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Happy New Year: Navreh, Ugadi, Gudi Padwa & Cheti Chand

Mar 14, 2010 8:55am

The Hindus of Kashmir start their new year - Navreh - in mid March. At the same time, the southern Indian states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh will begin their new year - Ugadi. The Marathas will celebrate their new year Gudi Padwa, and the Sindhis will observe...

Vasanta Navaratri 2010 - 9 Divine Nights

Mar 9, 2010 4:18pm

Navaratri literally means "nine nights." This festival is observed twice a year, once in the beginning of summer and again at the onset of winter. The spring festival or Vasanta Navaratri starts March 16 and climaxes on Ram Navami - March 24 - the birthday of Lord Rama. During Navaratri,...

Ramayana Exhibition at Met Museum, NY

Mar 7, 2010 6:07am

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) will host "Scenes from the Ramayana" - an art exhibition that will include selection of Indian paintings and sculptures about Rama. The mythology of Rama provides the subject matter for an important genre of Indian paintings, and a selection of such works will...

Four Yugas or Epochs

Mar 3, 2010 9:17pm

According to Hindu scriptures, all mortal beings are destined to pass through four great epochs or yugas in every cycle of creation and destruction. These yugas are: Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dwapar Yuga and Kali Yuga. The four ages symbolize the four phases of involution during which man gradually lost...

Vedic Astro Forecast for March 2010

Mar 1, 2010 6:58am

Read your Vedic Astro Forecast for March 2010 by renowned Vedic Astologer 'Jyotish' Asish Kumar Das. The focus of these predictions are your health, love life, family and work. Select your zodiac sign to read about your monthly forecast. As always, your comments are most welcome!Vedic Astro Forecast for March 2010...

Why Celebrate Holi?

Feb 26, 2010 6:07am

Holi - the festival of colors (February 28 - March 1, 2010) is a time to enjoy! So, please don't hold back yourself - as long as you play with respect for others and use safe natural colors. Check out these Holi Links: Top 10 Holi Websites Holi Legends &...

Holi: February 28 - March 1, 2010

Feb 22, 2010 10:56pm

Here's all you wanted to know about the upcoming Holi festival. Learn about its historyand significance, and how to celebrate and get the most out of this boisterous occasion. Did you know that Holi can be fun and harmless if you play with environment-friendly natural herbal colors? Holi is one...

Who is God? 16 Attributes

Feb 19, 2010 1:41pm

How do you describe God? Here are 16 points to explain the nature of God, gleaned from Swami Sivananda's book God Exists. In this article, he answers the complex question - "who is god?" in his simple, lucid style, and says that God lives in every one of us, and...

What is True Love?

Feb 15, 2010 5:58pm

In contrast to the emotional relationship between a man and a woman, divine love or caritas, is a luminous pool of light and not a beam focused on one object at a time. Advaita (non-duality) Guru Ramesh Balsekar shares his insights. Recently, I came across an instance where the personal element...

Love Stories from Hindu Literature

Feb 13, 2010 5:17pm

Perhaps no other faith glorifies the idea of love between the sexes as Hinduism. This is evident from the amazing variety of mythical love stories that abounds Sanskrit literature, which is undoubtedly one of the richest treasure hoards of exciting love tales. Classical love legends from Hindu mythology...