Source In Jammu, the faithful thronged temples, including the cave shrine of Shiv Khori in Reasi district, and paid obeisance to Lord Shiva. Long-winding queues were seen outside Ranbeshwar temple, Peer Kho, Har-ki-Pouri and Shiv Parvati mandir in the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the Hindu calendar, Maha Shivaratri is celebrated a day or two before the…
Source TRINIDAD, February 21, 2012 (Paras Ramoutar): Trinidad and Tobago Hindus joined the rest of the Indian Diaspora world wide in the annual observance of Maha Shiva Ratri on Sunday, Feb. 19, from midnight. The observance juxtaposed with the annual pre-lenten celebration, Carnival, which is celebrated here on Monday February 20 and Tuesday February 21. Whilst non-Hindus opted to hit…
Source NEW JERSEY, USA, February 22, 2012 (Forum for Hindu Awakening): Bridgewater Hindu Temple welcomes you to a Hinduism Summit to be held on Saturday, 10th March from 3:00 to 5:15 PM at the Temple community hall. This free event will include conch blowing, Vedic recitations, lamp lighting and refreshments. It will feature presentations by Hindu thinkers like Rajiv Malhotra,…
Source UNITED STATES, February 2012: Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation Inc., USA, is organizing the first Veda Sammelanam of North America at the Sharada Temple in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, April 14. Vedic Scholars, Priests, Agama/Sastra Pundits, Shivacharyas and Bhattacharyas from USA and Canada are invited to participate. This coincides with the 100th year of ascension to the spiritual throne of…
Source “Maha Sivaratri is the most important religious day in the calendar of the Hindus and Hindu temples. The government declared this day Public and Bank Holiday but not a Mercantile Holiday in spite of our repeated requests. We, as the Federation of Hindu Religious Associations and Trustees of Hindu Temples of this country appeal, once again to the government…
Source HAIBOWAL, PUNJAB, INDIA, February 19, 2012 (Times of India): The Shiv temple in Haibowal has been witnessing a unique activity since February 7. People of all age groups are all busy making clay Siva Lingams, and it’s not just one, two or even thousands, but over 400,000 that they have made till now. The number will reach 500,000 by…
Source SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, USA, February 19, 2012 (Salisbury Post): The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to let stand a ruling that Forsyth County commissioners’ opening prayers are unconstitutional is rippling across the state as other governments examine their own practices. The nation’s highest court declined in January to hear an appeal to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2011 ruling…
Source COIMBATORE, INDIA, January 2012 (The Hindu): The Rest and Restoration camp for temple elephants was doing a world of good not only for the pachyderms but also their handlers (mahouts), observed the Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments M.S.M. Anandan at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve on Sunday. With the camp for 36 female and one male temple elephant…
Source Give up everything to Him, resign yourself to Him and there will no trouble for you. Then you will come to know that every thing is done by His will.— Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, February 18, 2012 (HPI): Maha Sivaratri will be celebrated throughout the Hindu world on the 19th or 20th (depending on location). On “Siva’s Great Night,” Maha Sivaratri, the fourteenth day of the dark half of Kumbha, or Aquarius (Phalguna February/March), devotees fast all day in preparation to worship Lord Siva from evening until early dawn bathing the…