Source SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, August 3, 2012 (Sydney Morning Herald): The National Gallery of Australia has been embroiled in a drama over the alleged trafficking of artefacts and antiquities. Subhash Kapoor, 63, an American citizen who deals in Indian artefacts and owns two galleries in Manhattan, is being held in prison in Tamil Nadu, southern India, accused of trafficking antiques and…
Source OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN, August 10, 2012 (yahoo.com): Hundreds of people streamed into a Wisconsin high school Friday to pay their final respects to six worshippers gunned down by a white supremacist at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee. Somber, tearful mourners, most wearing scarves on their heads in the Sikh tradition, greeted victims’ family members with hugs at the…
Source It is not in books, you fool. Satguru Siva Yogaswami— (1872-1964), Sri Lanka’s most renowned contemporary spiritual master
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, August 4, 2012: Hinduism Today was gifted an unusual painting of the 2010 Kumbha Mela and now offers it for sale on eBay to help the magazine. The original, highly detailed oil painting is 8 feet long and 3 feet high, unframed, on canvas. To see bid or see photos on eBay, click on “source” above. The…
Source HOUSTON, TEXAS, July 15, 2012 (Press Release): Hindus of Greater Houston held its second annual Hindu Youth Awards 2012 gala at India House on July 15th 2012 at India House, Houston. Seven outstanding Hindu youth and one Hindu youth organization were among the recipients of the awards. Hindu Youth Awards are dedicated to the Hindu youth who have the…
Source NEW JERSEY, U.S., August 3, 2012 (Financial Times): Congregants are expected to throng the Shree Swaminarayan temple in New Jersey this Sunday to ceremonially weigh their guru, Swami Purushottampriyadasji, in honor of his 70th birthday. But because of recent US financial reforms and the “war on terror,” members of the Hindu temple had to jump through an inordinate number…
Source NEW YORK, PTI, 27 July 2012: The US authorities have issued an arrest warrant against an Indian antique dealer, who is currently in prison in Tamil Nadu, after they seized statues and artifacts stolen from Indian temples and valued at over USD 20 million from his Manhattan store. US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) division of the homeland security…
Source WASHINGTON, D.C., August 6 (Huffington Post): President Barack Obama ordered flags at all U.S. government facilities both at home and abroad to be flown at half-staff Monday, a response to a mass-shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin over the weekend. “As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on August 5,…
Source Only when man realizes the Self does he attain his full maturity and find completeness.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source MADURAI, INDIA, August 4, 2012 (The Hindu): A US$717,500 project to replace all 74 pillars in the South and East Corridors around the Golden Lotus Tank of the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here, which are estimated to be more than 200 years old and had developed cracks, is under way. In the first phase, a total of ten pillars would…