Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, NEW YORK, February 22, 2010: For ages, mothers have admonished children at the dinner table to slow down and chew their food. Apparently, they’re onto something. Researchers have found evidence that when people wolf their food, they end up consuming more calories than they would at a slower pace. One reason is the effect of quicker…
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)
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Source: www.independent.co.uk KASHMIR, INDIA, February 22, 2010: The 400,000 Hindus driven out by Muslim extremists 20 years ago hope talks beginning this week will bring them a step closer to going home. There are positive signs, for in recent months several long-closed Hindu temples have been restored and reopened, with the help of the Muslim community, and a key Hindu…