New Flower
May 25, 2009Here is a marvel of nature we have just discovered--a new flower, a new dance of Lord Siva. This is the plant it comes from. The flower is hidden in the heart of the plant and you really have to look for it to find it. That is why it...
Saivite Hinduism Workshop in Boston
May 25, 2009On Sunday, May 17th, a Saivite Hinduism workshop was held at the First Church of Christ in Bedford, (a suburb of Boston) for the community's children. Twenty-eight children of all ages and their parents attended the workshop which was conducted by Rishi Thondunathan. Children were instructed about the Nine Beliefs...
Hinduism Today Editorial Staff Now on Twitter
May 25, 2009According to Wikipedia, Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users...
Sun Five
May 22, 2009Sun Five, end of our phase. The Ganapati Kulam reported on their work today. They are calling their work place the "Media Studio" now. Work continues on getting the July issue of Hinduism Today digitized. Articles for the October issue are in development. Senthilnathaswami is working on the Publisher's Desk...
Hinduism Today Publisher's Desk Video
May 22, 2009We are happy to present to you Bodhinatha's Publisher's Desk editorial, in video form, from the July/August/September 2009 edition of Hinduism Today Magazine. In this video, Bodhinatha talks about three kinds of temples: the community temple, the home shrine and the temple within you. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXmzDTYeIzU
Announcing more translations on our Other Languages page
May 22, 2009We have now uploaded to our translations page a few more jewels. One of them is the much-need Ten Questions insight in Tamil. See it and other translations here! Another addition is the parenting insight in French, a big hit in Mauritius. If you love your children, correct their behavior...
Ten Questions in Portuguese -- on Scribd!
May 22, 2009We are beginning to use a new technology for accessing pdfs, called Scribd. Publications such as The New York Times are using Scribd to offer a more complete experience on the web of material originally designed for printing. For a long time, web applications were a far cry from the...
Singing to God
May 22, 2009Sweet devotional songs wafted through the tropical air this morning. Upon exploring the source, we found this family at the temple pool lovingly praising Siva in traditional hymns from the Tamil. It was the senior Amma's birthday today. Nearby another family is figuring out the telescope. It points to...