Source The light which shines above heaven, above all the worlds, above everything, that is the same light which is within man. We can perceive it as the warmth in the body. And of it we have this audible proof: when we thus hear, by covering the ears, what is like the rumbling of a carriage, or the bellowing of…
Source SPAIN, October 26, 2011 (www.fesdiwali.blogspot.com): Swept away by the contagious joy of Bollywood music, thousands of Spanish people joined the Hindu community and gathered to celebrate Diwali. Spain, apparently, cannot resist the charm of Bollywood. See the video here
Source WASHINGTON, DC, USA, October 25, 2011 (rediff.com): United States President Barack Obama celebrated Diwali at the White House by lighting the traditional diya and hosting a reception for eminent Indian Americans and officials in his administration. “Diwali is a special holiday for millions across the country”, Obama said in his address to the gathering of Hindu Americans in Washington…
Source HOUSTON, TX, USA, October 25, 2011 (Houston Chronicle): Rows of twinkling lights, the tastiest Indian sweets and the lively atmosphere are enough to get anyone into the spirit of the most widely recognized Hindu holiday, Diwali. Celebrations extend over a three-week period, as Hindus in Houston use the popular holiday to introduce neighbors to their traditional events at temples,…
Source GUYANA, October 26, 2011 (ncnguyana): Thousands of Guyanese lined up outside the Campbellsville Mandir and along the kitty seawall to witness the well-lit and designed vehicles with various depictions of Hindu Gods and Goddesses which formed part of the Guyana Hundu Dharmic Sabha’s annual Diwali motorcade last evening. Some 20 floats participated in the event which started in 1974…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 18, 2011 (dna India): Hindu God Krishna’s name is not the exclusive property of any company, the Delhi High Court has said, while rejecting a trademark-related plea of a milk food company which wanted a rival to be barred from using the Deity’s name on its products. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and…
Source In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit man’s stupidity.
RNS USA, October 26, 2011 (By Lauren Markoe for Religion News Services): Happy Diwali! Happy Di what? It’s a Hindu holiday — and an important one — celebrated this week by Hindus all over the world, including an estimated 2 million in the United States. But do most Americans even know what Diwali is all about? Many Hindu Americans say…
Source PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, October 20, 2011: In a country fraught with incidents of discrimination against minorities, a 160-year-old Hindu temple in Peshawar is preparing to welcome worshippers after 60 years. The Goraknath Temple, situated in the city’s archaeological complex Gor Kattri, opens for worship on the Hindu festival of Diwali. “In accordance with the September 15 verdict of the Peshawar…
Source INDIA, October 26, 2011: Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, has written a message to Hindus for the feast of Diwali, entitled: ‘Christians and Hindus: together in Promoting Religious Freedom’. Religious freedom, the text reads, currently takes ‘centre stage in many places, calling our attention to those members of our human family exposed to…