Source CHENNAI, INDIA, June 17, 2011 (Times of India): The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board plans to introduce rain water harvesting methods in all the temple tanks in the state. Hydrologists say temple tanks are an excellent source of water conservation that also pushes up the groundwater table. Examples of this are the tanks of the Mylapore Kapaleeswarar temple…
Source THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, June 29, 2011 (Hindustan Times): Gold articles and other precious objects believed to be worth more than Rs 1,000 crore (US$ 225 Million) have been found at the Sri Padmanabha Swami temple by the Supreme Court-appointed panel. However, since most of the stuff are antique pieces, a formal assessment of their value is difficult. Among the ones…
Source USA, June 27, 2011 (Press Release): From Julia Roberts to millions of college students, it seems like everyone is doing yoga! Some practice yoga to help deal with the day to day stress of a hectic life, while others use it as means of physical well-being. Yoga has become the tool to help your mind and body stay healthy.…
Source Science sometimes runs the risk of not seeing the truth, because it does not want to know about miracles.— Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997), French explorer, ecologist and filmmaker
HPI NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 22, 2011 (By Rajiv Malik, HPI Chief Correspondent for India and South Asia): “The problem of conversion in India will be greatly diminished if Hindu parents live and practice Hinduism in their lives. Just preaching is not enough and it is not going to work. You have to walk the talk. Parents have to put…
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 14, 2011 (The NY Times): Indian officials signed an agreement with the World Bank to use a $1 billion loan to finance the first major new effort in more than 20 years to cleanse the revered Ganges, one of the world’s dirtiest rivers. One-third of India’s 1.2 billion people live along the banks of the…
Source And so, for the first time in my life perhaps, I took the lamp and, leaving the zone of everyday occupations and relationships where everything seems clear, I went down into my inmost self, to the deepest abyss whence I feel dimly that my power of action emanates. But as I moved further away from the conventional certainties by…
Source UK, June 22, 2010 (tuaw): The British Library has released 1000 books from its 19th Century collection into a free iPad app that includes novels, historical works, poetry, philosophy and scientific books. The books have been scanned in high resolution and color so you can see the engraved illustrations, the beauty of the embossed covers, along with maps and…
Source HAMPI, INDIA, June 16, 2011 (The Pune Mirror): Some of the most impressive structures at the world heritage site at Hampi are in various stages of collapse following unchecked quarrying of granite in the vicinity. On Sunday, a portion of the famous Varaha temple came crashing down. Regular dynamiting of rocks in the periphery of the Vijayanagar ruins had…
Source VARANASI, INDIA, June 19, 2011 (The Times of India): A group of dalit women will go to historic Kashi Vishwanath Temple to offer prayers and later share a meal with brahmins on Monday. Around 200 untouchable women from Alwar and Tonk districts of Rajasthan, who were once engaged in cleaning toilets, will make a visit to the famous temple…