Expert guidance: Panellists at a pre-counselling guidance programme organised by The Hindu-EducationPlus in Kochi on Friday.

'Karma to Nirvana': In the Holy Kitchens of Hinduism Huffington Post (blog) In Hinduism, the sharing of food is an essential part of the human experience. When there is scarcity, this sharing can mean the difference between life and death. Civilization cannot exist without it. When we share food in a spiritual setting, ...

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Australian swimwear and bikini designer 'Lisa Blue' has designed swimwear and bikinis with Hindu deities' pictures printed on them. All Hindus should protest lawfully against such outrageous insult of Hindu Deities.

it has been observed that Pune based online auction website 'www.artinvestindia.com' has kept paintings drawn by Anti-Hindu and Anti-National painter M F Husain on sale. All Hindus should protest lawfully against it.

Six among the most important virtues which a man should strive to cultivate are laid down in the scr

Ichalkaranji (Maharashtra): Police opposed hoisting of saffron flag in ‘Janata Chowk’ and took 11 pro-Hindu activists into custody. The enraged Hindus paid no heed to the opposition by the police and went ahead with hoisting of saffron flag.

Sri Venkateswara Temple of Colorado in Castle Rock is holding its inauguration events on May 6-7-8. May 6, 2011 - Nevada Sri Venkateswara Temple of Colorado in Castle Rock is holding its inauguration events on May 6-7-8. These will include muhoortham, prayers, homams, utsavams, etc.

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Jobs Report Has More Bad News Than Good News CNBC.com AP There was more bad news than met the eye to Friday's jobs report, even beyond the bump up in the unemployment rate. While the top-line number of 244000 jobs created sounded great when it came off the tape, the internals were somewhat weaker. ... Snap Analysis: Jobs report shows strength with a caveatReuters Strong Job Report Shows US Economy Gaining SteamNew York Times US Economy Adds Jobs, but Unemployment Rate RisesWall Street Journal Bloomberg -Los Angeles Times -TheStreet.com all 699 news articles »

Ontario (Canada): Grand opening of Hindu Heritage Centre, whose mission is to promote Hindu culture and civilization, will be held on May eight in Mississauga (Ontario, Canada).

Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh): The beef row on English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) campus intensified on Monday. While ABVP activists maintained that they would attack anyone who cooks beef on campus, a large group of students lead by Dalit Adivasi Bahujan Minority Students' Association and Telangana Students' Association, said that they will continue the agitation till beef gets accepted in the hostel food guide.

USA: Sri Venkateswara Temple of Colorado (SVTC) in Castle Rock (USA) is holding its inauguration events on May 6-7-8.

Hello, and welcome to today, Akshaya Tritiya, a most auspicious day in the Hindu calendar when buyin

Under RTI Act, 2005, an application was given to Archeological Survey of India (ASI), New Delhi, seeking information regarding the Historic and Scientific Evidences of Taj Mahal which supports the argument that “The Taj Mahal in Agra was built by Moughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 16th Century”. The application was later forwarded to ASI of [...]

New Sri Venkateswara Temple in Colorado, USA Washington Bangla Radio Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, further said that it was important to pass on Hindu spirituality, concepts and traditions to coming generations amidst so many distractions in the consumerist society and hoped that this new ... and more »

Vijayawada, May 5 : Lakhs of devotees thronged the temple of Goddess Kanaka Durga at Indrakeeladri Hill on the eve of Akshaya Tritiya, one of the most auspicious days of the year as per the Hindu calendar.

Islam's position is not under threat, says council Malaysia Star KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) recognises Islam as the religion of the country and says its position is not under any threat. ...

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________________ We had experienced darshan. Now the rest of the temple complex was to be explored.

"Houston World Tour" Participants at the Quan Am Boddhisatva Statue Houston is the 4th lar

While many Hindus regard Tagore as the 'god of poetry', what actually makes him unique is his 'poetry of god'. On the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary celebrations, which conclude on May 7, 2011, let's look at the mystical side of the myriad minded bard of Bengal.

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Jyoti, a 62-year-old transgender Indian who was born a man, saves up money every year to buy a beautiful new wedding dress for a festival at which she gets married to a Hindu god.

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SOUTH AFRICA, April 23, 2011 (The Times Live): Thousands of Hindu devotees will visit temples this weekend in accordance with a practice started by indentured Indian sugar-cane labourers about 100 years ago. The Isipingo Mariamman Temple and the Shri Mariammen Temple in Mount Edgecombe will be bustling as devotees from across the country pay homage during the Easter week to the goddess Mariamman.

The Mariamman Temple in Isipingo Rail was said to have been built in about 1860, over the home of a sacred cobra. Deities represented include Mariamman, Ganesha, Kali and Krishna.

The 121-year-old Shri Mariammen Temple in Mount Edgecombe was built by sugar-cane workers. Temple chairman Seelan Achary said the annual gathering had religious and historical significance. He said the sugar-cane workers toiled from dawn till dusk seven days a week in the mills and cane fields. After protesting they were given Sunday off.

"During the Christian holidays of Good Friday and Easter Monday, the white sugar barons took the weekend off and, accordingly, offered the same to their workers. As this was the only time off they got, they used the opportunity to pay homage to Mother Mariamman, and so the practice and custom of praying to Mother Mariamman continued from one generation to the other," he said.

