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The ‘Secret’ Behind the BBC’s Secret Swami

The ‘Secret’ Behind the BBC’s Secret Swami

Tweet By Ranbir Singh  ( Hindu Human Rights UK ) In 2004 Hindu Human Rights Group contacted the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation )over its tabloid programme Secret Swami which portrayed India’s venerated Guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba in an ill founded, malicious light. However this elicited no response from BBC and it is interesting to [...]

May 17 2011 | Posted in Featured, Hinduism, Insight/Opinion | Read More »

Bangladesh’s 200-year-old Kali Temple Vandalized

Bangladesh’s 200-year-old Kali Temple Vandalized

Tweet By Antony Thomas A damanged idol of Bal Krishna during a Hindu temple attack Dhaka, Bangladesh (CHAKRA) — Nine idols have been vandalized at a Kali Temple in Bangladesh by Islamists which has been standing for 200 years. According to temple committee president, Harendranath Barman, four of the nine damaged idols were found beheaded in [...]

May 10 2011 | Posted in Featured, Hindu Related, Ignored News, World News | Read More »

May 2011 – Akshaya Tritiya – Akhatrij Subh Muhurat (Akha Teej )

May 2011 – Akshaya Tritiya – Akhatrij Subh Muhurat (Akha Teej )

Tweet The festival of Akshaya Tritiya is celebrated by members of the Hindu and Jain community. It is also called as Akha Teej and Vaishaka Teej. In the year 2011, it will be celebrated in the first week of May. This festival is placed in the category of special occasions, in India. Akshaya Tritiya is [...]

May 10 2011 | Posted in In This Month | Read More »

Delhi: Tibetan Buddhist Monks Protest Against China

Delhi: Tibetan Buddhist Monks Protest Against China

Tweet By Tan Ong New Delhi, India (CHAKRA)– Hundreds of Buddhist monks gathered to protest against the lock down of the Kirti Monastery in Tibet by the Chinese government. The protest too place in Delhi where hundreds of Buddhist monks along with Tibetan activists took part in a peace rally. The message of universal brotherhood, [...]

May 6 2011 | Posted in Buddhist Related, World News | Read More »

Sathya Sai Baba’s Physical Death Prediction Comes True

Sathya Sai Baba’s Physical Death Prediction Comes True

Tweet By Raj Sharma There has been much confusion in the last few weeks regarding the age of Sathya Sai Baba and the timeline of his presence in physical form, for Baba it is said, had declared that he would leave his physical form when he reached 96 years of age. This confusion in truth [...]

May 5 2011 | Posted in Hinduism, Insight/Opinion | Read More »

Racial Abuse in UK Against Sikh Man with Turban

Racial Abuse in UK Against Sikh Man with Turban

Tweet By Jagmit Singh UK (CHAKRA) — During an incident, involving racial abuse, at a bus stop in Southhampton, a Sikh man had his turban stolen. The 29-year-old man was waiting at a bus stop outside of the Civic Center when three Caucasian men approached him swearing and shouting racial remarks. The man turned away [...]

May 4 2011 | Posted in Sikh Related, World News | Read More »

THE SAI EVOLUTION: A DHARMIC ODYSSEY

THE SAI EVOLUTION: A DHARMIC ODYSSEY

Tweet By Tina Sadhwani Sai Baba Evolution He is never born, and he never dies. He is in Eternity: he is for evermore. Never-born and eternal, beyond times gone or to come, he does not die when the body dies… When one sees this Eternity in things that pass away and Infinity in the finite [...]

May 3 2011 | Posted in Hinduism, Insight/Opinion, Spirituality | Read More »