Source INDIA, May 8, 2012 (pib.nic.in): The Minister for Culture and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has said that the Ministry of Culture has entered into an agreement with the University of Chicago, USA for establishing “The Indian Ministry of Culture Vivekananda Chair.” In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today she said, the Chair will commemorate…
Source The end of ego is the mystic death of the meditator.— Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1993), founder of the Chinmaya Mission
Source HYDERABAD, INDIA, MAY 2, 2012 (India Today): SR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s religious slant once again sparked a big controversy on Wednesday when he entered the famous Hindu temple of Lord Venkateshwara in Tirumala without signing the mandatory declaration about his faith in the Deity. Jagan, a Christian, along with his 60 followers, including former Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams…
Source INDIA, April 30, 2012 (First Post): “Hindus are like a fish out of water in Pakistan. They all want to come to India, hoping to put an end to their misery – but it is a different story here altogether,” says Krishan Lal, who is one of a group of 145 Hindus who fled Pakistan on a pilgrimage visa.…
Source WISCONSIN, U.S., May 4, 2012 (Post Crescent): Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion, yet before November, Wisconsin only had two Hindu temples. But there’s a new worship space that has joined the mix in Kaukauna. The Hindu Temple of Northeast Wisconsin purchased a 7,000-square-foot building in November for $505,000. Although the building, which sits on four acres of…
Source NRITYAGRAM, INDIA, March 3, 2012 (New York Times): Movement has long pervaded Indian thought. Dance here is a vivid element in religion, mythology, philosophy and art. Although I have spent over 35 years following dance in the West, a four-week visit to India in February made me feel that only now have I witnessed dance where it is truly…
Source CHANDIGARH, INDIA, May 9, 2012 (Times of India): It has only been two days since registration forms for the Amarnath Yatra 2012 started being sold in the city at the Chandigarh branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank in Sector 17 and 1,240 out of a total 1,540 forms have already been sold in the first two days in nearly…
Source SRINAGAR, INDIA, May 8, 2012 (Greater Kashmir): Chief Executive Officer of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, Navin K. Choudhary has said that on the first day of commencement of registration as many as 16,553 persons utilized the internet based e-registration facility and 174 bank branches for registering the dates and routes on which they wish to perform this year’s Amarnath…
Source ACHNERA, UTTAR PRADESH, April 28, 2012 (Newstrack India): A Hindu temple in this small, bustling town on the outskirts of Agra is making a record of sorts with the continuous recital of the Indian epic Ramayana for the past 18 years. The Ram Hanuman temple opposite the Achnera railway station, about 15 miles from Agra, has become a major…
Source Nothing is impossible for pure love.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)