Source MUMBAI, INDIA, August 27, 2013 (The Hindu): The Dahi handi celebrations, part of Janmashtami festivities in Mumbai and its suburbs, are literally reaching new heights. And so is the insurance cover for the Govinda teams participating in these festivities. This year, about 3,000 teams have been covered under accident policies for injuries. The dahi handi exercise involves the breaking…
Source BUECHEL, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, September 2, 2013 (The Courier Journal)The exterior of the building that formerly housed Buechel Presbyterian Church looks like just that — a former church with a typical church steeple and message board out front. But on the inside, the building is anything but an old church. It’s now Shree Swaminarayan Temple — one of just eight…
Source KUALA LUMPUR, September 1, 2013 (Malay Mail): (HPI Note: This report is of an the same incident as above). Nine individuals, including one PKR and six MIC Youth leaders, have been arrested so far in this morning’s standoff with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) over an allegedly “illegal” demolition of the 101-year-old Hindu temple on Jalan P. Ramlee. Temple…
Source MALAYSIA, September 03, 2013 (by Rita Jong, The Malaysian Insider): Police and City Hall should have consulted temple officials before forcing their way into Muneswarar Kaliyaman temple and removing statues of deities without observing Hindu religious practices. Malaysian Hindu Sangam president Datuk RS Mohan Shan said the authorities forceful removal of the deities by non-Hindus who do not know…
Source India has come to preserve spiritual traditions which many ancient cultures and countries have lost. Today Hinduism represents not only India but the ancient wisdom of humanity. In Hinduism many ancient countries can still rediscover their religious past, their old Gods and their old spiritual traditions.— Ram Swarup (1920-1998), Indian writer and scholar
Source The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him–that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source BANGLADESH, August 28, 2013 (Dhaka Tribune): Archaeologists from Jahangirnagar University (JU) have excavated an ancient Hindu temple at Belwa village of Ghoraghat upazila in Dinajpur. The massive brick structure has been identified as a Hindu temple from the Pala dynasty. The chief of the project, Professor Syed Mohammad Kamrul, told journalists that the excavated site was under threat of…
Source SRI LANKA, August 27, 2013 (Tamil Net): After a hundred years of its establishment, the Young Men’s Hindu Association (YMHA) of Thirunelveali in Jaffna proposes to do away with gender bias in its membership and name. In a letter to all lovers of Thirunelveali and the YMHA on Sunday, the current president of the YMHA, Mr. S. Muthulingam was…
Source DUBAI, August 28, 2013 (Emirates 247): Brace yourself for a traffic jam if you plan on venturing into the heart of Bur Dubai this evening with Hindus venturing out in hundreds to celebrate the Indian festival of Janmashtami. All roads will lead to the Hindu temple post 9pm, with the Sikka Bastakiya neighborhood preparing for the crowds that will…
Source Good thoughts are the foundation stones in the mansion of good conduct. If the foundation is strong, the mansion will endure.— Sri Rameshbhai Oza, inspired performer of Vaishnava kathas