Source: www.newkerala.com MUDUMALAI, KARNATAKA, INDIA, August 24, 2009: A group of elephants on Monday was brought to offer their respects to Lord Ganesha at a temple in Mudumalai on the occasion of the ongoing 10-day Ganesha festival. The unique annual ceremony has been conducted by elephants in Mudumalai Tiger sanctuary for last 25 years. On this special day, more than…
Source: www.google.com COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, August 27, 2009: Sri Lanka on Wednesday freed nearly 600 Hindu and Catholic priests who were held in internment camps with ethnic Tamils displaced by fighting between troops and separatist rebels, officials said. The clergy were allowed to leave the camps in the northern district of Vavuniya, where 300,000 inmates are detained under tight security…
Source: www.guardian.co.uk UK, August 12, 2009: A public experiment involving 26,000 participants has concluded that smiling, counting your blessings and reliving happy memories is the most effective technique, of those studied, to make yourself happier. Thinking of something positive that happened the day before–even just a great cup of coffee–was by far the most effective way for people to cheer…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The older I get, the more Hindu I become. V.S. Naipaul, expatriate Trinidadian novelist.
Source: www.guardian.co.uk UK, August 12, 2009: A public experiment involving 26,000 participants has concluded that smiling, counting your blessings and reliving happy memories is the most effective technique, of those studied, to make yourself happier. Thinking of something positive that happened the day before–even just a great cup of coffee–was by far the most effective way for people to cheer…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, August 22, 2009: Police have arrested AP Venkatramana Deekshithulu, the head priest of the Sri Kodandarama Swamy temple, charging him with theft, cheating, and criminal breach of trust, after the priest disclosed on Friday that he had pawned ten pieces of the Deity’s gold and diamond jewelry in order to repay loans incurred in the marriage…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com PUNE, INDIA, August 24, 2009: The leaves of the Khejadi (Prosopis cinerari) tree, known as shami tree in Marathi, are offered in abundance to Lord Ganesha–but this revered species is on the verge of extinction. During this Ganapati festival, the directorate of Social Forestry has attempted to rekindle the spirit of the martyrs who laid down their lives…
Source: www.hinduonnet.com COLUMBUS, OHIO, August 6, 2009:Twenty minutes per day of guided workplace meditation and yoga combined with six weekly group sessions can lower feelings of stress by more than 10 percent and improve sleep quality in sedentary office employees, a pilot study suggests. According to a press release issued by EurekAlert, the study offered participants a modified version of…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If the chimney is full of smoke, how can the light be seen? If the mind is full of dirt, how can the soul shine? Yogaswami of Jaffna (1872-1964)
Source: www.expressbuzz.com CHENNAI, INDIA, August 19, 2009: Dikshithars are also owners of the Nataraja temple in Chidambaram — and Lord Shiva is one of the Dikshithars, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy stated in written arguments submitted before a division bench on Tuesday. “This is part of the religious beliefs protected under Article 25 of the Constitution and the same could…