Religion News Service USA, January 7, 2012: Last year saw two widely publicized, widely embarassing failed predictions for “the end of the world” by evenagelical pastor Harold Camping. But more may be coming: on December 21, 2012, the Mayan calendar reaches the end of its 5,126 epoch. That’s a cause of consternation among some end-times adherents, and amusement among some…
Source INDIA, December 26, 2011 (BBC): The song has been as feted as it has been vilified. Jana Gana Mana, India’s national anthem, has seen millions on their feet, standing to reverential attention, every time it is played. Among its critics are those that consider the song to be deferential to the British monarchy; others find it fails to fully…
Source USA, January 7, 2012 (CNN): Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman called it stupid. His rival Ron Paul denounced it. But perhaps most appalled by a “China Jon” ad on YouTube were Hindus in America. The ad also shows images of Huntsman with his two adopted daughters — one from China and the other, India. The Huntsmans adopted Indian daughter…
Source INDIA, January 7, 2012 (gulfnews): A 400-year-old Hindu temple in Himachal Pradesh that had been partly damaged more than a century ago in a devastating earthquake has been reconstructed in its original style and will be open to the public this month. The foundation of the Bharari Devi temple, located in Sarah village near Dharamsala town in Kangra district,…
Source O Mother! Let all my speech be your prayer; let all my crafts and technology be your worship and be the mystic gestures of my hand, adorning you. May all my movements become your devotional circumambulations. May everything I eat or drink be oblations to you. Let my lying down in rest and sleep be prostrations to you. Mother!…
Source NEW YORK, January 5, 2011 (NY Times): Glenn Black is, in many ways, a classic yogi: he studied in Pune, India, at the institute founded by the legendary B. K. S. Iyengar, and spent years in solitude and meditation. He now lives in Rhinebeck, N.Y. And Black, I’d been told, was the person to speak with if you wanted…
Source The Vegetarian Society, off Dunham Road, Altrincham, Trafford attracts visitors from all over the country UK, January 4, 2011 (messengernewspapers): A Victorian mansion just off leafy Dunham Road in Altrincham is home to an organisation whose appeal is so far and wide, it gets more hits on its website from overseas than it does at home. It is the…
Source INDIA, December 16, 2011 (Press Release): The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was founded in the December 1861 as a result of a series of antiquarian, artistic and architectural investigations since 1784, when the Asiatic Society was established under Sir William Jones. The necessity of an institution to survey and document, interpret and publish the data pertaining to India’s…
Source Amma was making dosai pancakes for breakfast for her two sons, Vignesh, age seven, and Chandran, age five. The boys got into a terrific argument over who was going to get the first dosai. They grew loud and rowdy. Amma saw this as a teaching opportunity, so she quieted the boys and said. “Now boys, do you know what…
www.hafsite.org WASHINGTON, DC, USA, November 12, 2011 (HAF): The Hindu American Foundation is now accepting applications for its Hindu American Congressional Internship, a unique opportunity for selected applicants to spend eight weeks interning on Capitol Hill between late May and mid-July 2012. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents, at least 18 years old, and enrolled in good standing…