Inaugural Hindu American Seva Charities Summit

Source: spreadsheets.google.com LANHAM, MARYLAND, March 1, 2010: The Inaugural Hindu American Seva Charities Summit will take place from March 27-28, 2010 in Lanham, Maryland. Saturday’s agenda will begin with a reception and dinner beginning at 6:00 p.m. Invitees include Congressmen and prominent Indian American public officials. Sunday’s program will take place at the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple in Lanham and…

Continue reading

Daily Inspiration

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com I see God walking in every human form. When I meet different people, I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.”    Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886), guru of Swami Vivekananda

Continue reading

Daily Inspiration

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com What you have is His gift to you, and what you do with what you have is your gift to Him.    Swami Chinmayananda (1916-1993)

Continue reading

A New Hindu Temple For Switzerland

Source: http://www.zo-online.ch DURNTEN, SWITZERLAND, February 24, 2010: The opening ceremony of the new premises of the Sri Vishnu Thurkkai Amman Temple took place on January 27th. The temple, formerly located in Adliswil, was moved 40 kilometers to a building located in pasture land at Edikerstrasse 24 in Durnten. More than 100 devotees attended the morning opening ceremony. Water from the…

Continue reading

A New Hindu Temple For Switzerland

Source: http://www.zo-online.ch/article24077/ressorts/hinwil/duernten/duernten-hat-einen-hindu-tempel.htm DURNTEN, SWITZERLAND, February 24, 2010: The opening ceremony of the new premises of the Sri Vishnu Thurkkai Amman Temple took place on January 27th. The temple, formerly located in Adliswil, was moved 40 kilometers to a building located in pasture land at Edikerstrasse 24 in Durnten. More than 100 devotees attended the morning opening ceremony. Water from the…

Continue reading

Ancient Traditions Alive, For Now, at the Kadavallur Sri Rama Temple

Source: http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/article108634.ece KERALA, INDIA, February 24, 2010: Kadavallur is a small village in Thrissur district of Kerala, where an age old Sri Rama temple shines as a perfect example of all traditions of Kerala. The existence of this temple the 10th-11th century is attested by a Vattezhuthu record inscribed on a stone on the base of the enclosure. Like all…

Continue reading

Ganga Sagar Sinking Into the Sea

Source: http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?263999 SAGAR ISLAND, BENGAL, INDIA, February 19, 2010: The Ganga Sagar Mela, the two-day religious fair which falls in mid-January every year, attracts hundreds of thousands. A vast beach stretching across the silver, sandy southeastern tip of the Sagar island is taken over by a sea of humanity–not just pilgrims and sadhus from across the country but also a…

Continue reading

Ancient Traditions Alive, For Now, at the Kadavallur Sri Rama Temple

Source: http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/article108634.ece KERALA, INDIA, February 24, 2010: Kadavallur is a small village in Thrissur district of Kerala, where an age old Sri Rama temple shines as a perfect example of all traditions of Kerala. The existence of this temple the 10th-11th century is attested by a Vattezhuthu record inscribed on a stone on the base of the enclosure. Like all…

Continue reading

Ganga Sagar Mela Sinking Into the Sea

Source: http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?263999 SAGAR ISLAND, BENGAL, INDIA, February 19, 2010: The Ganga Sagar Mela, the two-day religious fair which falls in mid-January every year, attracts hundreds of thousands. A vast beach stretching across the silver, sandy southeastern tip of the Sagar island is taken over by a sea of humanity–not just pilgrims and sadhus from across the country but also a…

Continue reading

A New Hindu Temple For Switzerland

Source: http://www.zo-online.ch/article24077/ressorts/hinwil/duernten/duernten-hat-einen-hindu-tempel.htm DURNTEN, SWITZERLAND, February 24, 2010: The opening ceremony of the new premises of the Sri Vishnu Thurkkai Amman Temple took place on January 27th. The temple, formerly located in Adliswil, was moved 40 kilometers to a building located in pasture land at Edikerstrasse 24 in Durnten. More than 100 devotees attended the morning opening ceremony. Water from the…

Continue reading