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A Real Balinese Temple Inside the Rothenbaum Museum
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:05:01 PSTSource: www.abendblatt.deHAMBURG, GERMANY, February 7, 2010: Hamburg’s Museum fur Volkerkunde (Museum of Ethnology) has been home to an authentic Balinese temple since November 2009. Carved out of volcanic stone, the temple was shipped from Bali to Germany and assembled according to tradition by the Balinese architect Artana and two assistants. Construction was funded by Juli [...]

Latest Issue of Hinduism Today for Sale on Scribd.com
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:11:10 PSTSource: www.scribd.comKAPAA, HI, USA, February 8, 2010: Kindle, Nook, Apple iPad — it seems that digital editions of books and magazines are destined to seize the spotlight from venerable paper, which has been the choice of readers for centuries. Or maybe not: how can you reproduce the ease and comfort of having a printed edition [...]

Last Speaker of Ancient Language of Bo Dies in India
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:03:01 PSTSource: news.bbc.co.ukANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA, February 4, 2010: The last speaker of an ancient language in India’s Andaman Islands has died at the age of about 85, a leading linguist has told the BBC. Professor Anvita Abbi said that the death of Boa Sr was highly significant because one of the world’s oldest languages - Bo [...]

Hydropower Projects On Ganga Questioned
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:02:01 PSTSource: www.poten.comINDIA, February 2010: The revelation that the Ganga could disappear in the Gangotri valley if a series of hydropower projects are completed should prompt a rethink on what is clearly a case of mindless development, according to this article. Twelve hydro power projects, some functioning and others proposed, are located in a fragile ecological [...]

European Delegation to Visit Orissa
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:01:01 PSTSource: news.bbc.co.ukORISSA, INDIA, February, 7, 2010: A delegation of the European Union is due to visit a region which was hit by religious riots in the eastern Indian state of Orissa last year. Kandhamal district witnessed weeks of anti-Christian violence after a Hindu leader was shot dead. The clashes erupted after hard line Hindu groups [...]

Daily Inspiration
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:00:01 PSTSource: www.hinduismtoday.comIt is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Shirdi Bans VIP Darshans
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:04:01 PSTSource: www.mumbaimirror.comMUMBAI, INDIA, January 28, 2010: The Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust, that manages the shrine, has decided to ban VIP darshan during week days. The decision was taken at a meeting of the trust held at Mantralaya.VIP darshans at the popular shrine has been a contentious issue because devotees regularly faced inconvenience when their [...]

Vaishnodevi Shrine Under Terror Alert
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:03:01 PSTSource: www.expressindia.comJAMMU, INDIA, February 3, 2010: The cave shrine of Vaishnodevi, one of the most revered places of worship visited by about eight million pilgrims each year, faced a fresh terror threat and security has been upgraded.Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) Special Director General N. K. Tripathi on Tuesday warned of the threat to the [...]

India, Still Queen of the World’s Spices
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:34:46 PSTSource: http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page1.asp?relid=57507INDIA, February 1, 2010: Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, inaugurated the 10th World Spice Congress here on 3rd February, 2010. India occupies a prominent position in the world spice trade with a share of 44%. Annual production of spices in recent years has gone well above four million [...]

Abstract Thoughts? The Body takes them Literally
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:35:21 PSTSource: www.nytimes.comABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, January 2, 2010: Researchers at the University of Aberdeen found that when people were asked to recall the past, their bodies leaned slightly backward. While fantasizing about the future, people made a two or three millimeter shift forward. Lynden K. Miles, one of the study’s conductors, said: “It was pleasing that we [...]

Daily Inspiration
Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:00:01 PSTSource: www.hinduismtoday.comThe man who is kind and practices righteousness, who remains passive in the affairs of the world, who considers creatures of the world as his own self, he attains the immortal Being; the true God is ever with him. Saint Kabir (1440-1518)

Putting Chola Temples On India’s Tourist Map
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:04:01 PSTSource: beta.thehindu.comTHANJAVUR, INDIA, January 21, 2010: The School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu has called for a combined study and view of the four all stone temples built by Chola kings at Thanjavur, Darasuram, Thirubuvanam and Gangaikonda Cholapuram.Inaugurating a two-day seminar organised by the Archaeological Survey of India here to commemorate the 1000th year of Brahadeeswara [...]

Badrinath Temple To Reopen On May 19
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:03:01 PSTSource: beta.thehindu.comINDIA, January 20, 2010: The portals of Badrinath temple, situated in Garhwal Himalayas at an altitude of 10,278 ft, will be reopened on May 19. The date of the reopening was announced at Narendra Nagar palace by the Raj Purohit on the occasion of Basant Panchami. The portals of Badrinath shrine were closed for [...]

