Source: www.hinduismtoday.com You may turn your bones to fuel, your flesh to meat, letting them roast and sizzle in the gold-red blaze of severe austerities. But unless your heart melts in love’s sweet ecstasy, you never can possess my Lord Siva, my treasure-trove. Tirumantiram Verse 272
Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, July 31, 2009: India is facing more hunger and malnutrition, a report by Indian campaign group, the Navdanya Trust, says. The trust says that there are more than 200 million people – or one-in-four Indians – going without enough to eat. The prominent environmentalist Vandana Shiva, who runs the trust, said there were now more hungry…
Source: www.daijiworld.com DUBAI, UAE, August 2: Devotees across the United Arab Emirates attended a vibrant Mahalakshmi Vratam festival held today at Karama Centre Recreation Hall and participated with full of devotion. This pooja is being held every year at the same premises. More than 800 devotees attended this event to get themselves blessed by Goddess Lakshmi. Varalakshmi Vratam is a…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, July 31, 2009: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) is exploring ways to cut back on free VIP passes so as to give preference to common devotees, as per the direction of chief minister Reddy. Today, the TTD protocol list has 70 types of designations with VIP access. A decision will happen in the next TTD board meeting,…
Source: blog.taragana.com SHIRDI, INDIA, July 30, 2009: Hindu and Muslim pilgrims visiting the shrine of Shirdi Sai Baba in this town will be served food cooked with the help of a solar steam system, inaugurated by New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah Thursday, that officials say is the world’s largest. The solar steam system can generate 3,500 kg of…
Source: www.examiner.com UNITED STATES, July 29, 2009: Who could have known? Yoga, a practice that was once reserved for the initiated, is now everywhere in America — even in one’s iPhone. These are some of the hatha yoga-related new apps: Pret-a-Yoga helps you choose your sun salutations for the day, with real-life illustrations that can be seen at different angles.…
Source: Religion News Services BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, USA: Only 59 percent of Americans believe in hell, compared with 74 percent who believe in heaven, according to the recent surveys from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. The Rev. Fred Johns, pastor of Brookview Wesleyan Church in Irondale, Ala., said that pastors shy away from the topic of everlasting damnation.…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein
Source: www.themalaysianinsider.com JOHOR BARU, MALAYSIA, July 29, 2009: The Arulmigu Sri Raja Kallamman temple in Jalan Tebrau will not only be a boon to Hindu devotees but would also be a major tourist attraction. Built at the cost of 850,000 dollars, it is the first glass temple of its kind in the world, said temple chairman S.Sinnathamby. He said 95…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com MUMBAI, INDIA, July 30, 2009: Over 300 children from various city schools attended the Young Environmentalists’ Eco Ganesha Workshop at Powai on Wednesday to make biodegradable murtis, that will be immersed in rivers during the next Ganesha Chaturthi festivities. Mayor Shubha Raul inaugurated the workshop. Speaking on green initiatives like these, she said, “I’m proud of the efforts…