Source Whenever you have the chance, laugh as much as you can. By this all the rigid knots in your body will be loosened. But to laugh superficially is not enough; your whole being must be united in laughter, both inwardly and outwardly. Do you know how this is to be expressed? You literally shake with merriment from head to…
Source EDMONTON, CANADA, June 2012 (Edmonton Examiner): Acharya Shiv Shankar Dwivedi, is a priest–or pandit–at the Edmonton Hindu Cultural Centre. There is now a documentary so you can learn about this remarkable man who leads three separate and very different lives. Panditji, as Dwivedi is affectionately known, is a family man, a philanthropist who has brought education to a small…
Source When culture is flooding out of the temple, our actions are productive and our minds are creative, our speech is pure, our hearts rejoice and we become good citizens. Religion makes us good citizens, because we are peaceful inside and want peace in our land. Peace comes first from the individual. It is unrealistic to expect peace from our…
Source LUCKNOW, INDIA, June 19, 2012 (twocircles.net): Varanasi’s famous Kashi Vishwanath temple will be given a major facelift and the salaries of the priests will be increased, the Uttar Pradesh government announced Tuesday. After a meeting of the temple trust, Religious Endowments Minister Anand Singh said that other than making provisions for booking online darshan of the Deity, fibre glass…
Source BHUBANESWAR,INDIA, June 19 (TNN): With Rath Yatra just two days away, Puri, the temple town is packed with visitors which includes foreign tourists. They have been waiting for the day to have a glimpse of the presiding deities of Puri Jagannath temple. These deities, off limits to non-Hindus and even foreigners who have been converted to Hinduism, will be…
Source WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2012 (HPI): The renowned Pew Research Center has issued a new report on immigrant minorities in the US. According to “The Rise of Asian Americans,” “Asians have overtaken Hispanics as the largest group of new immigrants arriving each year in the United States. Two-thirds of recent adult Asian immigrants are either college students or college…
Source Of all blessings we know of none greater than the begetting of children endowed with intelligence.— Tirukkural
Source JAMMU, INDIA, June 16, 2012 (PTI): Three medical help line centres would be set up en route cave shrine of Amarnath to educate pilgrims about their health conditions. Shri Baba Amaranth Yatri Niyas today said it plans to setup the centres. “We know that more than 100 people died during last year’s yatra due to cardiac arrest and that…
Source VIJAYAWADA, INDIA, June 14, 2012 (The Hindu): Over 200 tiny tots participated in the mass aksharabhyasam organized atop Indrakeeladri by the Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam here on Wednesday. Parents turned up in good numbers along with their children to perform aksharabhyasam (first letter writing), the formal initiation into the learning process (traditionally performed at the age of five).…
Source NAESTVED, DENMARK, May 5, 2012 (ringstednu.dk): From the outside it looks like an ordinary old school, but when you move inside the gymnasium of the former Vallensved School of Naestved, it’s buzzing with activities. The hall has been converted into a Hindu temple, where several hundred Tamils are gathered for Friday prayers, which for the Hindus is the most…