Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com As is your devotion, so is your liberation. Good work brings good wages, a little work brings only a little wage. Swami Nityananda, guru of Baba Muktananda
Foreigners’ Entry Fee Doubled at Pashupatinath Temple http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200906151552.htm
Source: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200906151552.htm KATHMANDU, NEPAL, June 15, 2009: Foreigners visiting Nepal’s sacred Hindu temple Pashupatinath must now pay an entry fee of US$11 (Rs 500), up from Rs250. PADT secretary Paramananda Shakya said the intent is to develop the infrastructure in the area, and to provide guides for visitors. “We will build more eateries and restrooms of international standard,” he said.…
India’s Palaces of the Dalits Face Praise and Criticism
Source: www.ft.com LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, May 23, 2009: On the banks of the Gomti River outside Lucknow, an elaborate memorial is being constructed in honor of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the erudite hero of India’s “untouchables,” the Dalits. Large statues of Dr. Ambedkar and other Dalit heroes look down on giant sandstone elephants that line the walkway to a…
India’s Palaces of the Dalits Attract Awe and Criticism
Source: www.ft.com LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, May 23, 2009: On the banks of the Gomti River outside Lucknow, an elaborate memorial is being constructed in honor of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the erudite hero of India’s “untouchables,” the Dalits. Large statues of Dr. Ambedkar and other Dalit heroes look down on giant sandstone elephants that line the walkway to a…
Amarnath Yatra Resumes
Source: www.hindustantimes.com SRINAGAR, INDIA, June 19, 2009: The Amarnath yatra resumed on Friday after remaining suspended for three days due to heavy snowfall and rain. “The fourth batch of over 6000 pilgrims left the Baltal base camp, 62 miles from here, for the holy cave this morning,” a spokesman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) told PTI. 1,860 pilgrims…
Upper Castes Pick Up Brooms in Uttar Pradesh
Source: www.hindustantimes.com UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, June 17, 2009: The economic meltdown has forced thousands of Brahmins, Thakurs, Banias, Kayasths, Lodhs, Yadavs and Muslims to take jobs as sweepers and sanitation workers, jobs that were traditionally done by Dalits. Software engineers and other well educated, highly skilled workers, suddenly unemployed, are sweeping streets and cleaning drains for a living, regardless of…
Foreigners’ Entry Fee Doubled at Pashupatinath Temple
Source: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200906151552.htm KATHMANDU, NEPAL, June 15, 2009: Foreigners visiting Nepal’s sacred Hindu temple Pashupatinath must now pay an entry fee of US$11 (Rs 500), up from Rs250. PADT secretary Paramananda Shakya said the intent is to develop the infrastructure in the area, and to provide guides for visitors. “We will build more eateries and restrooms of international standard,” he said.…
India’s Palaces of the Dalits Attract Awe and Criticism
Source: www.ft.com LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, May 23, 2009: On the banks of the Gomti River outside Lucknow, an elaborate memorial is being constructed in honor of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the erudite hero of India’s “untouchables,” the Dalits. Large statues of Dr. Ambedkar and other Dalit heroes look down on giant sandstone elephants that line the walkway to a…
First Hindu Dharma Sabha in North America
Source: www.forumforhinduawakening.org VIRGINIA, USA, June 18, 2009 (Press release): The first ever Hindu Dharma Sabha (also called the “Hinduism Meet”) in North America will be held by the Forum for Hindu Awakening, with support from spiritual and Hindu organizations. It will happen on “Ashadh Krushna Ekadashi 5111” on the Hindu calendar, or 18 July 2009, at Durga Temple of Virginia,…
Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com He is the Supreme Brahman, the Self of all, the chief foundation of this world, subtler than the subtle, eternal. That thou art; thou art That. Atharva Veda, Kaivalya Upanishad