www.hinduonnet.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 4, 2009: At least 73 burials have been unearthed just 60 km from the Indian capital, indicating the largest Harappan cemetery found to date. The excavations could clear many gaps in history, archaeologists said Wednesday. Archaeologists from three universities have been at work for three seasons, excavating the 20-hectare-site of the ancient civilization at Farmana,…
www.tricityvoice.com FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, USA, March 14, 2009: Each year, the Holi event at Fremont Hindu Temple promises colors, music, dance, free lunch and lots of fun for all ages. This year, the joyous festival will be celebrated Sunday, March 15. “Every year around 600-800 people play Holi in Fremont Hindu Temple,” says Ajay Jain Bhutoria, chairman of the Youth Committee.…
www.ivarta.com In the wake of the infamous California textbook case, Sri Vishal Agarwal wrote a detailed analysis on the status accorded to women by Hindu dharma and how women were treated in the Hindu society in the past. Part 1 starts as follows: “Equality of sexes is a modern is a modern ideal that is yet to be realized in…
www.hinduismtoday.com Any event has an endless past and an endless future, it is never-ending and nowhere-ending. This tantalizing endlessness which marks it as unreal invites the soul to press on to the Absolute. S. Radhakrishnan
www.indiaglitz.com VIJAYAWADA, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA, March 6, 2009: Thanks to a gift of over 26 kilos of silver, the entrance doors to the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Malleshwara Swamy Temple, situated on the Indra Keeladri in Vijayawada, have been covered with silver plating. The silver, worth over Rs. 700,000, was gifted by Dr. RamaNaidu, a movie mogul. Prior to installation,…
www.helsinkitimes.fi HELSINKI, FINLAND, March 6, 2009: Senni Kela, spokesperson for the Finnish Vegan Society , says several studies indicate that the number vegetarians in Finland is somewhere between 3 and 5 percent of the population. “I believe that the number is constantly growing, especially now when people are realizing that their meat- and dairy-heavy diets contribute to climate change.” This…
www.hinduismtoday.com Just as a man will use a staff to climb a mountain, so should virtue be used in life. Yogaswami of Jaffna (1872-1964)
blog.travel-culture.com KATASRAJ, INDIA, March 8, 2009: The Punjab Archaeology Department is setting up a museum at Katasraj near Chakwal to highlight the culture and history of this fine historical treasure. A team experts, assisted by Punjab University Archaeology Department students, is searching the area for archeological fragments. The researchers are also preparing a report on on the architecture in the…
www.mercurynews.com FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, USA, March 7, 2009: Priests at the Fremont Hindu Temple and Cultural Center sprinkled flames with clarified butter and chanted ancient prayers in a consecration ceremony held this weekend to enliven the temple’s Lord Jagannath deity, making it worthy of being worshipped as a living God–one of 330 million in the Hindu religion, a number that signifies…
national-express-malaysia.blogspot.com PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA, March 6, 2009: Malaysia’s oldest Ganesha temple, the Sri Sithi Vinayagar Temple in Petaling Jaya, faces a possible takeover by the Insolvency Department following a long-standing row among the administrators. This would be the first time a religious institution in Malaysia is subjected to such a disgrace. The Registrar of Societies, Datuk Md Alias Kalil, issued…