Source: www.thehindubusinessline.com MUMBAI, INDIA, August 29, 2009: Piety towards Lord Ganesha, considered the remover of obstacles, seems to have triumphed over the economic slump, security concerns and swine flu. Donations at various Ganpati temples across Maharashtra are flowing. Cash and gold collections are expected to exceed last year’s numbers at mandals across the State. “In spite of the recession, there…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, August 26, 2009: The state government on Tuesday approved the blueprint for the proposed statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in the sea off Marine Drive, and began the process of appointing a developer for its construction, although it has yet to secure clearance from the Union environmental ministry. The 321-foot-high monument less than a mile from the…
Source: www.wereldjournalisten.nl NETHERLANDS, August 11, 2009: Dispelling the common image of a modern student, the Hindu Students Forum Netherlands (HSFN) is holding its third annual Sewa Week to show students that they can contribute to society. The members of the Sewa Week HSFN go along with other volunteers for one week’s time. Last year approximately 130 students took part in…
Source: www.ganeshmall.com KAPAA, HI, USA, August 31, 2009: The HPI team recently discovered that there is an online store for all things Ganesh: murtis of Hinduism’s dearest God, paintings, jewelry, books and more. The store, Ganesh Mall, has also an exquisite collection of statues of Lord Ganesh. Billing itself as “A place where everything that’s Ganesh can be experienced,” Ganesh…
Source: www.youtube.com KAUAI, HAWAII, August 30, 2009: Hinduism Today magazine published the third in its series of lessons on Hindu and Indian history in its October, 2009, issue. The 16-page lesson is available as a PDF file for download at: https://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/wfchannel/index.php?wfc_cid=20, with an introduction and overview of the lesson on YouTube at the “source” above. This third lesson cover the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The mind is like milk. If you keep the mind in the world, which is like water, then the milk and water will get mixed. That is why people keep milk in a quiet place and let it set into curd, and then churn butter from it. Then that butter can easily be kept in the water. The…
Source: www.thaindian.com PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, August 28, 2009: Thousands of Hindus thronged temples across Trinidad and Tobago to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi with devotees observing fast and chanting Vedic hymns. Earthen murtis are prepared and devotees here pay obeisance to Lord Ganesha. After Ganesh Chaturthi ends, the idols are immersed in the river or the sea. Hundreds of devotees join…
Source: www.samaylive.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, August 26, 2009: The Andhra assembly adopted a resolution yesterday urging the adoption of a constitutional amendment to extend scheduled caste status to Dalit Christians, giving them the same political rights and socio-economic and educational benefits as other scheduled castes The Andhra Pradesh unit of Bharatiya Janata Party said that the state government’s move was against…
Source: www.google.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, August 28, 2009: Dozens of Malaysian Muslims paraded Friday with the head of a cow, a sacred animal in Hinduism, protesting the proposed construction of a Hindu temple in their neighborhood. Marching from a nearby mosque after Friday prayers, they dumped the cow head outside the gates of the Selangor state government headquarters. The demonstrators…
Source: www.nytimes.com FREMONT, CA, USA, August 30, 2009: They gather five days a week at a mall called the Hub, sitting on concrete planters and sipping thermoses of chai. These elderly immigrants from India are members of an all-male group called The 100 Years Living Club. They talk about crime in nearby Oakland, the cheapest flights to Delhi and how…