Temples conduct drive to collect rental dues
The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department has been taking various steps to retrieve property belonging to it and collect rental dues. Apart from sending notices, temples have been placing boards More...
65-ft. temple car overturns at annual festival
At least 10 devotees were injured when a 65-foot wooden temple car taken out as part of an annual car festival, overturned in Kottur, a pilgrim town in Kudligi taluk of Ballari district on Tuesday evening. The incident More...
Hindus urge all US performing arts centers to offer free yoga classes like Kennedy Center
Hindus have welcomed Kennedy Center in Washington DC, claimed to the nation’s busiest performing arts center, offering free all-levels vinyasa yoga classes in its Grand Foyer, starting March four. Calling More...
Ekamra Kshetra gears up for Mahashivratri in Odisha capital
Ekamra Kshetra is gearing up for celebrating the auspicious Mahashivratri with devotional fervor in Odisha capital. In view of possible influx of devotees to Lord Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar on Mahashivratri, More...
Just spending money won’t clean Ganga, say experts
Just spending money on Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) will not clean the Ganga river; what is needed is a comprehensive plan to stop sewage from entering the river, say experts. Their views assume significance More...
Why Shiva is also known as Gangadhar and what does it signify
Hinduism teaches us the intricate realities of life through various stories. These stories high on moral values have profound meaning. One such story is that of Shiva and how he held the mighty Ganga in his matted More...
One thing you need to know if you are over 60!
Upanishads declare that who you are is – Life energy that moves and expands itself. This is a truth that one needs to internalize especially if you are over 60 as this declares the immortality of all of More...
‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds’? The story of Oppenheimer’s infamous quote
As he witnessed the first detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945, a piece of Hindu scripture ran through the mind of Robert Oppenheimer: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”. It is, perhaps, More...
Project of digital archiving and mapping of Kirtan songs is underway
A digital archive on Kirtan is being developed to preserve the rich tradition of the devotional music form, which is on the verge of extinction in India, noted Indologist Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri said here on Thursday. Called More...
Kirtan has been medium of social teaching for centuries: Baviskar
Kirtan scholar Chakor Baviskar said that kirtan has been a medium of social teaching for centuries and it is the need of hour that kirtan tradition is maintained and enriched for leading the society towards the More...