Source INDIA, April 19, 2012 (The Hindu, By Pradeep Chakravarthy): This is the part of a story on temple rituals, shodasha upacharas, and the meanings of the sacred objects used. Here, the deepa is explained. Deepa or waving a lamp lit is an integral part of the upachara, for two reasons – it was the only means of light in…
HPI MALOLO, FIJI, April 2012 (by Shalendra Prasad): Bad weather could not stop Hindu devotees from witnessing the opening of their new temple within the Malolo Sangam Temple premises on Monday, April 16. The brand new temple is devoted to Goddess ‘Karumari Amman’ who is believed to bring good luck and fulfill the good wishes of every devotee. The $250,000…
Source One should go beyond relative knowledge and abide in the Self. Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world. Seek the seeker.— Ramana Maharishi (1879-1950), South Indian mystic
Source UNITED KINGDOM, March 27, 2012 (Guardian): Ryan Giggs, 38, is the most decorated player in English football history. He was appointed an OBE in the Queen’s 2007 Birthday Honours List and was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2005, for his services to English Football. His career is unusually long-lived, thanks in part to hatha yoga.…
Source CANADA, April 17, 2012 (National Post): On the morning of April 3, an Oakville Museum employee arrived at work to find a 500-pound marble statue of the Hindu God Ganesh in his parking spot, Halton police said. Since then, investigators have been trying to determine its origin. “We have good information, given the size of it, it would be…
Source MADURAI, INDIA, April 21, 2012 (The Hindu): Power authorities are considering exempting from night time power cuts the procession routes of Deities during the upcoming Chithirai festival of the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple. Thousands congregate along the routes of the processions, which are mostly during the evenings and nights, to have darshan. Sources from Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation…
Source Tell the truth; there’s less to remember.— Mark Twain, famous American author
Religion News Service LOS ANGELES April 22, 2012 (RNS):[HPI note: Because this news from Religion News Service is not available on the web, HPI is running it in full.] Kamna Mittal and her husband moved to the Bay Area soon after they were married in India in 2000. In addition to being in a new country, the couple were new…
Source SPANISH FORK, UTAH, April 19, 2012 (by Karisa Kukuchka): Tons of particles of colored maize painted the sky on March 24 and 25 and April 14 at the annual celebration of Holi. The Hindu temples in Spanish Fork and Salt Lake City that were once white became encrusted with layers of chalk and the handprints of the nearly 80,000…
Source Try to treat with equal love all the people with whom you have relations. Thus the abyss between ‘myself’ and ‘yourself’ will be filled in, which is the goal of all religious worship.— Anandamayi Ma (1896-1982), God-intoxicated yogini and mystic Bengali saint