HPI PORT-OF_SPAIN, TRINIDAD, February 13, 2018 (Paras Ramoutar): Against the deafening songs of calypso, soca, steelpan and mas revelers marking the closing day of the annual Carnival, a pre-Lenten festival, devout Hinduism in this oil-rich economy observed Shivaratri with reverence and devotion in over 400 mandirs and thousands of homes across the country. Twenty-five percent of Trinidad and Tabago’s population…
Source ABU DHABI, UAE, February 11, 2018 (Press Release): Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi on Sunday, February 11, 2018, inaugurated the BAPS Hindu Mandir model, and thus officially launched the BAPS Hindu Mandir construction in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Sadguru Pujya Ishwarcharandas Swami performed the foundation stone laying ceremony of the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi to be…
Source Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with wool to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.— Sri Ramana Maharishi (1879-1950), South Indian mystic
Source HONG KONG, February 9, 2018 (Cathay Pacific): Cathay Pacific has partnered with Pure Yoga to launch a new inflight well-being program, Travel Well with Yoga, this month. In harmony with the airline’s Life Well Travelled campaign, the series of videos have been developed by Pure Yoga instructors to help passengers ease into their journeys with yoga and meditation exercises…
Source Enquire: ‘Who am I?’ and you will find the answer. Look at a tree: from one seed arises a huge tree; from it comes numerous seeds, each one of which in its turn grows into a tree. No two fruits are alike. Yet it is one life that throbs in every particle of the tree. So, it is the…
Source HARTSDALE, NEW YORK, February 9, 2018 ( by Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, Lohud.com ): At 8:30 a.m. on a recent monday morning, Tao Porchon-Lynch, recognized in 2012 by the Guinness World Records as the “World’s Oldest Yoga Teacher,” waltzed into the Fred Astaire Studio in Hartsdale for a yoga class wearing a fur coat and black stilettos. A few months…
Source FIJI, February 5, 2018 ( by Waisea Nasokia Nadi, Fiji Sun): Rain in Nadi failed to dampen the spirit of local and international Hindu devotees at the 92nd Vaarshika Thaipoosam Thirunaal Festival in Nadi yesterday. The 10-day annual event, mostly for those with South Indian ancestry, ends today at the Sri Siva Subramaniya Swami Thiru Kovil temple in Nadi…
Source TAMIL NADU, INDIA, February 11, 2018 ( Scroll.in): On Friday night, a major fire broke out in the famed Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, destroying 36 shops located in the 400-year-old Veera Vasantharayar Mandapam, a hall in the temple’s East Wing. The 7,000 sq ft mandapam, which housed more than 100 shops selling everything from puja items…
Source All this universe is in the glory of God, of Siva, the God of love. The heads and faces of men are His own, and He is in the hearts of all.— Krishna Yajur Veda, Svetasvatara Upanishad 3.11
Source SINGAPORE , February 2, 2018, (by Prianka Ghosh, The Culture Trip): Singapore prides itself on its religious diversity and tolerance. Considering this as well as the diversity of Singapore’s population, it did not come as a huge surprise when a 2014 Pew Research report came out stating that Singapore is the most religiously diverse country in the world. The…