Source: www.zeenews.com CHANDIGARH, INDIA, July 12, 2009: 1.4 million pilgrims from various parts of the country and abroad are expected to take a holy dip in the Sarovar waters at Kurukshetra during the solar eclipse fair on July 22. “This will be the longest duration eclipse of the 21st century. We are expecting more than a million pilgrims to visit…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com SARDANA, INDIA, July 12, 2009: This temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district doesn’t have a murti or a priest, and devotees don’t make floral offerings. Instead, they offer liquor to the deity — a saint who lived in the area around 150 years ago and was said to enjoy his drink in the evenings and had a knack…
Source: religionclause.blogspot.com ISTANBUL, TURKEY, July 7, 2009: Istanbul-based television station Kanal T. Reuters last Friday reported that a planned show, “Penitents Compete,” will feature a rabbi, an imam, a priest and a Buddhist monk, each of whom will try, on camera, to convert ten atheists. Each convert will win a trip to his or her new religion’s holy site– Mecca,…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 5, 2009: Politicians may have achieved little consensus on stopping global warming, but religious leaders are moving quickly. Some proposals make religious texts available on recycled paper, food in gurudwaras will be cooked in solar-powered kitchens, and places of worship around the world will install waste recycling and water-harvesting systems. Islamic leaders are expected…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com A sannyasin of great spiritual attainment came to the outskirts of a village in India. He was camped under a tree for the night when suddenly a villager came running to him, screaming, The stone! The stone! Give me the precious stone! Which stone? asked the sannyasin. Last night, Lord Siva appeared before me in a dream, said…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Draw on God for the solution of all your problems. Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
Source: www.frontline.in [HPI note: This article is unabashedly critical of traditional Hindu sciences taught in Indian Universities. In doing so, it exemplifies common criticism against Hindu initiatives in India, and it is also informative of the extent of these studies in Indian universities.] INDIA, JULY 4, 2009: As India’s material prosperity increases, so does her demand for priests, astrologers and…
Source: www.samaylive.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 5, 2009: An American beer company has apologized for using the image of Lord Ganesha to sell beer. It has removed the image from its beer labels and from its internet advertising. Lost Coast Brewery had printed Lord Ganesha’s image on the label of their Indica Pale Ale beer, depicting Him holding one bottle…
Source: www.metransparent.com PAKISTAN, July 7, 2009: Of the 300 Hindu temples that Pakistan inherited in the 1947 partition, hardly three dozen have managed to survive. Many of these are in ruins and will eventually disappear if not maintained; but for unknown reasons, the Pakistan government is not allowing local Hindus to look after their desolate temples. After the historic Babri…
Source: www.frontline.in [HPI note: This article is unabashedly critical of traditional Hindu sciences being taught in Indian Universities. In doing so, it exemplifies common criticism against these Hindu initiatives in India, and it is also informative of the extent of such studies in Indian universities.] INDIA, JULY 4, 2009: As India’s material prosperity increases, so does her demand for priests,…