THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government’s decision to reserve posts in Devasom Boards only for Hindu legislators who believe in god has come under attack. The decision was announced by chief minister Oommen Chandy on Monday evening after the weekly cabinet meeting. It specifies that Hindu legislators who believe in god will be eligible to be elected [...]
October 28, 2012
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Archives, India, News updates
Bangkok: Archaeologists believe they have discovered the largest ancient Hindu temple ever found in the Indonesian island of Bali. Construction workers were digging a new drainage basinnear a Hindu learning center on Jalan Trengguli, in East Denpasar, when their tools struck a large stone structure one metre underground, the Jakarta Globe reported.The crew then excavated [...]
October 28, 2012
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Bali/Java, News updates
An Evening talk on Shivaji It was a beautiful moonlit night and Swamiji was sitting in the verandah of the bungalow of the late Mr. Bhattacharjee on the South Beach of Madras (already referred to), conversing in Hindi with Mr. Munshi Jagamohanlal, the private secretary of the Maharajah of Khetri. This gentleman had been sent [...]
October 25, 2012
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Archives, History
DON’T LET THEM BE DEPORTED TO AN UNSAFE COUNTRY! The British Government is continuing to maintain the fiction that Sri Lanka is a ‘safe’ country. They say that Tamils deported from the UK do not suffer abuse from Sri Lankan authorities. The evidence contradicts this. Human Rights Watch have recently produced a report highlighting the rising number [...]
October 22, 2012
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News updates, Sri Lanka
Cao Yan, a 36- year- old teacher from China, came to India last year on a mission to decode ancient Buddhist literature. When asked why, he replied: “Aham tatra gatvaa chhatraan pathayishyaami (I will go back and teach students).” For those wondering which language Cao Yan was talking in, it’s Sanskrit, which he has picked [...]
October 21, 2012
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India, News updates
GUWAHATI: The All Assam Sanskrit Students’ Union (AASSU) on Saturday slammed the state government for its “apathy” towards over 400 Sanskrit tolls (institutes) across the state. Addressing a news conference here, secretary of the union, Jugal Kumar Mahanta, demanded a separate directorate for Sanskrit tolls in Assam. “If the state government can constitute a separate [...]
October 21, 2012
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India, News updates
Unveiling a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Surat back in July Chief Minister Narendra Modi said, “the leadership of Shivaji still serves as a source of inspiration for good governance. The land where the statue is located has been given away to a Trust by Muslim donors” Speaking to a large gathering of people [...]
October 20, 2012
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India
The Champa civilization was located in the more southern part of what is today Central Vietnam, and was a highly Indianized Hindu Kingdom, practicing a form of Shaivite Hinduism brought by sea from India. Mỹ Sơn, a Hindu temple complex built by the Champa is still standing in Quang Nam province, in Vietnam. The Champa [...]
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s amazing tour through Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Machu Picchu and Paraguay thousands come to meet and meditate with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar – September 2012. Over 150 000 people in Buenos Aires and over 100 cities world wide joined Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in a mass meditation. The “Planet Meditates” event was [...]
October 19, 2012
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Spirituality/Culture
Often Hindus are accused of not being charitable.The Gurus, Swamis, babas and matas are portrayed as fraudsters only trying to make money out of the gullible public while Hindu organisations are promoted as extremists and terrorists. And individual Hindus are seen as just plain selfish.The Indian and Western media often portrays this image to the [...]
October 18, 2012
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Dharma Seva