Source REUNION, FRANCE, May 22, 2012 (clicanoo.re): In the courtyard of the Maha Kali Temple on Marechal Leclerc Street, workers from Reunion and India are busy. Everything must be ready for tomorrow, the day given for the kickoff of Kumbhabhishekam ceremonies which will run until 1 June, the great day of consecration. Work started in August 2010 to restore the…
Source JAMMU, INDIA, June 2012 (ibnlive.in): A large number of Amarnath pilgrims who assembled in Jammu on Sunday to leave for the cave shrine in Kashmir courted arrest after the state administration did not allow them to start the pilgrimage before the scheduled date. Around 600 yatris from across the country assembled at Parade area early morning to leave for…
Source It is Divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts. Your duty is to treat everybody, including yourself, as a manifestation of the Lord.— Swami Sivananda (1887-1963), founder of Divine Life Society, Rishikesh
Source For our cause I too am prepared to die, but for no cause, my friend, will I be prepared to kill.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian spiritual leader
Source BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, May 27, 2012 (Times of India): If you’re ever in Buenos Aires don’t forget to visit Groove, a trendy nightclub that should pleasantly surprise any Indian. Because at Groove you won’t hear salsa or reggaton music, like you do at most such places, but instead soulful Sanskrit melodies that rent the air. “I had the most…
Source EUGENE, OREGON, USA, June 1, 2012 (kval.com): The sky behind University of Oregon’s Knight Library filled with bright colors as the Students of the Indian Subcontinent hosted Holi: a Hindu Festival of Colors. “I got an email, and they said this was happening,” said Andrew Fujimato, an Oregon student. “They said it was free, and it sounded like fun.”…
Source JAMMU, INDIA, June 2, 2012 (greaterkashmir.com); The civil and police administration is on tenterhooks following reports of thousands of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists having reached to Jammu to start the annual Amarnath Yatra from tomorrow in defiance of the government schedule of June 25. Sources said that the administration was having sleepless nights and making every effort to…
Source A miser, a devotee and a priest are all meeting together to discuss how they give money to the temple. The devotee says, “I draw a line, toss up some money in the air, and whatever lands on my side I keep, and what lands on the other side I give to the temple.” The priest says, “I draw…
Source OXON HILL, MARYLAND, May 31, 2012 (NBC): Snigdha Nandipati heard a few words she didn’t know during the National Spelling Bee, but never when she stepped to the microphone. Calm and collected throughout, the 14-year-old from San Diego spelled “guetapens,” a French-derived word that means ambush, snare or trap, to win the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday…
Source TIRUPATI, ANDRA PRADESH, INDAI, May 31, 2012 (Wall Street Journal): Patheti Srinivasarao deals with 900 kilograms of human hair a day. He is in charge of the collection, categorization and sale of hair shaved from the heads of pilgrims at Sri Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh. At the start of June, Mr. Srinivasarao, who is an engineer by…