Source BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, June 15, 2011 (mangalorean.com): Over 200,000 devotees from various parts of the country converged in Orissa’s temple town of Puri Wednesday and witnessed the bathing ritual of three Deities that precedes the famous chariot festival or Rath Yatra, an official said. The Deities — Lord Jagannath, his elder brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra — were taken out…
Source AHMEDABAD, INDIA, June 14, 2011 (Times of India): Next time you enter the Somnath temple, ensure that you have removed your belt and are not in “improper or disrespectful” dress. The Shree Somnath Trust has recently imposed a dress code banning short skirts and shorts. A board at the security counter reads, “Not allowed inside the temple improper disrespectful…
Source UK, June 20, 2011 (BBC):The oceans are in a worse state than previously suspected, according to an expert panel of scientists. In a new report, they warn that ocean life is “at high risk of entering a phase of extinction of marine species unprecedented in human history”. They conclude that issues such as over-fishing, pollution and climate change are…
Source USA, June 20, 2011 (Press Release): H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji Maharaj, President of the Parmarth Niketan Ashram, is visiting America. He is currently in South Carolina, and will be in Chicago on the 25th, touring several states until July 17. Pujya Swamiji travels the world, speaking to audiences large and small, formal and informal, spreading inspiration, upliftment and…
Source BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, June 2, 2011: Bonnie Farmer, M.S., R.D. for PlantWise Nutrition Consulting in Plainwell, MI has gained national recognition of her research completed at the School of Health Sciences of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. About to be published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Dietetic Association, her article, “A Vegetarian Dietary Pattern as a Nutrient-Dense…
Source USA, June 13, 2011 (Huffington Post, by Rajiv Malhotra): The word “dharma” has multiple meanings depending on the context in which it is used. Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary lists several, including: conduct, duty, right, justice, virtue, morality, religion, religious merit, good work according to a right or rule, etc. Many other meanings have been suggested, such as law or “torah”…
Source PALERMO, ITALY, May 26, 2011: The former garage space on Imperatore Federico street, which was converted into a place of worship by the Hindus in Palermo, is suffering the stress of success. Too many people are coming to worship! So Viky Sahy, after searching in vain for a rental space, has decided to set up a temple for the…
Source Time is the curvature that makes all people the center of the universe.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source To give love is true freedom; to demand love is pure slavery.— Swami Chinmayananda
Source UNITED STATES, May 31, 2011: (by Lavina Melwani in her blog) Thomas L. Kelly, an American from Santa Fe, New Mexico, was only 21 when he first visited Nepal as a US Peace Corps volunteer. This two year stint has coalesced into a lifelong sojourn where Kelly, now 54, has dedicated his life to chronicling the hidden beauty and…