Source PALERMO, ITALY, February 23, 2012 (ricerca.repubblica.it, translated from Italian): A search began in 1997 when a group of Mauritians, residents in Palermo, decided to found a temple called Ganesh Mandir, managed by the religious association of the same name. They scoured the whole city before finding a warehouse in the heart of the historic city center that suited them.…
Source THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, July 5, 2012 (Daily Pioneer): Vault A, first of the six secret cellars of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple, Thiruvananthapuram holding treasures worth over US$18 billion, was opened on Thursday morning for evaluation and documentation of the invaluable artifacts, ornaments and other items kept in it. An expert committee appointed by the Supreme Court for the evaluation and…
Source What is the most exclusive club in the world ? The Advaita Club. It has only one member.— Anonymous
Source UNITED STATES, July 6, 2012 (MSNBC): Is it a dealbreaker if your partner skips the bacon in favor of tofu? For some meat eaters, that’s exactly the case. The recent Love Bites survey of 4,000 singles conducted by TODAY.com and Match.com found that nearly 30 percent of meat eaters say they would not date a vegetarian or vegan. Writer…
Source EDMONTON, CANADA, July 2, 2012 (Edmonton Journal): Canada’s northernmost Hindu Temple will be built in Grande Prairie, Alberta. A sod-turning event was held June 29, 2012. For local dentists Dr. Nikhilesh Roy and his wife, Dr. Ratnaboli Roy, the temple is more than just a place of worship: it is a connection to their Indian homeland, and a gift…
Source Whatever defect I have in my sight, in my heart or mind, may God amend! May he, the Protector of the world, bless us!— Yajur Veda 36.2
Source WASHINGTON, D.C., July 6, 2012 (HAF): “We won’t go back. Even if you shoot us we won’t go back,” cried out an elderly Pakistani Hindu woman living in the Dera Dhuni Baba refugee camp in the Indian capital of New Delhi. Her tragic story, along with those of 150 other Hindus from Pakistan’s Sindh province, was recently captured by…
Source THANJAVUR, INDIA, July 6, 2012 (newindianexpress.com): The ancient Chola town of Thanjavur has made its artistic and aesthetic contribution to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), which discovered the Higgins Boson particle, as the Lord Nataraja’s icon in the cosmic dance pose placed at the lab is made by sculptors from Swamimalai, near Kumbakonam here. The 12-feet bronze…
Source GEORGE TOWN, MALAYSIA, July 6, 2012 (nst.com): The Arulmigu Bala Thandayuthapani temple, touted to be the largest Lord Murugan temple of its kind outside of India, opened to some 300,000 people at its maha kumbabhishegam (grand consecration) ceremony held over three days at the temple in Jalan Kebun Bunga here, recently. Devotees braved the scorching heat and marched up…
Source We who have come from the East here have been told day after day in a patronizing way that we ought to accept Christianity because Christian nations are the most prosperous. We look about us and see England as the most prosperous nation in the world, with her foot on the neck of 250 million Asiatics. We look back…