Source SIRSI, KARNATAKA, November 28, 2011: The ruins of a 1000-year-old magnificent Shiva temple at Tenkal, a tiny village on the borders of Yellapur and Mundagod taluks in Uttara-Kannada district craves for attention from the Archaeological Department. Historian Laxmish Hegde believes that the temple, situated amidst dense forest, was built in Kalyani Chalukya style of architecture by Hangal Kadambas in…
Source Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.— Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), American author
Source KAUAI, HI, USA, December 8, 2011: The JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH, 2012, edition of Hinduism’s foremost and widely respected spiritual magazine, Hinduism Today, has been released in digital form and is now available for free on your desktop. This issue is a wide-ranging trek through modern dharma, so prepare yourself for the journey. First stop is our 16-page feature article: A Survivor’s…
Source For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, even more than things, have to be…
Source USA, December 3, 2011 (Press Release): The Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conferences (HMEC), an initiative gathering most Hindu leaders and temple managers in the US, will organize the First Hindu Mandir Priest’s Conference on April next year. The goal is to protect and advance Hinduism by fostering the Hindu sacred rites of worship, specially among younger Hindus. The conference will…
Press Release TORONTO, CANADA, November 20, 2011: It is customary for Hindus, before embarking on anything new, to begin with worship to Lord Ganesha. Therefore, as a pre-cursor to the Kumbabhishekam activities of Richmond Hill Hindu Temple in Toronto, a Maha Ganapathi Homam and 108 Sanga (conch) Abhishekam for Sri Ganesha was performed on Sunday, November 20, 211. The ceremony…
Source Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Source USA, December 4, 2011: Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record last year, upending the notion that the brief decline during the recession might persist through the recovery. Emissions rose 5.9 percent in 2010, according to an analysis released Sunday by the Global Carbon Project, an international collaboration of scientists tracking…
Source LONDON, UK, November 28, 2011 (The Guardian): Obesity isn’t what’s robbing us of good health and life. Using data from the Cooper Centre Longitudinal Study exercise scientist Steven Blair and his colleagues have established that you can be fat and fit. It is better to be overweight and active than normal weight and sedentary in terms of risk of…
Source BENGALORE, INDIA, December 4, 2011: A temple’s architecture conveys more than just the identity of the God it houses; it also talks about the rulers during the time of its construction, customs and traditions, and more. The aromatic incense of burning camphor swirled in the sweet fragrance of flowers in myriad colors, light from diyas dancing to the tune…