Source: www.independent.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, September 5, 2010, (by Andrew Buncombe): More information about the mysterious women carved into the Cambodian temple could finally be revealed. Amid the splendor of the 12th-century Hindu temple at Angkor Wat, they stand and stare like silent sentinels, sensuous rather than erotic, carved with elegance and care. But exactly who are these 1,786 mysterious women?…
Source: www.washingtoncitypaper.com WASHINGTON D.C., September 14, 2010: In the “Gods of Angkor” exhibition, visitors can appreciate the design, ornamentation, and intricacies of the 36 master bronzes on view. The Exhibition is on view 10 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. daily to January 23, 2011, at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. The exhibition is free of charge.
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Yoga is love. It is nonviolence at the extreme edge. Mahatma Gandhi
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com KOLKATA, INDIA, September 2010: Just a few weeks before Durga Puja (Navaratri), several families of the city are organizing training camps for priests to bring authenticity into community pujas. While the old family pujas still follow tradition rigorously, when it comes to community pujas, the general complaint is that the piety gets drowned in merrymaking and that even…
Source: groups.google.co.in BENGALURU, INDIA, September 2010: More than 10,000 Sanskrit Scholars from across the world and over 150 publishers from 14 countries will participate in the World Samskrit Book Fair to be held at Bangalore Karnataka from January 7 to 10, 2011. Samskruta Bharati, an RSS affiliated organisation for Samskrit speaking-learning activities will be organizing this mega event. Sanskrit Promotion…
Source: www.dnaindia.com INDIA, September 2010: Hitesh Sompuraa, 33, is a one man army. His mission is to spread awareness and stop what be believes to be a decline of Indian temple architecture. In his latest endeavor, Sompuraa, the architect of Shri Nija Sevashram Temple in Borivli, Mukteshwar temple in Juhu and the Madan Mohan Haveli in Gujarat and Pune, has…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com An old Native American wise man once said there were always two dogs inside of him fighting–a good dog and a bad dog. When asked, “Which one wins,” he replied, “The one I feed.”
Source: vimeo.com KAUAI, HI, USA, September 24, 2010: It was a few years ago that Hinduism Today raised the bar for Hindu publications with the release of “What Is Hinduism?”, a richly illustrated book with more than forty chapters exploring our religion, drawn from the well-polished Insight Sections of the quarterly magazine. It has been an editorial success. Now the…
Source: vimeo.com KAUAI, HI, USA, September 24, 2010: It was a few years ago that Hinduism Today raised the bar for Hindu publications with the release of “What Is Hinduism?”, a richly illustrated book with more than forty chapters exploring our religion, drawn from the well-polished Insight Sections of the quarterly magazine. It has been an editorial success. Now the…
Source: sify.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 24, 2010: The Supreme Court Thursday ordered an interim stay till September 28 on the pronouncement of the Ayodhya verdict by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High court. The high court was due to deliver its verdict on the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi title suit Friday. An apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and…