Source: story.malaysiasun.com MALAYSIA, August 3, 2010: The Sri Maha Mariamman temple in Sungai Salak in Lukut, Negri Sembilan, has become the first solar-powered religious edifice in Malaysia. The 100-year-old temple, located 2.5 miles from the main road, could not carry out its prayer sessions effectively due to electricity supply problems. The temple committee sought the help of Yayasan MyNadi, a…
Source: www.newkerala.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 21, 2010: The Commonwealth Games in the city may prove a dampener for Ramlila and Durga Puja celebrations during the festive period in October. After asking schools and markets to shut down during the Oct 3-14 Games, Delhi Police now have Ramlila celebrations and Durga Puja on the radar. “We are asking that the…
Source: www.thestar.com TORONTO, CANADA, July 25, 2010: Perched atop an ornate custom-built chariot, the Hindu God Ganesh slowly circled his way around the Sri Varasiththi Vinaayagar Temple in Scarborough Saturday morning. Thousands watched reverently as a statue representing the deity was pulled along outside the temple on two ropes by devoted followers during the annual Hindu Chariot Festival. Temple officials…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 12, 2010: For the first time, women will be given the same rights as men to guardianship and adoption of children, even if they are single. A new law to make this effective appears set to become a reality this year. According to the existing law, in case a couple wants to adopt a…
Source: www.international-karma-yoga-day.org UNITED STATES, July 30, 2010 (Press release): The International Karma Yoga Day is an initiative designed to bring together all yoga schools and practitioners around the world for one day of service a year. Every year, on the second Sunday of September, we will link as many different people as we can across the world in kindness, love…
Source: www.bbc.co.uk LONDON, UK, August 7, 2010: A giant sheet of ice four tumes the area of Manhattan, measuring 260 sq km (100 sq miles), has broken off a glacier in Greenland according to researchers at a US university. It is the largest Arctic iceberg to calve since 1962, said Prof Andreas Muenchow of the University of Delaware. There was…
Source: expressbuzz.com PALANI, INDIA, July 15, 2010: The steps leading to the sanctum sanctorum of the Dandayuthapani Swamy temple in Palani are to be paved with 11 lbs. of gold plating, chairman of the Board of Directors of the temple Balasubramanian has said. A meeting of the board was held on Tuesday presided over by the chairman. After the meeting,…
Source: blogs.suntimes.com USA, December 23, 2008 (By Roger Ebert, film critic): I received a DVD with a whimsically named movie, “Sita Sings the Blues,” and almost did not watch it. And then I finally did. My reaction? I am enchanted. I am swept away. I am smiling from one end of the film to the other. It is astonishingly original.…
Source: www.unp.co.in INDIA, August 2010: The United States topped the list of Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India for 2009. The 803,000 visitors from the U.S. represented a 15.7% share of foreign tourists. This was followed closely by the United Kingdom with 748,765 visitors and a 14.7% share and Bangladesh with 458,063 visitors and a 9% share. Canada, Sri Lanka, France,…
Source: www.thehindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 15, 2010: Dr. Asko Parpola, an Indologist from Finland, is Professor Emeritus of Indology, Institute of World Cultures, University of Helsinki, and one of the leading authorities on the Indus Civilization and its script. He has concluded that the script — which is yet to be deciphered — encodes a Dravidian language. As a…