Source SCOTLAND, October 19, 2013 (Edinburgh News): Around 5,000 people are expected to watch 30-foot effigies of the demons Ravana, his brother Kumbhakarna and son Meghnad burn on Calton Hill during the Hindu festival of Dusherra. Now in its 19th year, the event tomorrow is one of the largest free independent festivals in Scotland. It has been expanded from a…
Source ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, October 21, 2013(Los Angeles Times): Two thousand Hindu Indians converged at the Anaheim Convention Center for Southern California’s largest celebration of Navratri, an ancient tradition stretching nine days. Indians of all ages arrived in their finest clothing: silk saris, mirrored beads and embroidered scarfs. Prakash Vyas, a 27-year-old graduate student joined in as they gathered on the…
Source It is very important to give light and love to everyone, because everyone needs affection. Let light, love and peace live today and always in our hearts. Let these words not just be words pouring out of our lips. Let light invade your whole being so that everyone may be able to love.— Mataji Indra Devi
Source LAGOS, NIGERIA, October 19, 2013 (The Guardian): Indians hwew recently celebrated the Silver Jubilee of Ganesh Chaturthi, a popular Hindu festival in Lagos. The 10-day celebration was organised by Maharashtra Mandal, Lagos and Hindu Mandir Foundation. Ganesha’s birthday marks the beginning of 10 days of festivities and devotion for the annual Ganesh Chaturthi festival. As one of the most…
Source WASHINGTON D.C., October 19, 2013 (Huffington Post): The “Yoga: The Art of Transformation” exhibition at the Smithsonian Sackler Gallery in Washington D.C. will run from October 19th to January 26th. Its opening was delayed due to the government shutdown, but now things are back on track at the Freer and Sackler Galleries. “This exhibition looks at yoga’s ancient roots,…
Source Joys and sorrows are time-born and cannot last. Therefore, do not be perturbed by these. The greater the difficulties and obstructions, the more intense will be your endeavor to cling to His feet and the more will your prayer increase from within. And when the time is ripe, you will gain mastery over this power. — Anandamayi Ma (1896-1982),…
Source LOMA LINDA, CALIFORNIA, October 4, 2013 (Digital Journal): Despite similar caloric intake, vegetarians tend to have lower Body Mass Index (BMI) than non-vegetarians, with vegans being the most slender of all, suggests new research on more than 70,000 Seventh-day Adventists by researchers from Loma Linda University Health to be published in the December edition of the Journal of the…
Source INDIA, October 18, 2013 (domain-b.com): India and Hungary have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote and develop traditional systems of medicine, especially the Indian system of Ayurveda. India has already signed such agreements with Malaysia and Trinidad and Tobago and is in the process of signing agreements with Russia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Serbia and Mexico in…
Source BARISAL, BANGLADESH, October 12, 2013 (The Daily Star): The fifth annual reception for “Pauls and Kumars” (sculptors and artisans of statues) was held in Barisal city yesterday with a call to patronize these traditional statue makers, mainstream them into society, and give them professional recognition. “Mritshilpi Sammelon O Sammanona Udjapon Parishad,” an association in Barisal promoting the hard-up, unsung…
Source DHAKA, BANGLADESH, Octoer 15, 2013 (The Daily Star): The five-day-long Durga Puja, the greatest of all Hindu festivals, ended yesterday with solemn immersion of the murthis of the goddess Durga across the country. Thousands of Hindus in the capital marched with spectacular truck processions carrying murthis of Durga towards the Buriganga for immersion. The young and the elderly joined…