Source BALI, December 18, 2013 (by Desy Nurhyati, the Jakarta Post): India has become an emerging tourism market for Bali as the number of Indian visitors has shown continuous increase over the last several years. The latest data from the Bali office of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) showed that the number of Indian tourists to Bali increased by 51.1…
Source For seven lives in seven bodies the grateful will remember friends who relieved their anguish and affliction. Saint Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural, verse 107
Source JAMMU, INDIA, December 14, 2013 (Business Standard): As a result of the directions issued by Chairman of Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board N. N. Vohra, Shri Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board (SMVDB) has planted over 550,000 saplings, including forest, horticulture, floriculture, medicinal and ornamental species of plants during the last 4 years, a spokesman of SMVD said. The initiative is…
Source KARACHI, PAKISTAN, December 19, 2013 (Outlook India): A large number of Pakistani Hindus today joined a protest outside the Press Club here over the demolition of an 80-year-old temple in the city’s Soldier Bazar area. The Krishna or Rama Peer Mandir at Dholi Khata in Soldier Bazar has become a bone of contention between the minority Hindu community and…
Source The sages, being filled with universal love for all beings, did not want to keep their enlightenment to themselves. They declared to all: “O mortals, striving and struggling upon this Earth plane, weeping, wailing, buffeted by the vicissitudes of life: we have come upon a great discovery. There is something beyond these appearances, these vanishing names and forms that…
Source WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, December 12, 2013 (Times Of India): The population of Indian ethnic group in New Zealand has risen by 48 percent to 155,000, latest census statistics show. The Chinese population rose by 16 percent to 171,000 while the number of Filipinos more than doubled to 40,000, reports Xinhua. New Zealand authorities said the country has more ethnic…
Source TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS, November 3, 2013 (By Lawrence Ylenia, La Opinion): The Adeje City Council has approved the transfer of a plot of government property measuring 7,400 square meters to the Hindu Cultural Center to build a new temple and leisure facilities. The local socialist government decision has triggered criticism from the political opposition which does not look favorably…
Source CAMBODIA, December 5, 2013 (Global Times): More than 300 national and international archeologists and cultural experts gathered here on Thursday to exchange views and design a new-decade action plan on the protection and preservation of the Angkor Wat Temple, a World Heritage site. Among the foreign guests at the Third Inter-Governmental Conference on the Angkor are French Minister of…
Source Devotion must not be like the flood of the rainy season in which all get washed away. Devotion should be like the river that retains water even in the hottest season.— Saint Kabir (1440-1518)
Source CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, December 11, 2013 (Today): Chicago’s O’Hare International, one of the country’s busiest and most stressful airports, took a decidedly Zen turn today with the opening of a yoga room in Terminal 3, adjacent to the airport’s indoor urban garden. “The yoga room provides a space for yoga practice as well as a place to relax or meditate,”…