TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, March 6 (By Paras Ramoutar): Hindus in Trinidad and Tobago joined their counterparts around the globe to celebrate Shiva Raatri(Great Night of Shiva) on Wednesday midnight to Thursday midday. This was being done amidst the annual Carnival celebrations which started one week ago, and will climax on Tuesday March 9. Celebrations were observed in over 500 mandirs…
UNITED STATES, February 19, 2011: (By Anju Bhargava) On one side, emphasis in the Hindu and Dharmic (eastern) traditions appears to be primarily on inner self realization. But we are encouraged to engage in community service as a transformation practice, sadhana, without personal recognition or publicity. Our underlying Vedic philosophy, often quoted by Mahatma Gandhi is Service to Man is…
TEXAS, U.S, February 24, 2011: Though most American yoga practitioners don’t consider their work on the mat to be worship, there’s a spiritual aspect about yoga that’s more than physical. At this weekend’s Texas Yoga Conference, the largest gathering for mainstream yoga instructors and students the city’s ever hosted, instructors incorporated Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi Muslim, Judeo-Christian and other religious perspectives…
ALLAHABAD, INDIA, March, 2011: Lord Shiva’s net savvy devotees made online requests for performing the rudrabhishek on Mahashivaratri in the temples of Sangam city, with online applications. Many made advance bookings through SMSes. ‘We have received hundreds of online applications from devotees seeking permission to perform the rudrabhishek. Apart from emails and SMSes, many people have telephones us for this,’…
NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 28, 2011: India — When Sumeet Kohli’s husband was killed in a traffic accident, the 37-year-old was devastated. But when psychiatric medicines failed to help her, her husband’s memory inspired her to make a decision she says changed her fate: She sought out a regression therapist who helped her dredge up memories of a past life.…
ISLAMABAD, February 24, 2011: Despite being the second largest ethnic majority in the country, Hindus in Pakistan have been unable to acquire possession of their religious places, agricultural land and other commercial areas. Due to lack of government action, most sacred sites for Hindus are in a dilapidated condition; the rest have been converted into schools, hotels or business centers.…
At this supremely dangerous moment in human history, the only way of salvation is the ancient Hindu way. Here we have the attitude and spirit that can make it possible for the human race to grow together into a single family. British historian Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889-1975) Source
NAGPUR, INDIA, February 11, 2011: Although traditional Indian medicine has long been used to cure many diseases, the actual mechanism underlying the action of these medicines still remains largely unknown. Turmeric, neem, and tulsi are known to have some anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. But which molecules in these actually act and on what is yet to be worked out even…
You shine, all living things emerge. You disappear, they go to rest. Recognizing our innocence, O golden-haired Sun, arise; let each day be better than the last. Rig Veda (X, 37, 9) Source
AUSTIN ,TX, March 4: A Hays County jury on Friday found the spiritual leader of Barsana Dham guilty of molesting two young girls who grew up at the ashram south of Austin in the mid-1990s. Prakashanand Saraswati, known to his devotees as Shree Swamiji, was convicted of all 20 counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact. The jury…