Source RANCHI, INDIA, April 5, 2012 (India Times): An ancient Shiva temple, better known as Pahari Mandir because of its location atop a hill in the capital, will be the first temple here to seek online donations. The new system will be operational from the end of this month and devotees can offer prayers, prasad and donations to Pahari Baba…
Source Oh, if you only knew yourselves! You are souls; you are Gods. If ever I feel like blaspheming, it is when I call you man.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source UNITED STATES, April 8, 2012 (Scientific American): New research indicates that people have developed a mental tool to help us cope with the realities of our carnivorous nature: denial. In a study that excluded vegetarians, psychologist Brock Bastian of the University of Queensland in Australia and his colleagues first asked participants to commit to eating either meat slices or…
MONTREAL, CANADA, April 16, 2012 (press release): The eighth annual Sanskrit conference will meet on Friday, the 18th of May, 2012, in the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. The aim of this conference is to promote daily as well as scholarly use of Sanskrit. Participants are therefore invited to make a presentation in Sanskrit on any…
Source ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, March 28, 2012 (Asia News): “In Pakistan there is justice only for Muslims, justice is denied Hindus. Kill me here, now, in court. But do not send me back to the Darul-Aman [Koranic school] … kill me”. This is the desperate, heartbreaking outburst of Rinkel Kumari, a Hindu girl aged 19, who has entrusted her heartfelt appeal…
Source It is a gift of God to see ourselves as others see us.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Press Release NEW YORK (Press release by Vishnu Dutt): Some 450 Arya Samajists from eight Arya Samaj organizations in the tri states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut culminated an entire week of celebrations to mark the 137th anniversary of the worldwide Arya Samaj movement with an open air multi kunda havan services in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York…
Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, April 7, 2012 (NY Times): Mr. Rashid, a Muslim, said he had long believed that practicing yoga was tantamount to “denouncing my religion.” But after moving to New York in 1997 from Bahrain, he slowly began to rethink his stance. Now Mr. Rashid, 56, has come full circle: not only has he adopted yoga into…
Source INDIA, April 5, 2012 (The Hindu): For the benefit of Amarnath pilgrims this year, helicopter fares have been reduced by over 40 per cent on the Baltal-Panjtarni route and by over 35 per cent on the Pahalgam-Panjtarni route. “At a time when air fares are going up all over the world, there is some extremely good news for the…
Sources in the government told The Hindu that the government passed the order to take over the administration of the temple on April 13 on the charge of maladministration. The government said that there were serious irregularities in the administration and hence, it was necessary to take over the administration in the interest of devotees. On Sunday morning, senior officials…