Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Whether Hindu or Muslim or Christian, whoever tries to convert, it’s wrong, not good. Dalai Lama, speaking at the Kumbha Mela
Balinese Hindus Gear Up For New Year
Source: www.thejakartapost.com JAKARTA, INDONESIA, February 17, 2010: Thousands of people across Bali have been busy making the giant ogoh-ogoh effigies in preparation for the celebrations of the upcoming Caka Hindu New Year 1932, popularly known as Nyepi, or the Day of Silence. The event falls on March 16. Local resident Wayan Chandra said making the ogoh-ogoh helps strengthen communal relation…
International Bali-India Yoga Festival II
Source: Press Release BALI, INDONESIA, February 2010: Bali-India Foundation will be organizing the second International Bali-India Yoga Festival from 3-10 March, 2010. The theme of the festival is ‘Yoga & Global Warming’. Bali, which has an ancestral relationship with India, shares a great concern about Global Warming. Bali, the Island of the Gods, where the sage Markandeya meditated and taught…
In New Zealand, Worshiping Lord Vishnu’s Chakram
Source: www.indianweekender.co.nz NEW ZEALAND, February 13, 2010: The Sri Balaji Temple Project which is the first of its kind in New Zealand held its first prayers and conducted the Sudharsana Homan on 23rd January, 2010 at the Phoenix Hall in Hamilton. Secretary Bala Bhaskar Tikkisetty welcomed the hundreds of devotees present. The Maha Sudharsana Homan, is performed for Lord Vishnu’s…
Celebrating Holi In USA Preschools, Schools And The Office
Source: www.i-newswire.com UNITED STATES, February 22, 2010 – Bloggermoms, a website that celebrates life and parenting at the intersection of multiple cultures, today released a package of ideas for celebrating Holi in schools, preschools and the workplace. The package contains ideas for crafts and celebrations in the classroom, hosting a Holi party for kids, precautions to keep in mind when…
Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com An English professor wrote the words, Woman without her man is nothing on the blackboard and directed his students to punctuate it correctly. The men wrote: Woman, without her man, is nothing. The women wrote: Woman: without her, man is nothing.
Last Nepal King Breaks Ancient Taboo
Source: beta.thehindu.com KATMANDU, NEPAL, February 9, 2010: Almost two years after he was stripped of his crown and became a commoner, Nepal’s deposed king Gyanendra hit the headlines Tuesday with reports that he had attended, for the first time in the history of Nepal’s Shah dynasty, a religious fair in a town till now considered out of bounds for his…
Rare Tamil Nadu Temple Under Renovation
Source: beta.thehindu.com TAMIL NADU, INDIA, February 2010: Near Chennai, the ancient village of Sembian Kolathur has a name denoting Chola connection. The small village, famous for Sama Vedic is home of the rare Sri Thulaseeswarar temple, where Lord Siva temple takes the name of tulsi, or holy basil. The 850-year old Sri Thulaseeswarar temple has been taken up for renovation.…
A Dispute Over the Not-So-Holy Prasada
Source: www.azcentral.com [HPI note: According to the Mounier-Williams Sanskrit dictionary, Prasada means “Clarity, brightness; grace.” It is often used to signify food offered to the Deity or the guru, or the blessed remnants of such food, or any propitiatory offering.] ARIZONA, U.S., February 5, 2010: A Sanskrit word meaning “gracious gift” or “clarity” has resulted in anything but for two…
Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. Ralph Waldo Emerson