Source: www.abna.ir ABNA, PAKISTAN, September 2010: In times of adversity, religious differences are forgotten. In a rare demonstration of communal harmony, Muslims recited the Quran while the minority Hindus gathered for special prayers and chanted hymns from the Bhagvad Gita, reports said. The town has been protected by a temporary embankment erected by the locals. According to religious leaders, the…
Source: www.heraldscotland.com SCOTLAND, August 29, 2010: The warnings regularly given by all manner of experts had been ignored for decades. Because Pakistan’s irresponsible timber harvesting stripped the country’s forests at a faster rate than anywhere else in Asia, floods came. They are not acts of God, but man-made catastrophes. As August began – that heavier than usual, but not unprecedented,…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Great Ganesha who is the gateway for seekers into the world’s most ancient faith. He is the inner authority, the guardian, the one who grants access to the spiritual mysteries of the Sanatana Dharma. All Hindus worship Him, regardless of their sectarian or philosophical positions. He truly binds them together in His love. This great God is both…
Source: www.thehindu.com [HPI note: Hindus around the world are celebrating Ganesha Chaturthi today and tomorrow. You can see a slideshow here ] BENGALURU, INDIA, September 10, 2010: Vinayaka Chaturthi is when everyone’s beloved Ganesha is worshipped with much fanfare. D.S. Nanjundaiah, a resident of Devanahalli, is among the Hindus for whom Vinayaka Chaturthi is a time when the Elephant Deity,…
Source: www.russia-ic.com RUSSIA, September 8, 2010: For the first time Russia is taking part in the International Yoga Week, which is annually celebrated by yoga practitioners all over the world. Over 20 cities of Russia will participate in the yoga festival held from September 5th to 14th, 2010. The event aims at popularization of healthy life style by attracting citizens…
Source: www.mumbaimirror.com MUMBAI, INDIA, August 31, 2010: This Ganesh Chaturthi, devotees of the Lord in Silicon Valley will have something new to celebrate. The Siddhivinayak Temple Trust, here in Mumbai, has sent a three-foot high murti of the Lord to San Jose, to help establish a Ganesha Temple there. From September 11 onwards the San Jose Ganesh Temple will be…
Source: www.dnaindia.com NEW ZEALAND, September 8, 2010: John Key, the prime minister of New Zealand, visited BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir and Youth Centre in Avondale, Auckland on Sunday September 5, 2010. On the occasion, the BAPS community donated $11,000 in response to the devastating earthquake near the city of Christchurch. At the same time, BAPS volunteers pledged to continue with…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If, after returning from contemplation, you are capable of behaving as before, you have not been transformed. Anandamayi Ma (1896-1982), God-intoxicated yogini and mystic Bengali saint
Source: www.punemirror.in PUNE, INDIA, August 30, 2010: A 10 PM curfew on sound pollution prompted Mandar Pataskar to develop “Soundless Ganesha,” a pandal which uses FM transmitters to keep noise pollution at bay during Ganeshotsav. The brainchild of Pataskar and Parag Bhide, a diploma student from MIT, the set-up for a noise-free Ganesh festival is quite simple to use. “People…
Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, NEW YORK, August 22, 2010: Each August, the Erasing Borders festival of Indian dance contributes to the Downtown Dance Festival. Here is a downtown plaza surrounded by skyscrapers, with people coming and going at lunchtime and a soundtrack that includes the harbor and city traffic; and here in the open air are dancers in full Indian…