Source LAHORE, PAKISTAN, February 10, 2020 (Dawn): Despite being granted nominal religious freedom by Pakistan’s Constitution, Hindus like Raj Kumari, who has lived in Lahore since birth, still face extreme obstacles in being able to practice their faith. In a city of 11 million people that covers almost 2,000 square kilometers, only two publicly-functioning Hindu temples remain. One is the…
Source TAMIL NADU, INDIA, March/April 2019 (Archaeology): Srirangam Island, at the confluence of the Kaveri and Kollidam Rivers in southeastern India’s state of Tamil Nadu, is home to a 2,000-year-old temple complex, major parts of which are still in use today. However, much of the complex is hidden or damaged. Many older sections are buried under sediment as a result…
Source You are God. I am God. Only one. You cannot separate me from you.— Satguru Siva Yogaswami (1872-1964), Sri Lanka’s most revered contemporary mystic
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…