HPI NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 23, 2012 (HPI-Rajiv Malik): A new book, “Peace Building in Nepal,” was released yesterday at New Delhi’s prestigious India International Centre. The book was edited by Dr. Hari Bansh Jha, executive director of Centre for Economic and Technical Studies and long-time Nepal correspondent for Hinduism Today magazine. A select group of intellectuals, scholars and friends…
Source UNITED STATES, June 17, 22012 (Huffington Post by Vineet Chandler): A popular narrative in the Bhagavata Purana, one of Hinduism’s most beloved and venerated wisdom texts, involves a king who meets a forest-dwelling sage. The sage’s peaceful demeanor and obvious contentment, even amidst apparent poverty, astound the king. “Who is your guru?” the king asks, eager to know where…
Source SRINIGAR, INDIA, June 23, 2012 (pardaphash.com): HPI Note: This year our Delhi correspondent, Rajiv Malik, accompanied by photographer Sudharak Olwe, are participating in the Amarnath Yatra beginning June 29 from the base camp at Pahalgam for a feature story in Hinduism Today magazine–we are, therefore, watching the weather quite closely. Officials informed on Saturday that Hindu pilgrims reaching north…
Source You attain the feeling of love and then you want to discipline yourself. You love the discipline, because it brings more love.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
www.hindutemple.nl HOLLAND, June 2012: The Sri Varatharaja Selva Vinayagar Temple in Den Helder, North Holland began their annual 10 days of pujas before the chariot festival to be held on the 24th of June. The flags were hoisted to mark the start of the festivities. Like many countries in Europe, the Netherlands (Holland) have a community of Sri Lankans who…
Source JAMMU, INDIA June 22, 2012 (ibnlive): Jammu: Thick snow cover at Kashmir’s Amarnath cave shrine and on the route leading to it is posing multiple risks to pilgrims and has increased challenges before the organizers of the annual pilgrimage, due to start here June 25. Although the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has doubled its efforts to clear the…
Source JAMMU, INDIA, June 21, 2012 (business-standard.com): With barely three days left for the start of the annual Amarnath yatra to begin from here, Bagwatinagar-base camp was made operational today. The base-camp has been operationalised for the arrival of the pilgrims who will leave in the first batch to Amarnath cave shrine on June 24, Tourism department officials said here.…
Source BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, May 12 2012 (asiacalling.org): On May 6, Belgium hosted the largest Balinese festival held outside of Indonesia. The Ogoh-Ogoh festival features giant Balinese puppets and traditionally marks Nyepi, or Balinese New Year – a day marked by silence on the island of the gods. The event was held in Pairi Daizi Park, a former monastery turned international…
Source AUSTRALIA, June 21, 2012 (smh.com): People professing to have no religion have moved past Anglicans to become the second-largest grouping after Catholics in the 2011 Census. Almost 4.8 million people said they had no religion, up 29 per cent from 2006, but the number of people not answering the question dropped by 2 per cent. This suggested that more…
Source AUSTRALIA, June 21, 2012(abc.net.au): Australia’s population has topped 21.5 million, according to the 2011 census results, although there has been a further decline in the proportion of people holding Australian citizenship. The initial census results give a glimpse into the changing face of Australia, including its multicultural background. The data shows one in four people were born overseas, and…