COIMBATORE, TAMIL NADU, January 27, 2011: India’s population and economy are booming, increasing the demand for food and fueling inflation. Most of its people are vegetarians, which is an efficient use of soil, but to improve health and nutrition the country’s government now wants to increase the per capita consumption of protein-rich bean pulses. But domestic production has been static…
JAMMU, INDIA, February 18, 2011:The annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir that attracts more than half a million pilgrims each year, will be held from June 29 to Aug 13, the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) said Friday. The shrine board that met in New Delhi under the chairmanship of Governor N.N. Vohra took into…
TIRUPATI, INDIA, February 11, 2011: India’s richest Hindu temple on Friday deposited 2,590 lbs. gold with the State Bank of India (SBI) to convert the ‘dead assets’ into income earning sources. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which manages the temple’s affairs, had last year deposited 2.370 lb of gold with the SBI. TTD officials said the move would not only convert…
WASHINGTON, February 11, 2011: Surya Namaskar (Sun salutation), practised in India for years, has now found a whole lot of takers in the US, with several cities endorsing this ancient Indian exercise for its health benefits. Over 10,000 people participated in the public Surya Namaskar exercises held in 225 cities from 40 States in January, according to Hindu Swyamsevak Sangha…
One who is established in a comfortable posture while concentrating on the inner Self naturally becomes immersed in the Heart’s ocean of bliss. Siva Sutras III, 16 Source
RAMESWARAM, INDIA, January 31, 2011: The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment has sanctioned the establishment of a sound-and-light program at the famous Sri Ramanathaswamy temple. S. Elango, Executive Officer of the Endowment, said that the show would be installed at the Vadakku Nandavana Kalai Arangu (Theatre hall). Elango added that the construction of North and South towers in the temple…
LONDON, U.K., February, 2011: Practitioners of Ayurvedic and other traditional medicines in Europe are bracing themselves for a tough licensing system similar to that for Western medicines. The EU’s Traditional Herbal Medical Products Directive is set to come into effect on May 1, and requires any herbal medicine sold over the counter to have either a Traditional Herbal Registration or…
What I feel right now is just bliss. Daily life tires the soul as well as the body. This one day, this one bath, is like a new birth for my soul. Vivek Ananda Shastri, 28, teacher, after bathing at the January 2001 Kumbha Mela Source
NEW YORK, February 8, 2011: Breastfeeding decreases the baby’s risk of becoming obese by the toddler years, a new study shows. Babies that were fed with ‘baby formula’ processed milk were six times more likely to become obese. Researchers at Children’s Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School studied the eating patterns of 847 children enrolled in Project Viva. About…
UNITED STATES, February 2011: An Ohio county court judge who argued that it was his First Amendment right to hang a poster about the Ten Commandments in his courtroom was overruled Wednesday (Feb. 2) by a federal appeals court. Judge James DeWeese of Richland County, Ohio, has sought over the last decade to post the biblical laws. In the latest…