Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If silence is silver, then to speak of God is golden. His Divine Holiness Pramukhswami Maharaj, spiritual head of Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha
Madras High Court Dismisses Appeal Challenging Chidambaram Temple Takeover
Source: www.indopia.in CHENNAI, INDIA, September 15, 2009: (HPI Note: This short report, the first we have of the court action, does not present the side of the temple priests who appealed the takeover.) The Madras High Court today upheld a 1987 Tamil Nadu government order appointing an Executive Officer (EO) for managing the endowments and vast immovable property of the…
Temple Access Sought For Mobility-Impaired Devotees at Famed Jagannath Temple in Orissa
Source: www.ndtv.com BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, September 13, 2009: Human rights activists have appealed to the priests in Puri and the Orissa government to allow physically challenged devotees to enter the Jagannath temple on wheelchairs. The priests do not currently allow wheel chairs to enter the temple, possibly because of concerns about cleanliness: while ordinary devotees remove their shoes before entering the…
Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com One party says thought is caused by matter, and the other says matter is caused by thought. Both statements are wrong; matter and thought are coexistent. There is a third something of which both matter and thought are products. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Scotland Celebrates Indian Festival of Dusherra
Source: Source: Press RElease EDINBURG, September 12, 2009:The Scottish Indian Arts Forum will celebrate the famous Indian Festival of Dusherra on Sunday, October 4, at Calton Hill, Edinburgh. The Ram Lila Parade will consist of horse-drawn chariots with Rama, Lakshman and Hanuman on one and Ravana on the other. There will also be colorful floats of Sita in Ashok, Vatika,…
Caste, Cows Still Define US Mindset on Hindus, Says Anju Bhargava
Source: www.expressbuzz.com CHENNAI, INDIA, August 25, 2009: Barack Obama may have been the only American president to refer to Hindus in his first presidential address. He could also be the first US President to call for Hindu participation in his advisory council. Yet, the concept of Indian Hindus in the US is largely confined to cow, caste and curry in…
A 161-Year-Old Ganesh Temple Cries For Attention
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com VADODARA, INDIA, August 27, 2009: The 161-year-old Dhundiraj Ganpati Mandir in the Wadi area is one of Gujarat’s oldest Ganesh temples and perhaps the only one made completely out of wood. The carvings on its wooden pillars are a must-see, as is the fountain in front of the Lord’s murti. However, the temple is struggling to survive and…
Scotland Celebrates Indian Festival of Dusherra
The Scottish Indian Arts Forum¬†Press Release EDINBURG, September 12, 2009: The Scottish Indian Arts Forum will celebrate the famous Indian Festival of Dusherra on Sunday, October 4, at Calton Hill, Edinburgh. The Ram Lila Parade will consist of horse-drawn chariots with Rama, Lakshman and Hanuman on one and Ravana on the other. There will also be colorful floats of Sita…
Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The whole path is a total surrendering. All four sects of Hinduism meet in surrender, prapatti, to the Divine. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Moksha Could Cost A Lot In Varanasi
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com VARANASI, INDIA, September 6, 2009: Satyanarain Chowdhary supervises his family’s business: running the world-famous cremation ground Manikarnika ghat. The businesslike Chowdhary seems miffed at allegations of extortion at the ghat, where victim’s families have to cough up anywhere between US$20 to US$2,000, depending on their financial status, for last rites. “It is merely a tax people have been…