Source INDIA, June 1, 2011 (The Australian): The Ganges River, India’s heavily polluted spiritual artery, has dropped to alarmingly low levels and begun receding from the historic Varanasi Ghats, which attract millions of pilgrims and tourists each year. The water has receded as much as 3m in some areas from the holy ghats. Environmentalists say levels in the upper reaches…
Source BRENT, GREATER LONDON, UK: June 2, 2011 (Harrow Observer): Thousands of Hindus are urging Brent Council to continue funding a popular festival that has been celebrated in the borough for 30 years. Brent Council wants to stop paying for the Navratri celebrations, a nine-day annual festival in autumn, in order to save 67,000. Campaigners from the borough’s Hindu community…
Source ALLAHABAD, INDIA, March 3, 2011 (Times of India): The first and foremost Hindu literary work, the Vedas, laid importance on the mysteries of the universe; “prosperity of the entire world is the primary objective of Vedic scripture”, said renowned Sanskrit scholar, Prof. Trivikarm Narayan Dharmadhikari, while addressing a gathering of scholars and students at Ganga Nath Jha Sanskrit Vidyapeeth.
Source BANKA, BIHAR, INDIA, May 30, 2011 (IBN live): All India Santmat Mahasabha (ALSM) President, Shahi Swamiji Maharaj died today after a week-long ailment at Maniarpur Ashram in Banka district of Bihar. He was 90. The ALSM president dedicated his life to propagate Hinduism in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, Chaturandji said.
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, May 31, 2011 (IBN live): The devotees who thronged the Mallikeshwarar Temple in Ashok Nagar on Monday evening wore a look of silent relief. The shrine, believed to be around 1000 years old, had been under the threat of demolition, to make way for a Chennai Metro station.But intervention by civil society and local advocacy groups seems…
Source What you’re doing today or what you’re planning tomorrow is of much more importance than what you did yesterday.— Sir Edmund Hillary, first Westerner to climb Mt. Everest
Source Sometimes I wish karma could talk… That would take a lot of the guesswork out of what we do.— Randy Hickey, TV character, brother of the eponymous star in the American show “My Name Is Earl”
www.hinduamerican.org WASHINGTON, D.C., May 25, 2011 (Hindu American Foundation press release) : Former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Badawi had just finished addressing an audience of activists, community leaders, and scholars at the University of Minnesota. He extolled what he called religious harmony and co-existence in his country, and after the talk was approached by Suhag Shukla, Esq., Managing Director…
Source UNITED STATES, May 11, 2011 (Huff Post, by Deepa Iyer): There is no such thing as the average Hindu temple. They reflect the diversity of Hinduism itself, varying architecturally by region, town, or village of India, by historical era and philosophical school of thought, or by a specific diaspora’s spiritual inclinations. However, there are three certain features that a…
Source AURORA, ILLINOIS, May 20, 2011: The 10-year-old brothers, Rahul and Rosha Shirahatti, and their sister Riya, 8, took part in a yoga demonstration at this month’s Teacher Appreciation Day put on by Indian families in the Indian Prairie School District. Around 100 people attended the Guru Vandana 2011, the second annual Teacher Appreciation Day event at the Eola Community…