Source CHENNAI, INDIA, August 4, 2012 (The Hindu): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa today approved an allocation of US$224,200 towards subsidizing the travel of Hindu pilgrims to the holy sites of Mansarovar and Muktinath, both in foreign countries. The State Government will bear US$717 of the US$1800 estimated per individual for air travel to Mansarovar in China and US$179…
Source HYDERABAD, INDIA August 3, 2012 (Times of India): It was festival time in the city on Thursday as families celebrated Raksha Bandhan with great fervor. Most schools and colleges remained closed on the occasion while sweet shops and gift stores cashed in on the festive boom to report 25%-40% increase in sales. Gift boxes of assorted chocolates sold like…
Source — “A” is the first and source of all the letters. Even so is God Primordial the first and source of all the world. Tirukural
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 LONDON, ENGLAND, March 21, 2010 (mandir.org): The winning designs of the Olympic Landmark London pin badges have been launched, with BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Neasden featured as the selected landmark for the London Borough of Brent. In September 2009, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and London Councils launched the Landmark London competition.…
Source KARACHI, INDIA August 3, 2012 (tribune.com): Every year at Raksha Bandhan, a middle-aged Padma dresses in her best red sari and comes to the Laxmi Narayan Temple with a red rakhi, but without a brother. She goes up to the room where the statue of Lord Vishnu resides and tries the thread around its wrist. “He is my only…
Source Lead me in the center of thy silence to fill my heart with songs.— Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) celebrated Bengali writer who won the Nobel Prize Literature in 1913.
Source MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, July 31, 2012 (Manchester Evening News): (HPI is struggling to find anything about the Olympics which might interest our Hindu readers. Today we offer this historical tidbit.) Emil Voigt, a Manchester journalist, a self-trained vegetarian and a radio pioneer, was born in Ardwick and holds an Olympic record unlikely ever to be broken. He raced to victory…
Source ALLAHABAD, July 31, 2012 (TNN): Devotees thronged various city temples on last Monday of Shrawan to offer prayers to Lord Shiva. Even rain and power failure could not deter their spirits and heavy rush of devotees was witnessed in the Mankameshwar Temple and Padila Mahadeo temple at Phaphamau. A large number of kanwariyas also gathered at Shiva temples to…
Source Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.— Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), Founder of Self-Realization Fellowship