DIWALI MUBARAK is my choice of greetings on the happy occasion of Diwali, the universal festival of lights. In the picture Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau lighting the traditional Diwali lamp along with India’s High Commissioner Vikas Swarup and members of the Indo-Canadian community in Ottawa October 16, 2017. The prime minister in his…
Category: Articles on Hinduism
Kerala Hindu Temples Recruit Non-Brahmins & Dalits As Priests
For the first time in the history, the Travancore Devaswom (temple) recruitment board has recommended to appoint 36 non-Brahmins, including six Dalits, as priests. The Travancore Devaswom Board came into existence in 1949 and the demand for reservation for Dalits in appointment of priests has been persisting for several decades. Travancore Devaswom Board is an autonomous…
The Basis Of Modern Mathematics and Computer Is With Invention Of Zero
ZERO BREAKTHROUGH: “When researchers at the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries recently took one of their ancient documents for carbon dating, they made a breakthrough discovery. The Indian “Bakhshali manuscript” containing the first known recorded use of the “0” symbol actually dates back to the 3rd or 4th century, making it — and the modern…
Why it’s offensive to offer a lamb dinner to the Hindu god Ganesha
The Hindu god Ganesha. Anant Nath Sharma, CC BY-NC-ND Jeffery D. Long, Elizabethtown College A recent ad from the meat industry in Australia, seeking to promote lamb as a food that people from a wide range of religious backgrounds can consume, has given offense to many Hindus in Australia and internationally. In Australia, the ad…
The Hindu View of Life by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Originally posted on The Wolfe Review:
Radhakrishnan starts off by confronting the classic question of what Hinduism actually is. This, he does not answer directly, for a very good reason: Hinduism isn’t an internally recognized word, but a name given to the sub-continent of India by outsiders. Later, it was recognized by Hindus as being…
Hinduism Is An Academy Of Sciences
(Excerpts form Hinduism Beyond Rituals,Customs And Traditions) Hinduism is an academy of sciences. It finds its dwelling in the realm of metaphysics besides accepting the environment of physical realities where most sciences reside. That is what distinguishes the ancient Indian sciences that these go beyond the empirical confines to explore and analyze the spiritual realities…
Radhey Krishna Painting Portrays Love
Artist: Tejpal Singh Mann, Surrey,BC,Canada This painting is called “Radhey Krishna” . It is included in the album “Jin Prem Keeyo,Tin Hee Prabhu Paayo”. It depicts Radha and Krishna at Vrindavan in and around the banks of the Yamuna river. Radha Krishna are the zenith of an ideal love.Krishna was the eighth incarnation of Lord Visnu….
Rakshabandan’ – the festival that celebrates the brother-sister bond
Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross This year, Monday, August 7 marks one of the most important celebrations for Hindus throughout the world: Rakshabandhan, a ceremony honoring the bond between sisters and brothers. The date of Rakshabandan varies from year to year since Hindus follow a lunar calendar for religious celebrations. During Rakshabandhan sisters…
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