Source CHENNAI, INDIA, January 27, 2012 (Deccan Chronicle): The Agastiyar temple at T. Nagar (central Chennai) that has been managed more as an ashram and a defunct Naadi Jothida Nilayam for about six decades was taken over by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR & CE) department on Wednesday evening citing “gross mismanagement” and “violations.” The temple had its…
Source Because you think I am capable of loving or despising you, you cannot know who I am.— Satguru Yogaswami (1872-1964), Sri Lanka’s most revered contemporary mystic
Source UNITED STATES, January 18, 2012: Julie Sahni vividly remembers the first time she had to eat with utensils. Ms. Sahni, a New York-based cookbook author and cooking teacher, grew up in India eating the traditional way, with her right hand. Then, in college, she won a dance competition that would take her to Europe. How, she wondered, would she…
Source CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA, January 26, 2012 (Economic Times): The prestigious University of Chicago will establish a new visiting professorship in Indian studies to commemorate the legacy of spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda, supported by a US$1.5 million gift from India. The new chair will enrich the University’s renowned programme for the study of the Indian subcontinent and further research and…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 25, 2012 (Indian Express): Seven new tourist circuits will be developed across the country to facilitate travel to and stay at religious places. Work has already begun to prepare detailed project reports for Sufi, Buddhist & Jain, Christian, Sikh, Hinduism and Sarva Dharma [all religions] circuits. The Sufi circuit will include Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri,…
Source Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow before children.— Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), mystic, poet and artist
Source PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANI, USA, January 24, 2012: (Chakranews.com): The 1st Hindu Mandir priests’ Conference 2012 (HMPC 2012) will be hosted on April 27-28, 2012 and held in Pittsburgh, USA. The conference objective is sustainability and the advancement of Sanatana Dharma by making the modes of worship meaningful and relevant for the younger generation of Hindus within the United States and…
Source BHUBANESWAR, ORISSA, INDIA, January 24, 2012 (Times of India): A 35-year-old Russian tourist here on Tuesday created quite a flutter after entering the 11th century Lingaraj temple that is off limits to non-Hindus. The tourist, who claimed to have converted to Hinduism in the past, identified himself as Sundar Gopal Das. Police are verifying the Russian’s passport to ascertain…
Source VIETNAM: A flood of Vietnamese are flooding a Hindu temple in Ho Chi Minh City during the 7-day Tet festival that began last Friday, according to Indian residents of the city and local Vietnamese. More than 50,000 people, almost all Buddhists, prayed at the Mariammam Temple through the day and the entire night during the Vietnamese New Year on…
www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2012/1/19.shtml”>Source Everything changes, everything passes; things appearing, things disappearing. But when all is over–being and extinction both transcended–still, the basic emptiness and silence abide, and that is blissful peace. — Mystical song from a Hindu story