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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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
www.hindu.com KUMBAKONAM, INDIA, February 14, 2009: Janata Party President Dr Subramanian Swamy has said that he would implead himself in support of the Dikshitars’ appeal challenging a single bench Judge’s order which paved the way for the government take over of the Nataraja temple in Chidambaram. Swamy contends that the judgment of the High Court was deficient and pointed out…
www.artdaily.org NEW YORK, USA, February 18, 2009: Many prestigious museums currently own sculptures and other artifacts of Lord Ganesha. Last week, internationally renowned Portland Art Museum recently acquired an 11th century Lord Ganesha sculpture for around US$69,000. The stone stele of Lord Ganesha, made in northeastern India showing him in seated in rajalilasana, is scheduled to be unveiled on February…
www.arts.manchester.ac.uk MANCHESTER, UK, February 11, 2009: (Call for papers): A call for papers has gone out for a seminar entitled “The Public Representation of a Religion Called Hinduism: Modern Gurus, Sampradayas and Media Hinduism,” which is to be held July 8-9, 2009 at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. The seminar is part of a two year network project on…
rchiles@ssc.wisc.edu MICHIGAN, USA, February 18, 2009: (HPI Note: We spoke today with Rob Chiles regarding the ethics surrounding “in vitro” meat, meat grown in an artificial setting that has never been part of a living animal. Personally, he sees this method as a way to reduce factory farming. He is requesting to interview authorities within the Hindu community on this…