Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Mauritius is one of the most beautiful places in the world. If you visited it 30 years ago, you would be equally charmed by its natural allure and hartbroken by the state of Hinduism on the African Island. The ancestral religion of most Mauritians was forlon, seemingly destined to disappear. Until a miracle happened. Vel Mahalingum tells the…
Source: www.fijitimes.com FIJI, August 02, 2010: About 40 priests of the Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji were given certificates indicating their ordination yesterday. Sabha General Secretary, Vijendra Prakash, priests are be well trained before they went out into communities to perform prayers. All the priests fcome under the Shree Sanatan Dharm Brahman Purohit Sabha of Fiji, the governing…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com VARANASI, INDIA, July 10, 2010: Plastic bags inside the premises of the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple will soon be a thing of the past as the local Trust has proposed a total ban on the use of plastic material inside the premises. While the proposal is being viewed as an environment-friendly measure to restore the sanctity of the…
Source: www.businessgreen.com INDIA, July 28, 2010: India’s largest state has become the latest to announce a complete state-wide ban on the use of plastic bags this week. From the beginning of August the manufacture, storage, import, sale and transport of plastic carry-bags will be illegal in Rajasthan. No shopkeeper, retailer, trader, hawker or vendor will be allowed to supply goods…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 21, 2010: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is focused on building soft power — the attractiveness of a country’s civilization, culture, values and political system — as well as ensuring that China is respected and admired for its achievements since reforms began in 1978. In contrast, India puts little emphasis on promoting the country’s…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Mauritius is one of the most beautiful places in the world. If you visited it 30 years ago, you would be equally charmed by its natural allure and hartbroken by the state of Hinduism on the African Island. The ancestral religion of most Mauritians was forlorn, seemingly destined to disappear. Until a miracle happened. Vel Mahalingum tells the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com 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: www.google.com MUMBAI, INDIA, July 30, 2010: An Indian court ruled that Hindu Gods cannot deal in stocks and shares, after an application for trading accounts to be set up in their names. Two judges at the Bombay High Court on Friday rejected a petition from a private religious trust to open accounts in the names of five Deities, including…
Source: www.theage.com.au MUMBAI, INDIA, July 14, 2010: Pyramids have been credited with supernatural or paranormal properties since the days of ancient Egypt. Now their power is to be harnessed to cut road accidents. Traffic officers in Nagpur have agreed to allow small pyramids to be placed at 10 accident-prone sites in the city to see if their claimed positive energy…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, July 11, 2010: A day after the Supreme Court decision to lift the ban on the sale of American author James Laine’s controversial book on King Shivaji, protests took place in several parts of the state, especially in western Maharashtra — former stronghold of Shivaji’s Maratha empire. Amid protests at his hometown in Nanded, Chief Minister…