KASHMIR, INDIA, July 11, 2017 (BBC): Seven Hindu pilgrims, six of them women, have been killed in a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir after their bus apparently got caught in crossfire. The bus was returning from the Amarnath Cave pilgrimage site in the Anantnag district when the attack took place. Police told the BBC the target appeared to be a nearby counter-insurgency base. The attack, which also left 19 injured, is likely to heighten tensions in the disputed region.
Nearly all the survivors praised the driver, who did not stop the vehicle and got them to safety, only stopping near an army convoy 1.24 miles away. Many say that without him, the death toll would have been much higher.
SOUTH AFRICA, July 8, 2017 (Rising Sun): The organizers for the Lord Ganesha Float Procession held its 11th annual launch at the Shree Marieammen Temple in Mount Edgecombe on Friday. The function was well attended and devotees enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of satsangs, dances and tucked into a delicious supper. The organizers awarded certificates to the temples who had made floats and joined the procession from Umgeni Road Temple to the Blue Lagoon.
The procession will take place at the Durban Hindu Temple in Somtseu Road on August 19 and 20. The invocation will take place at the temple on August 10 which will see three Lord Ganesha murthis invoked. It will go to 27 temples in Newlands West, Durban North and Phoenix. The twenty seven temples will host a murthi of Lord Ganesha at their temple everyday. The concluding havan for Lord Ganesha will take place at the Durban Hindu Temple on Saturday, August 19, followed by the breaking of the 108 coconuts.
(place of origin unknown), July 7, 2017 (YouTube): Image and temple worship form the central practice for many Hindus. However, the unfamiliar rituals and ideas can often be judged as primitive and pagan. But as this video explains, Hindus see God not only as transcendent but immanent in creation. Through the science of ritual and faith the infinite omnipresent Divinity can be awakened and enlivened even in inanimate objects. The Masters have understood that before we can see God everywhere we have to see God somewhere–this is the role of murthi worship. Click ”source” above for this excellent video.
The way to freedom is a way of silence–of silent resolve and silent service.
— Sadhu Vaswani, (1879-1966) founder the Sadhu Vaswani Mission
