Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, April 21, 2016 (Global Research by Barbara Nimri Aziz): Nepal has fallen into a troubling, dysfunctional state of normality which has little to do with last year’s earthquake that destroyed villages, leveled temples and schools, killing almost 9,000 people in and around Kathmandu Valley. The county’s capital, a city of four million, needs to awaken from its…
Source On the pathway of spiritual excellence, words that discourage and those that publicize faults of others are lethal poisons.— His Divine Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, spiritual head of Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha
Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 22, 2016 (Daily Pioneer): A central task force for Ayush has sought investment of US$400 million at the national level to give all-round push to the traditional systems of medicines Ayurveda, Unani, Yoga, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa, homeopathy and naturopathy to make it competitive at the global level. Noting that strengthening the Ayush sector in education,…
Source MADURAI, INDIA, April 21, 2016 (The Hindu): Exquisitely decorated temple cars of Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here waded through a sea of people along the Masi Streets on the penultimate day of the annual Chithirai festival on Wednesday. The Deities – Lord Sundareswarar with Piriyavidai and Goddess Meenakshi – ascended the respective cars before sunrise and devotees started to pull…
Source MUMBAI, INDIA, April 22, 2016 (Daily Pioneer): After two failed attempts, women activists owing allegiance to Pune-based Swarajya Sanghatana finally entered the sanctum sanctorum of Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik district of north Maharashtra, amidst tight security. A day after several activists were manhandled by villagers when they tried to gain entry inside Garbha Griha of Swarajya Sanghatana president Vanita…
Source UJJAIN, INDIA, April 22, 2016 (NewsX Bureau): Madhya Pradesh’s holy city Ujjain has geared up for the biggest religious convergence of Hindus – Simhastha-Kumbh Mela which began on April 22nd. Over 50 million devotees are expected to visit the holy city. The Simhastha – one of the biggest Hindus faithful gatherings commenced with shahi snaan (royal bath) in Shipra…
Source Those from a religious background who believe that “There is only one life and when it’s over, it’s over ” generally cry and have a very unhappy time over the departure of a loved one. This is very disturbing to the loved one from where they are in the inner world wondering, “Why the grief?” Because they are fine.…
KAUAI, HAWAII, April 20, 2016 (HPI): Readers finally pointed out to us that our letters to the editor module on hinduismtoday.com was not working correctly for several weeks. It’s been fixed, and please, if you had something to say, but couldn’t, just email us directly at letters@hindu.org, or go through the “About Us” tab on the website. We very much…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, April 17, 2016 (Independent): This [somewhat inaccurate] video depicts the growth and spread of the world’s two largest religions over a span of 2,000 years. Represented in white and green, respectively, Christianity and Islam spring up from obscurity in the Middle East to morph into globe-spanning juggernauts. It was produced last year by the Western Conservatory of…
Source BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA, April 17, 2016 (Latin America Herald Tribune): The size of the Hindu community in Indonesia’s northwest Aceh province is small, but Sunday devotees made a big impression with their Thaipusam festival. About 500 people from the Tamil community joined Thaipusam celebrations since Friday for the three-day festival, which culminated Sunday with a procession of singing, dancing…