Source VERNON, FRANCE, January 28, 2020 (Actu Google translated from French): The Indian Association of Vernon (AIV) celebrated the traditional festival of Pongal last Saturday. With the smell of spices and jasmine, shimmering costumes and traditional songs, the village hall of the Boutardes de Vernon (Eure) was transported for an evening to the south of India thanks to the association…
Source Devout Hindus meet a satguru and in seeing him, draw the darshan vibration from him, absorbing it into themselves. When we say someone is holy or saintly we are feeling the radiations of that divine energy flooding through him and out into the whole world.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, February 21, 2020 (Millennium Post): Overlooking Srinagar is Hari Parbat, a hill home to a fort, a temple, a gurdwara and a dargah. The temple here is dedicated to Jagdamba Sharika Bhagwati, considered the presiding Deity of Srinagar. Rolled-up concertina wires lie on the long flight of stairs leading up to the temple. A CRPF jawan proffers…
Source INDIA, February 21, 2020 (Zee News): The auspicious occasion of Maha Shivaratri is being celebrated across India on Friday with full fervor. A sea of devotees throng temples to offer prayers to Lord Shiva and observe fasts. Maha Shivaratri, the greatest night of Shiva, is one of the most splendidly celebrated festivals in India. It celebrates the grand marriage…
Source The light which shines above heaven, above all the worlds, above everything, that is the same light which is within man. We can perceive it as the warmth in the body. And of it we have this audible proof: when we thus hear, by covering the ears, what is like the rumbling of a carriage, or the bellowing of…
Source TAMIL NADU, July 17, 2019 (Tamizhar Media): The Angkor Thamil Sangam and Pannattu Thamilar Naduvam along with The Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts and Seenu Gnanam Travels are planning to unveil the statues of Chola emperor Rajendra Chola and Khmer emperor Suryavarman I in Siem Reap, Cambodia, in May 2022 to commemorate the friendship of these two…
Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, February 21, 2020 (Himalayan News Service): Pashupati Area Development Trust has said it expects to host around one million Hindu devotees from Nepal and abroad during religious festival o Mahashivaratri. Pradeep Dhakal, PADT member-secretary said all preparations for Mahashivaratri were over. Premises of Pashupatinath temple has been decorated with electric lamps and colorful flowers and welcome gates…
Source JAMMU,INDIA, February 14, 2020 (Daily Excelsior): The 42-day-long annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Shri Amarnath Ji in South Kashmir Himalayas will commence on June 23. This year’s pilgrimage will be longer by two days against last year’s 40 days. “The board decided that a 42-day yatra would commence on 23rd June, 2020, an auspicious day of…
Source JAKARTA, INDONESIA, February 14, 2020 February 14, 2020 (tanda-baca.co.id): DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, attended the laying of the first stone of a house of worship for Hindus, especially ethnic Tamils, who are on Jalan Bedugul, Kalideres, West Jakarta, Friday (2/14/2020). The event was also attended by the Indian Ambassador to Indonesia, Pradeep Kumar Rawat, and various parties from…
Source With love enshrined in the heart, one truly lives. Without it, the body is but bones encased in skin.— Tirukkural 80