Source HARVEST, ALABAMA, June 24, 2012 (al.com): Ratha Yatra, the festival when the image of Lord Jagannath, along with his brother and sister Deities, are transported from their temple shrine to another building, demonstrates the best of Hinduism, says former Ambassador Pramathesh Rath. “This is the opportunity for all devotees, irrespective of religion or caste or race or age, to…
Source You seek peace? To attain peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the sages.— Swami Brahmananda (1863-1922), disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and first president of the Ramakrishna Mission
Source MADIKERI, KARNATAKA, INDIA, June 28, 2012 (Deccan Herald) Next time you visit Bhagamandala or Talacauvery temples (ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagamandala), make sure you are clad in traditional or decent attire. The members of the Talacauvery-Bhagandeeshwara Temple Management Committee along with local residents have decided to impose a dress code on tourists and devotees. It was decided that antics of tourists needed to…
Source LONDON, June 27, 2012 (Times of India): Citing stark examples from school curriculum, a prominent Islamabad-based scholar has said that extreme religious and anti-India views fed into children in schools reinforced the cycle of extremism that showed no signs of receding in Pakistan. Pervez Hoodbhoy, nuclear physicist and commentator on current issues, presented the examples at a seminar in…
Source UNITED STATES, June 28, 2012 (Business Week): The U.S. Copyright Office says that a sequence of yoga poses can’t be copyrighted. In a release published in the Federal Register on June 22, the Copyright Office found that “a selection, coordination, or arrangement of exercise movements, such as a compilation of yoga poses, may be precluded from registration as a…
Source If evil is spoken of you and it’s true, do something about it. If untrue, ignore it.— Anonymous
Source LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, June 25, 2012 (USC-this is a second report on the same topic): The USC School of Religion will establish the first chair of Hindu studies in the United States funded by the Indian-American community. The $3.24 million gift from the Dharma Civilization Foundation to the School of Religion, housed within the USC Dornsife College of Letters,…
www.kalakaumudi.com KERALA, INDIA, June 10, 2012: The Indian government Intelligence is reportedly in possession of a “Blue Print” believed to have been made by extremist Muslim groups. A detailed report in the widely circulated vernacular Malayalam weekly “Kalakaumudi” said the strategy adopted by the group is “Love Jihad.” Winning over girl students by offering love along with attractive gifts, financial…
www.zeenews.india.com/news/jammu-and-kashmir/unregistered-amarnath-pilgrims-cause-chaos_784287.html JAMMU, INDIA, June 28, 2012 (Zee News): Unregistered pilgrims for the annual Amarnath yatra in the Jammu and Kashmir Himalayas are causing massive problems for the registered pilgrims and for the authorities, resulting in chaos, an official said. According to the official, the unregistered pilgrims come with the deliberate intention to make the yatra without a requisite permit. Although…