Chinese Pop Singer Croons in Sanskrit
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:02:01 PSTSource: timesofindia.indiatimes.comBEIJING, CHINA, January 26, 2010: China’s official media is promoting what it describes as the first pop singer who sings in Sanskrit. She is one of the singers being considered to sign at the inauguration of the World Expo in Shanghai next May. Sa Dingding, who won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World [...]

Buddhist Monk Sells Photographs to Build Monastery
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:01:01 PSTSource: lite.epaper.timesofindia.comNEW DELHI, INDIA, January 18, 2010: Buddhist Lama and photographer: not the most common combination. American-born Nicholas Vreeland has been a monk for 25 years at Karnatakas Rato Dratsang monastery. He is showing 20 of his India photographs at India International Center Annex as part of the Photos for Rato exhibition from January 13 [...]

Articles On Hinduism

How To Choose Your Spiritual Guru?
Choosing a wrong guru can seriously diminish one's chances of salvation. Having trust in God is always helpful, but taking certain precautions about one's own spiritual life is prudence, especially in a world where truth is not what it seems to be. This articles helps you know what to look for and what to avoid in selecting a spiritual guru, without emotion and confusion, using the faculties of reason and common sense.

Atmabodha - Knowledge of Self By Adi Shankaracharya
Knowledge of the Self (atmabodha) is one of the well known works of Sri Adi Shankaracharya, written for the benefit of those who have cultivated detachment and want to seek freedom from ignorance and illusion. According to Shankra the phenomenal world is a mere super imposition in which we become entangled because of our involvement with the sense objects.

Reflections On Maya , The Illusion Of Things
According to many schools of Hinduism, the world is an illusion, a play of the supreme consciousness of God. It is a projection of things and forms that are temporarily phenomenal and sustain the illusion of oneness and permanence. From the human body to a giant galaxy, each object in the material universe is what it is because of the aggregation of things that sustain its current state.

The Atheists and Materialists of Ancient India
This essay explains the salient features of the Carvaka philosophy, a heterodox atheistic school of thought that originated in ancient India prior to the rise of Buddhism and played an important role in the development of Indian philosophy.

The Samkhya Philosophy and 24 Principles of Creation
Hinduism owes a great deal to the Samkhya school of thought. According to Richard Garbe, Samkhy philosophy is "the most significant system of philosophy that India has produced." It exerted profound influence on many scholars in ancient India, China and, according to some, even Greece.

Symbolism Of Puja In Hinduism
In Hinduism we come across a common method of worship called puja. "Puja" is the most popular form of worship practiced in almost every Hindu household even today, either on a daily basis or during some important religious function or ceremony. A puja can be either a simple ritual worship or a very complicated one, depending upon the way it is performed.

Hinduism And Evolution
Hinduism believes in the concept of evolution of life on earth. Although it is not the same as the one known to modern science, in many ways and in a very fundamental sense, it is not much different from the latter.

Symbolism of the Descent Of The River Ganga or Ganges To The Earth
The river Ganges is very sacred to the Hindus. Those who take a dip in the river are said to be ridden of all their sins and attain immortality. It is believed that the river used to flow in the heavens till the sage, Bhagirath, made severe penances and directed its flow towards the earth to save his 60000 ancestors who were lying in the nether world (patala) in a heap of ashes due to a curse delivered by sage Kapila.

Symbolic Significance of The Hindu Trinity, Brahma, Vishnu And Siva
In Hinduism God is viewed as one and the many. He is also described as both the known and the unknown and the One with qualities and the One without qualities. He is compared to the sky, the space, consciousness, ether and even emptiness. He is both the known and the unknown, the lower and the higher, the immanent and the transcendent.

The Practice of Tantra and Tantric Ritual in Hinduism and Buddhism
It is difficult to trace the history of tantra which is mostly obscure as in case of the history of religions. Many tantras offer mythical explanations for their origins, often setting themselves as the given word of either Siva or a goddess such as Devi. Scholarly depictions of their origins are often as varied, ascribing tantras to pre-Aryan, Indus Valley civilizations or similar aboriginal, tribal groups or as integral part of an Indian cultural fabric.

Hindu Marriages And The Duties Of Husband And Wife In A Traditional Hindu Family
According to Hinduism, marriage between two souls is a very sacred affair that stretches beyond one lifetime and may continue up to at least seven lives. The relationship between the two does not necessarily have to begin only when they have attained birth as human beings. The gender of the two partners also does not have to be the same in all the births.

Hinduism & Children
Hindus loves their children dearly. They believe that their children are gifts from gods and products of their previous karma. Many presume that their children were related to them in their past lives or were their close friends. According to Manu, a man recreates himself through his own children.

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