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MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, May 2011: In continuation of a 14 year tradition, this year the ICCT Memphis temple is performing Ashtottara Satakundatmaka Sri Rama Raksha Ashtakshari Maha Yagnam from May 25th to May 29th. The Yagnam is being performed with 108 Homakunds and 108 priests coming from various parts of the world and is under the blessings and guidance of Karunamayi Bhagavathi Sri Sri Sri Vijayeswari Devi. Devotees will also be given an opportunity to participate.

The Yagnam is being preformed to promote universal peace and prosperity, restore balance in nature, promote tolerance, respect among various faiths, abolish terrorism and to resurrect, protect and preserve Sanathana Dharma.

More details are available at the temple website here.

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ABBOTSFORD, BC, CANADA, May 3, 2011 (The Times of Canada) :An Abbotsford Hindu temple suffered an estimated $250,000 in damages after a fire on Wednesday morning. Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service was called out to the Fraser Valley Hindu Society Temple at around 10:45 a.m.

Fire crews arrived to find smoke and fire coming from the rear of the one-storey structure. Staff at the adjacent Lafarge Canada concrete plant reported the fire. Firefighters controlled the blaze and prevented it from spreading to the rest of the temple and nearby buildings.

The temple will not be in use until restoration is complete or a new temple has been constructed. The cause of the fire is suspected to be a result of unattended fire lamp left near combustibles in the temple.

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NEW DELHI, INDIA April 18, 2011 (Telegraph India): Mariners from India's east coast exploited monsoon winds to sail to southeast Asia more than 2,000 years ago, an archaeologist has proposed, challenging a long-standing view that a Greek navigator had discovered monsoon winds.

Sila Tripati at the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa, has combined archaeological, meteorological, and literary data to suggest that Indian mariners were sailing to southeast Asia riding monsoon winds as far back as the 2nd century BC.

A 1st century AD Greek text, 'Periplus of the Erythreaean Sea', and a contemporary Roman geographer named Pliny have claimed that the Greek navigator, Hippalus, discovered the monsoon winds and the route across the Arabian Sea to India around 45 AD.

But Tripati has now used multiple lines of evidence -- from inscriptions on ancient Indian coins to bronze pottery from an archaeological site in western Thailand -- to question that claim and argue that mariners of India's east coast knew about the monsoon winds perhaps about 200 years before Hippalus. Tripati's research is published in the journal Current Science from the Indian Academy of Sciences.

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Encouraging response to series of lectures held on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Kalyan : Audience enthralled with the lecture by Prasad Vadake of HJS

Dombivali (Maharashtra): 2 Muslims criminals were arrested by Kalyan’s Crime Branch for posing as policemen in the Zone-3 area and looting women.

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Dharma Jagruti Sabha held by HJS in Bagalkot, Karnataka. About 200 devout Hindus participated in the Dharma Jagruti Sabha.

At The Kaila Devi Temple Mahatama Kedargiri established the idols of Kaila Devi in the lap of Araval

Whenever I go out reading lately on the internet, posts about Hinduism seem to find me, or maybe it

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I’ve loved Kaadu Malleswara since childhood, not the least because he grants my prayers or ali

Conservative Hindus, especially those with RSS background, have told me to tone down my abusive language.  However, I am of the opinion that the word bitch and bastard is indispensible when it comes to describing Sonia and secularists. I am well aware that there is something like protocol and etiquettes.  However, I am a person [...]

The cadres have exerted pressure on the school that operates classes up to the eighth grade for the past 15 days.

Islamic symbol vandalized at Burbank hospital Los Angeles Times The glass waterfall outside Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel at the hospital has illustrations of symbols of the nation's leading faiths, including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism. “Although we are a Catholic institution, we recognize that faith ... and more »

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Obama to lay wreath at Ground Zero but won't glorify Bin Laden killing The Guardian Obama on his way to visit Ground Zero, boarding an Air Force One plane at Andrews air force base in Maryland. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Barack Obama is to lay a wreath at Ground Zero in New York on Thursday night and meet the families of ... Obama looks forward to private meetings at Ground ZeroUSA Today Obama Visit to Ground Zero Strives to Bring Closure for VictimsFox News President Obama lands at Kennedy Airport, heads to Ground ZeroThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com NBC New York -Capital New York -Wall Street Journal (blog) all 874 news articles »

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Jackie Cooper dies at 88 Washington Post The actor rose to prominence as a child star and remained in show business for six decades. Actor Jackie Cooper, shown in 1978, died May 3, 2011. "He just kinda died of old age," attorney Roger Licht told the Reuters news service. "He wore out. ... Six Facts About Jackie CooperHollywood Reporter Jackie Cooper Passes Away As Superman Gets EngagedContactmusic.com "Our Gang" Star Jackie Cooper DiesMyFox Washington DC OzarksFirst.com -TMZ.com -BBC News all 684 news articles »

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WASHINGTON DC: Men and women from the Muslim and Vaishnava faiths met in Washtington D.C. for the st

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Millions of Americans will gather today to pray for the United States and its leaders, remembering the victims of tornadoes that swept across the South, the national economy and the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hindus welcome popstar Katy Perry's rising interest in meditation DailyIndia.com In the June issue of Vanity Fair magazine, which will hit newsstands on May five, Perry (Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson), 26, tells Vanity Fair contributing editor Lisa Robinson: "Russell (husband English actor-comedian Russell Brand) is into Hinduism. ... Hindu Heritage Centre opening in CanadaMangalorean.com all 9 news articles »

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