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…
Source: www.stuff.co.nz NEW ZEALAND, July 21, 2009: New Zealand employees could choose to swap existing public holidays for celebrations or holidays of other religions, under an idea put forward as part of a review of holiday legislation. Parakash Soma, president of the Wellington Indian Association, said that as he celebrated traditional New Zealand festivities, he hoped the general population could…
Source: www.hindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 23, 2009: Changes in behavior in animals and birds were recorded by experts at the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh during the total solar eclipse Wednesday morning. “It is for the first time in this country that we studied animal behavior during a solar eclipse. And much to our amazement,…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Religion and religion alone is the life of India, and when that goes, India will die, in spite of politics, in spite of social reforms, in spite of Kubera’s wealth poured upon the head of every one of her children. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com RAJASTHAN, INDIA, July 19, 2009: The movement to bring Dalits into the priesthood is gaining steam in India. Following the lead of the Tirupati Devasthanams (TDD), The Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University is setting out to train Dalits as priests. Last year, Tamil Nadu’s state-run priesthood training institute graduated 207 priests, including 76 OBCs and 34 Dalits. They…
Source: www.forumforhinduawakening.org VIRGINIA, U.S., July 18, 2009: The first ever Hinduism Meet in North America was held by the Forum for Hindu awakening at the Durga Temple of Virginia, near Washington DC. The aim of the Meet was to promote an understanding of the unique spiritual science and scientific history underlying Hinduism, awaken to the misconceptions about Hinduism, demonstrate living…