fijidailypost.com FIJI, February 24, 2009: For Mahasivaratri, many temples in Fiji observe a three-night festival which culminates with a grand prayer ceremony on the last night (tonight). Devotees strongly believe that sincere worship of Lord Shiva on the auspicious day of Shivaratri, absolves a person of sins and liberates him from the cycle of birth and death. Shivaratri is considered…
www.nytimes.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, February 25, 2009: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday, in one of the most closely watched free speech decisions in years, that a tiny religious sect could not force a Utah city to let it erect a monument to its faith in a public park. The fact that there is already a Ten Commandments monument…
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com GOA, INDIA, January 22, 2009: Mahashivratri – a festival dedicated to lord Shiva – will be celebrated with much fervor across the country and state on Monday. The twin temples of Chandreshwar and Bhutnath are located on a hillock near Quepem, while one of the most ancient shrines of Shiva is the Saptkoteshwar of Narve. It is more than…
www.hinduismtoday.com Only the ignorant man expects perfection and lasting fulfillment from this Earth. Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
timesofindia.indiatimes.com CHANDIGARH, INDIA, January 22, 2009: The date on which Maha Shivaratri falls this year is auspicious for many reasons thistime around. Jaipur-based astrologer Avnish Pandey said that this year, the festival falls on Monday, which is considered day of Lord Shiva. In Jyotish, Chaturdashi belongs to Lord Shiva and Monday belongs to the moon. It was in 2006 that…
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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…
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?”.…
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…