are cautious over reacting to the Supreme Court (SC) dismissal of the plea challenging the provisions of the Pandharpur Temples Act, 1973. On Wednesday, the SC dismissed the petition that challenged the constitutional validity of certain provisions in the Act, which the petitioners claimed…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, January 30, 2014 (BBC): Conservationists in Pakistan have asked UNESCO to stop part of a cultural event being held on a World Heritage site. The group of scholars and archaeologists say the opening ceremony of the Sindh cultural festival could damage the ruins of Mohenjo Daro. It is the world’s oldest surviving city and dates back to…
Source Bliss is the dance-stage, bliss is the lyric; Bliss are the diverse instruments, Bliss is the meaning; The supreme felicity of the universe is bliss, For he who yearns for His dance of bliss.— Tirumantiram, a sacred mystical treatise by Rishi Tirumular, verse v. 2725
Source CHILE, January 17, 2014 (La Nacion): The new production that will debut on the small screen is the story of a group of eight cows that are led by a “cat guru” who teaches them the ancient Asian art . On Saturday, January 18th during the “Tronia ” preschool program which runs between 8:00 and 9:00 am, the ”…
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, January 19, 2014 (The Hindu): Property worth US$4 million in the heart of the city belonging to the Kapaleeswarar temple was recovered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department on Saturday. Encroachments, including a mechanics shop, were removed from the property on Bughs Road in R.A. Puram near Greenways Road. A compound wall is being constructed…
Source I loved my motherland dearly before I went to America and England. After my return, every particle of dust of this land seems sacred to me.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, January 23, 2014 (Narthaki, by Dr. Sunil Kothari, photos at source): The Mukteswar Dance Festival was held in Bhubaneswar in a specially constructed open air auditorium with the backdrop of the 10th century Odishan architectural marvel of Mukteswar Temple. With the winter chill, the mystic ambience and surrounding small temples created a visual treat. It was Sankaranti…
Source NETHERLANDS, October 10, 2012 (SAND): This video is a lecture by physicist Menas Kafatos given and the 2012 Science and Nonduality Conference held in the Netherlands. It is quite a startling comparison of discoveries and concepts in Quantum Physics with ancient Hindu views of the universe and consciousness. Well worth watching.
Source TAMIL, NADU, INDIA, January 20, 2014 (The Hindu, by Dr. Subramanian Swamy, is a former Union Minister and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party): The Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment on January 6, 2013, allowing my Special Leave Petition that sought the quashing of the Tamil Nadu Government’s G.O. of 2006 which had mandated the government takeover…
Source VELLORE, INDIA, January 23, 2014 (The Hindu): Residents of Ayyanur, about three miles west of Ambur, thought of a novel but hi-tech idea of retaining a small 300-year-old Amman temple when the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) decided to demolish it to facilitate the widening of the four-lane Chennai-Bangalore National Highway into a six-lane highway. R. Moorthy, president…