Source VARANASI, INDIA, May 1, 2020 (Kevin Standage Photography): Being an archaeologist, I probably spend an unhealthy amount of time thinking about the hidden history that might be buried under my feet. During my time in Varanasi (Banaras, Kashi) earlier this year, such thoughts often came to the forefront of my mind. Here is one of the oldest continually inhabited…
Source G-o-d, d-o-g. both the same. Top and bottom. See God in everything. You must do that!— Satguru Yogaswami (1872-1964), Sri Lanka’s revered contemporary mystic
Source PURI, INDIA, April 27, 2020 (Odisha TV): While uncertainty looms large over Rath Yatra in Puri this year amid the nationwide lockdown to check the spread of Coronavirus, the highest body of Hindu religious scholars in Puri Srimandir, Mukti Mandap, stated on Monday that there is no harm if the annual Rath Yatra is not held this year in…
Source The more we are conscious of God’s presence in daily life, the more intense is the fullness of the joy we experience. God means infinitely more to our existence than the light of the sun means to the plants and trees.— Swami Omkarananda, (1930-2000), founder of Omkarananda Ashram, Rishikesh
Source INDIA, April 25, 2020 (Indian Express): According to an official release, Lt Governor G. C. Murmu, while interacting with the members of a delegation of Baba Amarnath and Buda Amarnath Yatri Niyas here, observed that “due to the current COVID-2019 pandemic situation, appropriate decision on organizing the yatras can only be taken after periodic reviews of the situation, as…
Source Look at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert, when all around you there is nothing but water!— Saint Kabir (1440-1518)
Source PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA, April 22, 2020 (Free Malaysia Today): The country’s main Hindu organisation says wedding rites and rituals for the religion cannot be conducted online, just days after the federal territories Islamic authorities allowed a virtual marriage solemnization ceremony in light of the partial lockdown due to Covid-19. Malaysia Hindu Sangam president RS Mohan Shan said unlike Muslims,…
Source Hinduism is a living organism. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches– knowledge is limitless and also limitless is the application of Truth.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Source INDIA, April 22, 2020 (Vivekananda International Foundation, by Prof. Hari Bansh Jha): Nepal and India, though closest neighbors, represent a contrasting scenario. Nepal has land borders with both India and China, one an open border and the other controlled and regulated; the two being the most populous countries in the world. One would have normally expected some common characteristics…
Source CHENNAI, INDIA, April 21, 2020 (Times of India): Monday onwards, the city’s pious who have had to cancel their temple visits and summer pilgrimages in light of the Covid-19 outbreak, can be rest assured to not miss out on the year’s most anticipated temple festivals. Thanks to Hindu religious and charitable endowments (HR&CE) department, which after much contemplation, has…