Source Guyana, November 3, 2011 (Guyana Times International–an old report): President Bharrat Jagdeo presented the Arrow of Achievement (AA) award to Spiritual Head of the Guyana and America Sevashram Sangha, Swami Vidyanandaji Maharaj, at a special ceremony held in Queens, New York on November 2. An award ceremony befitting that of a Swami whose exemplary life, religious and spiritual contributions…
Source HAMM, GERMANY, August 14, 2012 (YouTube): An informative and entertaining five-minute report in English (click “source”) by Deutsch Welle TV on the very popular Amman Temple built by the Sri Lankan Community eight years ago.
Source KAPAA, HAWAII, August 14, 2012 (HPI): As we at Hinduism Today researched our upcoming feature on Swami Vivekananda, we came across an apparently famous Hindi movie of Swami’s life, which in part two (source above), from 59:00 to the end (about ten minutes), is almost entirely in English. It includes a very good rendition of Swami address to the…
Source AMRITSAR, Aug 13, 2012 (PTI–an earlier report): The third batch of Hindu families from Pakistan today crossed over, with members claiming that minority communities were living in oppressive conditions there and urged the Indian government to facilitate immigration of Hindus and Sikhs. Over 250 Hindus belonging to Balochistan and Sindh provinces, where the community has been the target of…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 14, 2012: India has been taken by surprise by the recent development of a large number of Pakistani Hindus declaring their wish to stay on its soil after crossing over and will look into the issue. Government sources said today that Hindus from Pakistan who are visiting India for pilgrimage were given visas like any…
Source Eternal, pure, groundless, death-and-birth free, pervasive, ever immaculate, distant, near, enveloping effulgence of void, the support of all, the fullness of bliss, the consciousness-form beyond thought and speech, That which thus stood, the expanse vast that generates bliss, let us contemplate.— Tayumanavar (1706-1744), South Indian devotional poet
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, August 12, 2012 (deccanchronicle.com): It is a dream come true after half-a-century for the devotees and locals of Korattur (just outside Chennai). The ancient Seyathamman temple, which has been managing without a chariot, since 1961, has finally got a new wooden chariot built at a cost of US$108,400, thanks to the generous contribution of the Ambattur legislator.…
Source NEW ZEALAND, August 10,2012 (stuff.co.nz): A new community centre will be key to linking West Aucklanders with the local Indian community, says the president of the Shri Ram Mandir Charitable Trust. About 500 people witnessed the ground breaking and blessing ceremony at the site of the future community centre and temple on Brick St. in Henderson. The trust’s president…
Source NEW JERSEY, U.S., August 9, 2012 (nj.com): More than 1,000 people from all over the globe gathered inside the Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Community Hall in Secaucus on Sunday to witness the once-in-a-lifetime event of the weighing of Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa against pure platinum. More than 175 pounds of pure platinum mined in Africa was brought to the Shree Swaminarayan…
Source TRINIDAD/TOBAGO, August 6,2012 (The Guardian): The Edinburgh Hindu temple in Chaguanas will celebrate its 29th anniversary and this country’s 50th anniversary of Independence with the consecration of two life-size murtis of Lord Shiva and Lord Hanuman on Sunday. Spiritual leader Pundit Ramesh Tiwari told the T&T Guardian that the murtis were custom-made in Jaipur, India, and were shipped last…