Source: in.news.yahoo.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, July 18, 2009: Next year’s Kumbha Mela at Haridwar is being positioned as a trendy tourist attraction. With fancy facilities and major celebrities coming on stealthy visits, tour operators are planning to earn big money and revive their industry, which has suffered from last year’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai and the economic downturn that followed. Haridwar…
Source: www.sakaaltimes.com PUNE, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, July 18, 2009: Even as the city prepares itself to welcome the God of wisdom, Lord Ganesha on next month, some murtis of the deity are all set for their journey abroad. Natraj Arts, the traditional murti makers here, have readied scores of murtis of varied sizes for shipment to London, Canada, Holland and Mauritius,…
Source: www.hinduonnet.com KURUKSHETRA, HARYANA, INDIA, July 18, 2009: Hindu astrology holds that eclipses bring unexpected and unpleasant events, and traveling is usually avoided. As the July 22 solar eclipse approaches, the Kurukshetra district administration in Haryana has announced that nearly one million pilgrims who come to the Brahmsarovar (pond of Lord Brahma) for a holy dip would be provided insurance…
Source: www.nytimes.com USA, July 10, 2009: A long-awaited study of aging in rhesus monkeys suggests that people may be able to fend off the usual diseases of old age and considerably extend their life span by following a caloric restriction diet — one containing all the normal healthy ingredients, but with 30 percent fewer calories than usual. Results reported Thursday…
Source: www.lassiwithlavina.com NEW YORK, USA, July 9, 2009: Long-time Hinduism Today correspondent Lavina Melwani has launched a blog called Lassi with Lavina in which she presents her view of the world in areas ranging from the arts to travel to faith and spirituality. Her very first blog posting is about Ganesha, because she believes that all good things must begin…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com One of the most beautiful compensations of this life is that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: www.dnaindia.com USA, July 16, 2009: Unemployment has hit America’s human workforce hard, but with the growing affluence of 2 million Hindu-Americans, well-mannered elephants are much in demand for weddings, temple consecrations and re-consecrations. Last week Minnie, a magnificent-looking 37-year-old elephant–dolled up with a gold-studded shield on her forehead and a Hindu priest armed with a parasol astride her —…
Source: www.murugantemple.org LANHAM, MD, USA, July 18, 2009: Coinciding with festivals in Nallur, a two day festival honoring Lord Murugan at the Murugan Temple of North America will happen on August 7th (Friday) and 8th (Saturday). The festival will have a holy chariot for the Deity — a ratham — modeled after Nallur’s. The festival will commence with a Ganapathi…
Source: conferences.ted.com KAUAI, HAWAII, July 18, 2009: Hinduism Today is seeking someone knowledgeable about the coming “Ted Talks” program in India (see program below). We would like to get in direct contact with the organizers. Please email ar@hindu.org For those who don’t know, TED stands for “Technology, Education and Design.” and its 18 minute presentations by various speakers have been…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Whenever you have the chance, laugh as much as you can. By this all the rigid knots in your body will be loosened. But to laugh superficially is not enough; your whole being must be united in laughter, both inwardly and outwardly. Do you know how this is to be expressed? You literally shake with merriment from head…