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 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 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…
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 Find God.That is the only purpose in life.”— Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886)
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 3, 2012 (Indian Express):A special enclosure in the courtyard of Tihar Jail was abuzz with a range of emotions as families of nearly 4,500 inmates thronged the prison to celebrate Raksha Bandhan on Thursday. The jail authorities implemented a unique “advance booking system,” allowing the prisoners’ relatives to apply a month-and-a-fortnight ago for the visit.…
Source SRINAGAR,INDIA, August 3, 2012 (Economic Times): A massive sanitation drive has been launched en route to the 12,700 feet-high Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas to safeguard environment and ecology of the area. “A post-yatra sanitation drive has been launched in collaboration with the security forces and development authorities to clean up the camp sites and tracks,” Shri…