Source: beta.thehindu.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, May 28, 2010: The elegant-looking Srikalahastiswaraswamy rajagopuram is now a heap of rubble. A thin crack that developed 25 years ago eventually worsened into a deep vertical fissure right on its face and ended up in the collapse of the exquisite gopuram during the night. The magnificent 15th-century tower, built by Vijayanagara King Srikrishnadevaraya in commemoration…
Source: Press Release SAN RAMON, CA, June 1, 2010: The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) reacted with shock at the May 26th collapse of a tower of the famous Sri Kalahasti temple near Tirupati in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The temple, a place of great historical significance, was a revered place of worship for millions of Hindus. Leaders also…
Source: www.clicanoo.re REUNION, May 20, 2010: The great consecration of the Narassingua Peroumal temple at Ravine-Blanche happened on Monday. The prayers and ceremonies to prepare for this big event had been ongoing with ten priests who have come from Southern India. At the temple of the Ravine-Blanche, Swami S. Nagaraja Sivachariya is head of ceremonies for this great consecration. Officiating…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk MUMBAI, INDIA, May 2010: Christian schools in the Indian city of Mumbai have opposed a proposal by civic authorities to promote Hindu culture in classrooms. They argue that plans to introduce what they call “Hindutva culture” into missionary schools is unconstitutional and unfair. A proposal to include Hindu culture in the curriculum of those schools is now being…
Source: abcnews.go.com UNITED STATES, May 21, 2010: In the chemotherapy infusion room at the Staten Island University Hospital sit several cancer patients hooked up to IVs. But they aren’t leafing through magazines or staring at a talk show and worrying about their health. Instead, their right legs are lifted up in the air, and they’re circling their ankles clockwise while…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Many people are afraid of silence. They have to be doing something all the time. Many people also are afraid of being alone. But actually no one ever is alone. He’s always with his great divine Self. Every person has a great, divine Self within him an absolutely perfect, shining, sublime being of light. The voice of this…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com I see this as a fight for the dharma. Eating a cow, for a Hindu, would be like eating your own mother. Harish Bharti, a Seattle based Hindu lawyer suing McDonald’s for “deliberately misleading its American customers” by putting beef flavoring in their french fries and marking it as “natural flavor.”
Source: www.zeenews.com KOLKATA, INDIA, May 19, 2010: India is seeking UNESCO support for an international campaign to recover its priceless antiquities that were once taken away from the country in foreign invasions. “As efforts so far to reclaim stolen treasures have proved futile, UNESCO support is required for launching an international campaign to achieve the end,” Archaeological Survey of India…
Source: www.ndtv.com BANGALORE, INDIA, May 30, 2010: Art of Living founder and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar escaped unhurt on Sunday night when an unidentified gunman shot at his convoy at the ashram in Bangalore as he was returning after delivering a discourse, an ashram official said. The reasons for the attack are still unknown. “I am absolutely safe,” the…
Source: fayobserver.com FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, May 24, 2010: The Fayetteville area’s Hindu faithful realized a 10-year dream with the placement of statues of Hindu Gods in their new nondenominational Hindu temple on Cedar Creek Road on Sunday. The $2 million temple, Hindu Bhavan, is Fayetteville’s second Hindu place of worship. The first, a Radha Soami Satsang Beas retreat center that…