Source UNITED STATES, November 15, 2013 (the Hindu): U.S. officials are destroying more than six tons of confiscated ivory tusks, carvings and jewelry — the bulk of the country’s “blood ivory” stockpile — to support the fight against a $10 billion global trade that slaughters tens of thousands of elephants each year. Officials on Thursday used rock crushers to pulverize…
Source UNITED STATES, November 11, 2013 (Huffington Post): India has been described by some traditional texts as Sa Prathama Sanskrati Vishvavara, the first and supreme culture in the world. To this day, the South Asian country remains a hotspring of ancient wisdom on mind-body health and spirituality. This wisdom has been steadily permeating American life for the past century. Mindfulness…
Source INDIA, October 24, 2013 (Hindustan Times by Saudamini Jain): Ramnagar, on the banks of the Ganga, opposite Varanasi, was the capital of the former princely state of Banaras. It is now a dilapidated town — best known for its nearly-200-year-old Ramlila, the longest in the world. This Ramlila begins in September or October on Anant Chaturdashi and ends 31…
Press Release BELIZE, November 15, 2013 (Press Release): Following the sporadic series of conferences on the Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean since 1975 held mainly in Trinidad and Tobago, there is a plan to organize one conference every year in various parts of the region. Next year’s conference will be held in Belize from August 5 to 11, 2014 on…
Source UNITED STATES, May 18, 2013 (CSGlobe): Turmeric is one the most thoroughly researched plants in existence today. Its medicinal properties and components (primarily curcumin) have been the subject of over 5,600 peer-reviewed and published biomedical studies. In fact, our five-year long research project on this sacred plant has revealed over 600 potential preventive and therapeutic applications, as well as…
Source MUMBAI, INDIA, November 13, 2103 (Press Release): Chinmaya Mission, Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Mumbai opens their 16th Vedanta Course in English. Applications are invited from University graduates, men and women. They must be unmarried and free from family encumbrances, with a sincere interest in the study of Vedanta, a zeal to share the message of the Rishis, and between ages 20-30…
Source UDAIPUR, INDIA, October 4, 2013 (Times Of India): Devasthan temples in Rajasthan are likely to get women priests/poojaris to conduct the rituals. This comes after the devasthan department has announced recruitment for the posts of manager, poojari and sevagir for its various temples in the state through written tests. As the department’s announcement did not put any restrictions on…
Source The fragrance of the flower is never borne against the breeze, but the fragrance of human virtues diffuses itself everywhere.— Ramayana
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, November, 2013 (Press Release): The Hindu American Foundation invites applications from academics in the humanities who are studying or conducting research related to Hinduism. Applicants can be graduate students, post-doctoral students, or junior faculty. The program aims to fund rigorous scholarly research on Hindu Americans, Hinduism as it is practiced in America, or the intersection of Hindu…