Source: www.newkerala.com TIRUNELVELI, INDIA, October 21, 2010: Thieves made away with four Panchaloha murtis, valued at several thousands of dollars from Sri Thirupuranatheswarar temple at Thenmalai near Sivagiri, recently. Police said the theft came to light in the morning when the priest Ganesh Battar opened the temple and went in to perform everyday pujas. The thieves stole the murtis of…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEWDELHI, INDIA, October 17, 2010: Silk, pearls, shoes and bone china — some of the most luxurious choices we make are cruelest to animals. Indian designers at the top are shockingly unaware of a movement that has its genesis in India and is all set to sweep the world! An unlikely trend is elbowing its way into the…
Source: www.sciencedaily.com BOULDER, COLORADO, October 21, 2010: A research, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, uses observations, gene expression studies, and computer modeling to show that deciduous plants absorb about a third more of a common class of air-polluting chemicals than previously thought. “Plants clean our air to a greater extent than…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If you want to know how much you have progressed in your spiritual life, just look back and reflect on the changes. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Source: sify.com DEHRADUN, INDIA, October 18, 2010: Popular Himalayan Hindu shrines in Uttarakhand will be closed for the winter next month, officials said Monday. The temple priests decided to close Kedarnath and Badrinath temples for the public Nov 7 and Nov 18. A decision in this regard was taken by the respective priests on Sunday after consulting the traditional Hindu…
Source: www.thehindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 26, 2010: The declaration of the elephant as the National Heritage Animal of India on Thursday by the Union government has received hearty welcome from animal lovers. The decision has special significance in Kerala because the State has a large number of captive elephants and the manner in which they are kept has been…
Source: www2.timesdispatch.com RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, October 22, 2010: Finishing touches are being put on a building in western Henrico County that is a soon-to-be Hindu temple, one of the first religious buildings in the U.S. that will be certified under the U.S. Green Building Council’s environmental program. The style is eighth-century. The techniques are green and modern. “We felt it was…
Source: www.spiegel.de BERLIN, GERMANY, September 24, 2010: The Sri Ganesha Temple in Berlin is currently located in a drafty barn-like building with a leaky roof. But the Hindu community dreams of building a suitably grand temple. Construction work has officially begun, even though believing that there will be enough money to finish it requires faith. After years of planning, fund-raising…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The smallest good deed is better than the greatest intention.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com ALLAHABAD, INDIA, October 9, 2010: The role played by “independent experts” — historians and archaeologists who appeared on behalf of the Waqf Board to support its claim — has come in for criticism by one of the Allahabad High Court judges in the Ayodhya verdict. While the special bench of three judges unanimously dismissed objections raised by the…