Source: beta.thehindu.com THANJAVUR, INDIA, January 21, 2010: The School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu has called for a combined study and view of the four all stone temples built by Chola kings at Thanjavur, Darasuram, Thirubuvanam and Gangaikonda Cholapuram. Inaugurating a two-day seminar organised by the Archaeological Survey of India here to commemorate the 1000th year of Brahadeeswara temple, the Minister…
Source: beta.thehindu.com INDIA, January 20, 2010: The portals of Badrinath temple, situated in Garhwal Himalayas at an altitude of 10,278 ft, will be reopened on May 19. The date of the reopening was announced at Narendra Nagar palace by the Raj Purohit on the occasion of Basant Panchami. The portals of Badrinath shrine were closed for the winter period on…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com BEIJING, CHINA, January 26, 2010: China’s official media is promoting what it describes as the first pop singer who sings in Sanskrit. She is one of the singers being considered to sign at the inauguration of the World Expo in Shanghai next May. Sa Dingding, who won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music in the Asia…
Source: www.trinidadexpress.com TRINIDAD/TOBAGO, January 31, 2020 (with Paras Ramoutar, HPI Staff): A mobile mandir with a 7-foot Lord Hanuman forms part of the Lord Hanuman Yatra which is now circling Trinidad with over 200 vehicles. The project, organized by the Hindu Festival Society led by its president Tribhavan Seegobin and the El Socorro Hindu Mandir led by Sathyacharya Pundit Dr…
Source: schott.blogs.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, February 1, 2010: Innovation tailored to the demands and incomes of consumers in India is the new big trend in business. Global companies are now bending over backwards to innovate for India – there’s even a new term for it, “Indovation” – and the key theme is to skin prices down till they fit into…
Source: www.clicanoo.com REUNION, January 20 2010: The Temple of Siva Soupramanien de Saint-Andre is located in the Petit Bazar neighborhood at 1360 Avenue Ile de France, in the very small island of Reunion, a French island of about 800,000 population located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about 200 bkilometres (120 mi) southwest of Mauritius, the nearest island. The…
Source: Religion News Service U.S., January 22, 2010: Movies about aliens, air travel, cooking, and the war in Iraq were all among the most “spiritually literate” films of 2009, according to the Web site SpiritualityandPractice.com. Chief among them is “Avatar,” a movie where the Hindu concept of the same name is loosely used. Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, the Web…
Source: HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, January 24, 2010: Hinduism Today is planning an article on how to deal with the cold winter months in North America. How do Hindus deal with what is commonly called “cabin fever,” being stuck inside for weeks or months on end by cold, wind and snow? How can Hindu philosophy help us carry on work and…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If our senses conveyed the whole truth to us, we would see the Earth as rivers and glaciers of electrons, each speck of dust as a rolling mass of light. Paramahansa Yogananda
Source:¬†http://www.sakaaltimes.com/SakaalTimesBeta/20100119/5487093900448887642.htm NASHIK, INDIA, January 19, 2010: Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan has announced financial assistance of US$ 21,563 to city-based 100-year-old Kailas Mutt Trust to help in its efforts of boosting the Vedas and lauded the Mutt’s work in the field of social and cultural activities. Inaugurating a three-day All India Vedic Conference Monday morning, Chavan asked the Mutt’s Chief…