DELHI, INDIA, September 11, 2021 (Sputnik International): Every August, Suraj Padhyal from the Indian state of Rajasthan travels about 170 km from Jaipur to Delhi accompanied by his two brothers and their wives. For the next three months, they devotedly create sculptures, mainly of Lord Ganesha, and Goddesses Lakshmi and Durga. The Padhyal family is not alone. There are many…
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
MAURITIUS, September 9, 2021: Enjoy this marvelous choral and solo rendition of the Shree Ganeshay Dheemahi bhajan by the Temple of Fine Arts performing at the Ganesha Spiritual Park in Mauritius. Ajitha K. Murday is the lead singer backed up by students, with music by Anil Nallan Chakravarthy, Ghatam/Kanjeera by Laya Kalavipanchi, Sri Ghatam by Umashankar, flute by Krishen Manaroo.…
TAMIL NADU, INDIA, September 7, 2021 (casualwalker.com): After the 2004 tsunami archaeologists discovered rock inscriptions and evidence of a temple exposed by the waves near Saluvankuppam village, four miles north of Mamallapuram in Kanchipuram district. The Archaeological Survey of India of Chennai believes that the temple may well be the oldest Subrahmanya temple to be excavated in the state. While…
That which is formless, which is of the nature of supreme consciousness, is eternally existing in eternal abidance, eternally free from the constricting bonds, free from mutations, indescribable, beyond the illustrative reasons and parables, beyond gender, indestructible, free from likes and dislikes, beyond the knowable and definable existents, inconceivable and beyond doubt—That is my real Self. There is no doubt…
BENGALURU, INDIA, September 6, 2021 (hindustantime.com): The Karnataka government on Sunday decided to allow Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in districts where the positivity rate is less than two 2 percent, with a set of restrictions which will remain in place for five days. Ashok said that the government has approved to allow one Ganesh festival per ward in urban areas and…
The expectation that success in meditation will come quickly is incorrect. Not only must you sustain your practice for a long time, but without interruption and with devotion. Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of HINDUISM TODAY
KATHMANDU, NEPAL, September 3, 2021 (My Republica): Preparations are currently underway to reopen the Pashupatinath Temple around the Teej festival on September 9. According to Rewati Raman Adhikari, Administrative Officer of the Pashupatinath Area Development Trust (PADT), the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and the District Administrative Office of Kathmandu have been consulted. The Pashupatinath Temple along with…
We cultivate purity by thinking, speaking and doing only that which is conceived in compassion for all. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of HINDUISM TODAY
PIROJPUR, BANGLADESH, August 28, 2021 (Dhaka Tribune): Unidentified miscreants vandalized four statues of Hindu Goddesses at a temple in Nesarabad upazila of Pirojpur on Friday. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Nesarabad police station Abir Mohammad Hossain said that members of law enforcement agencies visited the spot and an investigation is underway to identify those responsible for the vandalism. According to local sources,…