By Promod Puri It is hailed as a “Corridor of Peace” between India and Pakistan. The Kartarpur Corridor to be ready by November of this year is also a long-awaited and welcome historical development for Sikhs worldwide. The much-desired Corridor will connect the border town of Dera Baba Nanak from the Indian side and Gurdwara…
SABARIMALA TEMPLE CONTROVERSY:
A Renaissance in South Indian Hindu Tradition “the entry of two women, including a Dalit woman – Bindu and Kanakadurga – into the temple in the early hours of January 2, 2019, stands as a symbolic historical corrector that marks a small victory reminding one of the colossal efforts ahead to take many such remarkable…
Ganges: sewers could be making water quality of India’s great river worse
Courtesy: The Coversation David Milledge, Newcastle University and Josh Bunce, Newcastle University The Ganges is a lifeline for millions of people who live within its catchment as a source of water, transport and food. During the Hindu pilgrimage known as Kumbh Mela the Ganges plays host to the largest human gathering on Earth as 120m…
KUMBH MELA: IT IS ALL RITUAL AND POLITICS
By Promod Puri Ritualistically inspired and politically promoted by the Hindutva regime of India’s Uttar Pradesh province, the world’s largest religious congregation, the Kumbh Mela, began January 15 until March 4, 2019, in the city of Praygraj, formerly Allahabad. Devotees come to the historic city where Hindu sacred rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati confluence. It…
Story Behind Lohri Song Dulla Bhatti Wala, Ho….
Lohri is a traditional Punjabi festival of pure secular nature. It is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims, and Christians. January 13th every year is the marked date for the festival in both India and Pakistan’s Punjab regions, and all over the world where Punjabis are settled. They say it is a celebration to mark the…
SIGNIFICANCE OF KARTARPUR CORRIDOR:
The Kartarpur Corridor to be ready by November of next year, will connect the border town of Dera Baba Nanak from the Indian side and Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan. Guru Nanak Dev founded Kartarpur in 1504 AD and established the first commune for his followers there. He lived in Kartarpur till his death. It…
Bhagavad Gita Studies
Master Gita Master Life is a 20-month course set to begin in January 2019. The course will be held on one weekend (the second weekend) every month for 20 months. All 700 slokas of the 18 chapters of the Bhagavad Gita will be taught to the seekers via discourses, group discussions, reflections and they will also…
Could consciousness all come down to the way things vibrate?
What do synchronized vibrations add to the mind/body question? agsandrew/Shutterstock.com Tam Hunt, University of California, Santa Barbara Why is my awareness here, while yours is over there? Why is the universe split in two for each of us, into a subject and an infinity of objects? How is each of us our own center of…
