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Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If you would walk the way of love, never feel hurt nor yield to anger, but accept pain as a part of life.    Dada J.P. Vaswani, spiritual head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission

Source: A three-judge bench felt if states try to impose their mother-tongue on unwilling students, it could turn counter-productive and make them ineligible even for simple jobs.

Source: HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, July 26, 2009: Hinduism Today is trying to find out how many Hindu temples are under government administration in each state of India. We know for Tamil Nadu that 38,465 temples (including 17 Jain temples), 56 mutts (ashrams) and other endowments are under the administration of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Board. Altogether 478,000 acres…

Source: www.2009.paleo.ch GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, July 25, 2009: This year’s Paleo Festival in Switzerland, from July 21st to 26th, pays tribute to India. Every evening, at sunset, the Tamil priest Gurukal Umashankar of the Lausanne Hindu temple conducts a puja worship ceremony. The festival grounds provide a venue for a dozen internationally known Indian artists to perform. Sudha Venkat, president of…

Source: www.htccwa.org SEATTLE, WA, USA, July 25, 2009: Sri Akhil Maharaj, who has presented the traditional Bhagwat Kathas and sung bhajans in many countries for over 13 years, will perform in the Seattle area. The schedule includes presentations at the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Bothell from Jyly 26, Sunday, to August 1, Saturday. Admission is free. Click on…

Source: www.hinduonnet.com SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA, July 25, 2009: Over 350,000 people have visited the Amarnath cave shrine in the Kashmir valley since the two-month-long pilgrimage began on June 5; and according to an official of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, “It has all been going smoothly.” Every day pilgrims visit the shrine from both the Baltal base camp…

Source: www.fijisun.com.fj LABASA, FIJI, July 23, 2009: More than 4000 people gathered last night to listen to spiritual words delivered by the Sant Sri Rameshbhai Oza, a priest who is well known worldwide. Sant Oza said he was attracted by the purity of the people and the environment; he said that he could feel that Labasa was closer to God…

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com VARANASI, INDIA, July 23, 2009: The famed ghats of Varanasi where full with the devout queuing up for a holy dip in the Ganga during the eclipse period on Wednesday. Batuk Prasad Shastri, a well-known scholar of Sanskrit and Hinduism, bathed at home before going for a dip in the Ganga during the eclipse. He then returned home…

Source: www.hinduismtoday.com A millennium before Europeans were willing to divest themselves of the Biblical idea that the world was a few thousand years old, the Mayans were thinking of millions and the Hindus billions.    Carl Sagan (1934-1996), astrophysicist and author of Cosmos

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, July 21, 2009: Torrential rains have lashed Orissa since Sunday, and the Sun Temple at Konark, a world heritage site, is now nearly inaccessible due to flooding. Officials have been trying to pump out the water, but to little avail. On Monday, the bravest devotees waded through water two to three feet deep to reach the…