Grand Celebrations in Kerala for Mahasivaratri
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p class=”source”/p p class=”summary”br /Around 200 workers had been engaged in the construction of the venue for the past two weeks. The sound system arranged for the venue is of one lakh watts. As many as 35 light towers have been erected around the sprawling maidan.br /br /The programmes at the venue will start from February 23 morning. Sanskar channel…
Siva’s Devotees Prepare For His Great Night
HPI HPI’S EDITORIAL OFFICES, February 21, 2009: HPI has been receiving news about the arrangements done in preparation for Mahasivaratri in India and, actually, all over the globe. While most reports focus on the logistics and material aspects of the preparation, HPI brings to you, below, a mystical description of Siva’s great night, drawn from the book “What is Hinduism?”.…
Canada Temple Establishes Twelve Sacred Jyotir Lingams
www.hinduvision.com MISSISSAUGA, ON, CANADA, February 18, 2009: [Press Release] The newly opened Hindu Heritage Centre Mississauga created history in North America by becoming the first ever temple to do the establishment of the twelve Jyotir Lingams. The event was spread over 3 days starting on February 13 and finishing on February 15, 2008. Hindu Devotees came to see the Sthapana…
Hindu Gods Paraded on Brazil’s Carnival
timesofindia.indiatimes.com RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, February 19, 2009: Ganesh, Durga and Surya will form part of a carnival float that will roll through the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city on Saturday night. The float is being presented by Samba Club Perola Negra (Black Pearl), and its theme is “Guided by Surya, journeying through India in quest of a…
Daily Inspiration
www.hinduismtoday.com There are voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. American poet, lecturer and Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) who taught that God could best be found by looking inward to one’s own soul.
Priests from India Receive Certification to Work in Malaysia
www.nst.com.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, February 20, 2009: Sixty-three Hindu priests, musicians and sculptors from India became the first batch to receive the certificate of eligibility to work in Malaysia after going through the Human Resources Ministry’s induction program. They will serve at 31 temples nationwide. Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said the induction program, a condition imposed by…
Micro-Painter Creates Tiniest Hanuman Chalisa
www.hindustantimes.com VARANASI, INDIA, February 17, 2009: The world’s smallest Hanuman Chalisa, a single centimeter square, will be offered for sale at the eight-day Industrial Handicraft Fair in Varanasi on Sunday. The Lakhtakiya Hanuman Chalisa, a eulogy to the monkey-god worshiped by Hindus in northern India, comprises 45 pages and 22 pictures of different forms of Hanuman. The micro version contains…
India’s Snake Men Are Taking To The Streets
www.independent.co.uk NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 19, 2009: Contrary to romantic tales, in India there are fewer charmers than one might imagine. Government legislation dating back almost 35 years gives police the right to apprehend anyone using a wild animal for such entertainment purposes. The charmers that do operate in tourist centers and large cities, live a largely furtive existence, earning…
Daily Inspiration
www.hinduismtoday.com The learned have prescribed penance for the murderer of a pious man, a drunkard, a thief or for one who has violated a solemn vow. But there is no pardon for the ungrateful. The Panchatantra