“Jyotirath”–Chariot of Light–An Outreach Program Of Shree Umiya Mataji Mandir.

https://docs.google.com/a/hindu.org/document/edit?id=1ggtXUpEo1i_G_anuaKgPngU6Lw2TfgJFTrTK0rqetVk GEORGIA, U.S., October 19, 2012 (docs.google by Sanjay Pandya): Jyotirath a glimpse of Mother Goddess Umiya’s Divine form, in a symbolic form, has made its way to Umiya Mataji Mandir, Macon, Georgia. The Pranpratishta celebration of moving the statue of Mother Goddess Umiya, a one of its kind, took place in the month of August, 2012. Many devotees from…

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Daily Inspiration

Source Those from a religious background who believe that “There is only one life and when it’s over, it’s over ” generally cry and have a very unhappy time over the departure of a loved one. This is very disturbing to the loved one from where they are in the inner world wondering, “Why the grief?” Because they are fine.…

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Who Is Most Likely To Stray? Christians And Jews

Religion News Service UNITED STATES, October 2012 (RNS): With their “True Love Waits” jewelry, conferences and T-shirts, Christians may be the face of the abstinence movement, but Muslims and Hindus are more likely to abstain from premarital sex. That’s the conclusion of a new study in the American Sociological Review, which also found that Muslims and Hindus — at least…

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Parents May Sue Over Yoga Lessons In Public Schools

Source ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA, October 23, 2012 (ABC News): Parents in a southern California community are considering legal action over the constitutionality of a form of yoga being taught to their children, which they claim is introducing religion into public schools. Last month, half of the students attending classes in the Encinitas Union School District K-6 elementary schools in San Diego…

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India’s Faizabad Town Tense after Hindu-Muslim Violence

Source FAIZABAD, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, October 26, 2012 (BBC): Tension prevails in Faizabad town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh after two people were killed in religious violence on Thursday. The town was put under curfew for the entire day after rioters burnt several shops and vehicles. Curfew was lifted on Friday morning, but few people are out…

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Daily Inspiration

Source Things that are real are given and received in silence. God has been everlastingly working in silence, unobserved, unheard, except by those who experience His Infinite Silence.— Meher Baba (1894-1969)

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Human Rights Commission Probes Hindu Claim

Source BOKSBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, October 24, 2012 (thenewage.co.za): The Human Rights Commission (HRC) is investigating alleged racial and religious discrimination at a school in Boksburg while the teacher at the centre of the row has been suspended (see HPI: here). This follows complaints against a teacher at the Parkdene Primary School who has been accused of harassing a Grade 3…

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Ramleela Echoes In Pakistani Town Karachi

Source AMRITSAR, INDIA, October 24, 2012 (Times of India): These days, the tiny Hindu community of Karachi in Pakistan is buzzing with the songs eulogizing Lord Rama and stories of his valor are being enacted in the Ramleelas being staged at the Swami Narayan temple.The Ramleela is being organized by Naryana Sewa Garaba Mandal and Pakistan Hindu Seva Welfare Trust…

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Remains of Ancient Hindu temple Discovered on Bali

Source DENPASAR, BALI, INDONESIA, October 26, 2012 (AP): An archaeologist says a structure that is believed to be the remains of an ancient Hindu temple has been unearthed on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. Wayan Swantika of the local archaeology agency says workers digging a drainage basin last week in eastern Denpasar, Bali’s capital, at first discovered a large stone…

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Source “Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child, the whole world is your own.”— Sri Sarada Devi (1853-1920) wife of Sri Ramakrishna

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