CNG push for langar at Golden Temple
Under the Smart City project, work has been launched to lay a CNG (compressed natural gas) pipeline to replace LPG and wood as the cooking fuel at Sri Guru Ram Dass Ji langar hall in the Golden Temple. Municipal More...
The legend of Mahalaxmi Temple: A dream made true – The Indian Express
One of the most famous temples in Mumbai is not just popular for the deity it shelters but the legend behind its existence. Located on the corner Bhulabhai Desai Road, or more popularly known as Cadbury junction, More...
Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Yogpeeth wins tax exempt status for its ‘Yoga’ tag – The Indian Express
Charitable trust, Patanjali Yogpeeth, founded by yoga guru Baba Ramdev will be doing tax-free business from now as it succeeds in its appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). Reportedly, a Delhi branch More...
It’ll be great to explore India and do Yoga: Rosberg
Doesn’t rule out reconciliation with Hamilton A practitioner of meditation, Formula One champion Nico Rosberg says he is keen to explore India some day and may even look at pursuing yoga for strengthening his More...
New York’s Half Hollow Hills School District unanimously approves Hindu Diwali holiday
Hindus have welcomed reports of Board of Education of Half Hollow Hills Central School District (HHHCSD) of Huntington and Babylon in New York State unanimously adopting Diwali, most popular of their festival, as More...
Shivaji through the eyes of Swami Vivekananda – Sanskriti
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, conversing in Hindi with Mr. Munshi Jagamohanlal, the private More...
We have more hardy, nutritious grains than GM can offer
Farming can’t be sustainable without the seeds which are best suited to the location, water availability, soil type and weather. According to records, there were 1.10 lakh varieties of rice in India till 1965. More...
1,500 followers break official line into Dhammakaya Temple
Some 1,500 lay followers ignored the ultimatum of the Department of Special Investigation and broke through the barrier of police and DSI officials to rally inside the Dhammakaya Temple Sunday afternoon. Earlier More...
Police hunting for monk increase pressure on Thai temple
Pathum Thani, Feb 19 (AP) Police in Thailand who spent three days in an orderly but unsuccessful search of a vast Buddhist temple for a prominent monk accused of financial wrongdoing kept up the pressure today, More...
Worshippers defy Thai police at Buddhist temple – Reuters
Thousands of followers of Thailand’s biggest Buddhist temple Buddhist temple defied orders to leave its grounds on Sunday to enable police to seek out their former abbot, who is accused of money laundering. Police More...