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They think – That Temple Should be in a Museum !

They think – That Temple Should be in a Museum !

Much of India’s treasures have been looted and are either displayed in museums or in private collections around the world .On a visit to the British Museum one Hindu finds something very interesting…. In January of 2011 I went to the British Museum in London. For a lifelong student of history it was a dream [...]

January 9, 2015 HHR Archives, HHR Videos 0

Krishna Janmashtami: Festivity grips nation, all set for Dahi Handi

Krishna Janmashtami: Festivity grips nation, all set for Dahi Handi

Festivity has gripped the nation on Krishna Janmashtami, which is observed on the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna. While worshiping Lord Krishna is a big ritual, Dahi Handi festival is also a key attraction in Maharashtra and across India.   Lord Krishna, an Avatar of L0rd Vishnu, was born exactly at the stroke of midnight. [...]

August 17, 2014 HHR Archives, Spirituality/Culture 0

ISKCON Origins : History and Development

ISKCON Origins : History and Development

ISKCON, or the “Hare Krishna movement”, became a major cultural and religious phenomenon in the 1970s, effectively introducing the Krishna bhakti cult at global level and giving immense popularity to ethical vegetarianism and to the traditional Indian scriptures Bhagavad gita and Bhagavata purana. However, with the disappearance of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of ISKCON [...]

June 22, 2014 Mataji Parama Karuna Devi World Focus 0

ISKCON to build world’s tallest temple at Mathura from today

ISKCON to build world’s tallest temple at Mathura from today

Mathura: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is doing the ground breaking ceremony at Mathura, the birth place of Lord Krishna, to build the world’s tallest temple. It will be a 700 feet high skyscraper spread over an area of 5.5 acres and also have 70 floors. The ISKCON is hoping to complete the [...]

March 16, 2014 HHR India 0

A Hindu Lawyer’s Inner Guilt : A Career over Dharma ?

A Hindu Lawyer’s Inner Guilt : A Career over Dharma ?

Alcoholics and other addicts refer to it as a moment of clarity. As I stood in the police cell amidst a cacophony of sound and rising nausea the unlikely effects of such a ‘moment of clarity’ washes over me. Here I stood in a London Police station in the early hours of Sunday morning looking [...]

January 23, 2014 HHR Spirituality/Culture 0

Devas Are Not ‘Demi Gods’ : So Get Over It !

Devas Are Not ‘Demi Gods’ : So Get Over It !

Perhaps one of the most demeaning words, offensively carrying the heavy abrahamic bias, is the term DEMIGOD, that stabs directly at the core of the Divinity concept in Hinduism, creating a sense of inferiority and incompleteness in the Vedic vision as compared to the perceived greatness and supremacy of the “monotheistic” God. We would better [...]

January 6, 2014 Mataji Parama Karuna Devi Understanding hinduism 0

Was Jesus really born?

Was Jesus really born?

“Let me tell you at the outset that Jesus is no mythological mumbo-jumbo like your Rama and Krishna, and even Buddha. On the contrary, he was a solid historical figure whose miracles were witnessed and vouchsafed by many contemporary people,” said a Jesuit missionary to Sita Ram Goel. Let us have a closer look at [...]

December 25, 2013 HHR Analysis/Insights, Articles 0

Arise Arjuna

Arise Arjuna

The world, perhaps as usual, is in a state of crisis. Yet unlike previous crises, which were local in nature, the fate of the globe itself is now at stake, not only humanity but all life on Earth is threatened.  And in this extremity no nation has yet arisen as a defender of the Truth [...]

October 9, 2013 Vamadev Shastri Analysis/Insights 0

Satyabhama : Krishna’s Warrior Wife

Satyabhama : Krishna’s Warrior Wife

Satyabhama is the only child of the Yadava chief Satrajit. Even though at the time it was more common to raise boys in martial arts and athletic pursuits the Bhagavatam Puranas teach an important lesson in equality with the introduction of Satyabhama in Krishna’s past times. Satyabhama was haughty and high-spirited and had very little [...]

August 29, 2013 HHR Understanding hinduism 0

A Tale Of Radha, Krishna and Uddhava

A Tale Of Radha, Krishna and Uddhava

Uddhava, the apprentice of Krishna, one day expressed his dis-satisfaction to Krishna that in-spite of studying all Vedas ,Upnishadas and Sutras, he still was not recipient of the title “Maha-Rishi”, meaning the great sage. He indirectly suggested that Krishna should use his weight in the council of wise men to honor him with the title. [...]

September 10, 2012 HHR Hindu Wisdom 0
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