Source VARANASI, INDIA, AUGUST 3, 2011: In Varanasi, the temple city in Uttar Pradesh, devotees deposit their prayers dedicated to Lord Shiva. The ‘banking’ temple close to the banks of River Ganga was set up in 2002 and it accepts deposits in form of handwritten chants Om Namah Shivaya. Devotees believe they would be blessed by this exercise of depositing…
Source NASHIK, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, July 23, 2011: Hindus observe a fast on the day of Ashadhi Ekadashi and spend the day in remembering God; thousands of Warakaris take part in ‘bhajans, keertans’ and go to temples. But on this day, a group of Christians from Manmad started distributing free books on Christianity at market places, shops, and clinics and were…
latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-india-cheerleaders-20110722,0,7051480.story NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 21, 2011: Just weeks ago, to attract audiences to the glitzy new Indian Premier League, organizers drew on U.S.-style cheerleaders in bikinis, miniskirts and high boots. Many condemned it as “vulgar” and “frivolous eye candy” in a nation where sensuality is not frequently discussed or displayed in public. In a bid to appeal to the…
The festival honoring the Hindu God Skanda will continue for 27 days until the 30th of this month. The festival includes chariot processions, drumming, dancing and acts of self-mortification, according to the organizers of the festival. Organizers say that strict dress code guidelines will be in place for devotees entering the temple during the festival period. Accordingly, men will not…
Source When the solution is simple, God is answering.— Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
HPI KAUAI, HI, USA, August 4, 2011: Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today, will be visiting Trinidad and giving lectures. The first one, on August 6, 2011, will be at the Chinmaya Mission at McBean Village, from 9 a.m. to noon, with the subject: Prayer, Meditation and Values. On the next day the lecture will be at Queen’s Hall…
Source Arise, awake! Stop not till the goal is reached.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), disciple of Sri Ramakrisha
Source INDIA, July 9, 2011 (by Tavishi Paitandy Rastogi for the Hindustan Times): In the Seventies, feminists urged women to go out of their homes and work. Domesticity limited their potential, women were told, they could do much more with their lives than remain restricted to their nurturing and homemaking roles. ‘What men can do, women can do too, and…
Source VAL-MORIN, QUEBEC, July 24, 2011 (Radio Canada): Val-Morin, Quebec, took on the colors of India and Sri Lanka Sunday, during the biggest Hindu pilgrimage in North America. Tens of thousands of Tamil Hindus from Quebec, Ontario and the United States, gathered to participate in the Kavadi procession, which celebrates the God Murugan. Fasting, singing, dancing, trances and rituals of…
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, July 22, 2011 (Livemint): When Hillary Clinton charted the second leg of her recent India trip, very few people expected her to travel from Delhi to Chennai–a first for any US secretary of state. Many observers speculated that her decision was probably driven by the presence of a large number of American-owned car-making and computer-manufacturing factories near…