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Celebrating Holi with a fling of color in Redmond
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 2 months ago
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As a rock band chanted "Hare, Hare, Krishna, Krishna," spring is welcomed with Holi, the Festival of Color, in downtown Redmond Saturday. Holi is celebrated to mark the triumph of good over evil, light over darkness and kindness over cruelty. Corn
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From Vivekananda?s mind
Mumbai :: India | 2 months ago
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In the book Swami Vivekanandante Mystic Kavithakal , she has gone deep into the philosophy of poetry and spirituality and found poetry to be a sort of meditation. How can such a heart, drunk in the beauty of the soul, not sing? This, she says, is why
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The million-dollar author
Tehrān :: Iran | 2 months ago
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Author Amish Tripathi comes to Chennai for the launch of the third part of his Shiva trilogy. Assembling facts was the goal of the historian he wanted to be and the banker he became. But Amish (Tripathi) ended up as a peddler of fantasy with his
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Hindus Upset at India's Income Tax Department Saying Hinduism Not a religion
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 2 months ago
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Hindus are upset at recent reported order of an Income Tax Tribunal in Maharashtra that Hinduism is neither a religion nor Hindus form a religious community. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it
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Joy of renunciation
Chennai :: India | 2 months ago
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March 17, 2013 The Bhagavad Gita expounds on renunciation (sanyasa) as a state of mind which liberates an individual from the cycle of birth and one which is attained through self-control and a steady practice. Renunciation is held to be an act of
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Cleaning drive launched at Pampa, Sabarimala
Pampa :: TX :: USA | 2 months ago
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March 17, 2013 The Hindu The Amala Bharatam volunteers engaged in a cleaning drive at Pampa in the foothills of Sabarimala on Saturday. Photo: Leju Kamal 29,000 bags of waste removed by volunteers As many as 2,700 volunteers of the Amala Bharatam
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Will oppose move to lower age of consent for sex: RSS
Jaipur :: India | 2 months ago
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S '+google_ads[i].line2 +' '+google_ads[i].line3 + ' PTI : Jaipur, Sun Mar 17 2013, 17:54 hrs Slamming the government move to lower the age for consensual sex, RSS today said it was socially unacceptable and it would oppose the measure. "The age for
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Mayanakollai festival comes to an end
Mumbai :: India | 2 months ago
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March 16, 2013 The Hindu Through the week, various Angalamman temples across Puducherry celebrated the Mayanakollai festival...Singaravelou For the past few days, the streets of Puducherry have come alive with a series of processions that depict the
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Hinduism no religion, says IT tribunal
Mumbai :: India | 2 months ago
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Outlandish it may appear but an Income Tax Tribunal in Maharashtra has held that Hinduism is not a religion and Shiva , Hanuman or Goddess Durga are regarded as "superpowers of the universe" and do not represent a particular religion. The Income Tax
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Sita temple construction to begin soon in Sri Lanka
Chennai :: India | 2 months ago
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March 16, 2013 Away from the current political turmoil, in the quiet hills of Sri Lanka, plans are afoot to build a temple for goddess Sita at Divurumpola, near Nuwara-Eliya, a place believed to be associated with the Ramayana...Chief Minister of
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