Nita Ambani visits Ambaji Temple

Nita Ambani visits ambaji temple to pray for the victory of Mumbai Indian team Source :http://www.gujaratlive.com/2011/05/25/tv9-gujarat-nita-ambani-visits-ambaji-temple/

The Story of The Maya - only one has remained in the Americas!

Fray Diego de Landa wrote of how Maya books, or codices, of “ancient matters and sciences” had been burned because they contained “superstition”. A more four codices survived, only one of which, the Grolier Codex, has remained in the Americas. Link

Court Verdict on Ayodhya Makes India Heave Sigh of Relief

After days of  stress, speculation and anticipation of violent reaction, the verdict of the Allahahabad High Court on Ayodhya's Ram Janmabhoomi/Babri Masjid  issue finally gives millions of Indians a chance to breathe easy. The verdict, though not really crystal...

Let Us Live In Honesty And Harmony

We Indians have a tendency to delve in the past and then either gloat over it or cry over it. We love to waste time and energy, reminiscing about the yesteryears, with scant thoughts of improving our present and future. We do not let 'Bygones be Bygones', but rather cling to...

Indian Temple Brands Dalits " Untouchables", Bars Entry

In what is one of the ugliest practices in  Indian society, temples in a village in India's Haryana state bars people of Dalit communities from entering and worship. A local community reporter Amit Kumar, a...

No Future for Temple Slaves

While traveling in India, I have encountered many behaviors and practices considered unusual by many Westerners.  The strangest I have come across are the lives of the Devadasi, or temple dancers.  Historically, Devadasi were considered second spiritually only to the Hindi...

Outcast enter Tamilnadu temple first time in 100 yrs:India

We say we are humans, but we exclude some group from this 'WE' and teat them as inhumans. This is reflected in the treatment these so called Dalit (outcast) get when they try to enter temple. They are treated unequal in the house of God. But there is agood news from...

Seattle libraries closed for week to save money

Seattle's main library is well known for it's tourists visiting the architectural landmark, it's a relaxed place to read and is also recognized as one of the most heavily used libraries in the country. "Just...

Muslim priests at 900-yr-old Hindu temple in Kashmir: india

India is a land of surprises, what else one can ask in a country where secularism is written in preamble of constitution itself. In northern most state of Jammu & Kashmir 900 year old temple is maintains by...

Chiba Day

  By, Uwe Paschen. It is Chiba Day here in Narita, Chiba, Japan.  Tomorrow my wife will not have to go and teach in Narita and I have no field work due to much rain and flooding nor any meetings in Tokyo. In...

4 Arrested in Plot to Bomb New York City Jewish Temple May 20

Four men have been arrested in a plot to bomb a New York City Jewish temple tonight. They had been under observation for some time and seemed to have been planning this for a while. The four men are James Cromitie (also known as Abdul Rahman), David Williams (also known as...

The Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival.

By, Uwe Paschen. The Japanese Cherry Blossom festivals.  In Japan, the Cherry blossom has a very particular and important meaning since the cherry tree is botanically a native of the Japanese Isles. From an early...

A Buddhist temple is built using 1.5million recycled beer bottles

A Buddist Temple inthe northeast of Thailand has been built using only recycled beer bottles. The Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple got their bottles from the nearby community and they had already built shelters in this...

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Switzerland helps Cambodia repair Banteay Srey temple

Banteay Srey is a magnificent jewel of a temple.  Finely sculpted, with an incredible richness of details, the pink shades of the sandstone come alive in the early morning and at the end of the day. ...

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