{"id":17915,"date":"2019-01-17T23:43:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T20:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=17915"},"modified":"2019-01-17T23:43:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T20:43:23","slug":"hindu-press-international-jan-17-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/sanatana-dharma\/hindu-press-international\/hindu-press-international-jan-17-2019","title":{"rendered":"Hindu Press International- Jan 17, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kumbh Mela 2019: Millions of Devotees Take Holy Dip at World’s Largest Religious Event in Prayagraj – All You Need to Know<\/a><\/p>\n

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PRAYAGRAJ, INDIA, January 15, 2019 (Times Now News): The much-anticipated Kumbh Mela 2019 at Prayagraj (erstwhile Allahabad) commenced on January 15 and will go on till March 4. Hindu devotees from across the world have congregated at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna to take the holy dip. The Ardhra Kumbh Mela is held every six years, while the Maha Kumbh takes place every 12 years. This time around, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has left no stone unturned in ensuring that the Mela, that attracts millions of devotees from across the country and the globe, is equipped with modern facilities and security measures.<\/p>\n

Kumbh is regarded as the world’s largest religious festival, which sees the participation of sadhus and devotees of all caste and creed. The Mela was included in the list of ”Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” by UNESCO in 2017. Devotees consider it auspicious to take a dip at the holy confluence of Ganga and Yamuna at the Kumbh Mela. Around 120 million devotees and tourists are expected to visit Prayagraj during the Kumbh. The state government has ensured that massive security arrangements were in place to tackle any kind of untoward situation. The First Royal Bathing or Shahi Snan of Akharas is one the main highlights at the Kumbh. The first bathing festival of Makar Sankranti takes place on January 15 at the confluence or sangam of rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and the mystical Saraswati. A huge number of saints seers and their disciples participate in the Shahi Snan. People are allowed to take a dip at the sangam after the shahi snan is completed.<\/p>\n

More photos here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/photos\/ind … across-the-globe-499366\/2<\/a><\/p>\n

More details at ”source” above.<\/p>\n

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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, January 15, 2019 (Free Malaysia Today): Hindu monk Simheswara Dasa, like many of his co-religionists, looks forward every year to the four-day Thai Pongal, the Tamil celebration of the rice harvest as a mark of gratitude to Surya, the Sun God. Hindu scriptures say that on Pongal, the day when the sun enters Capricorn, the charioted Surya begins his journey north to bring heat to the northern hemisphere after heating the south for six months. The main ritual of Pongal is the boiling of the first rice of the season in milk. Added to the rice are cane sugar, raisins, lentils and cashews and other nuts. Pongal is also the name of the dish. The word means ”boiling over” or ”overflow” and it signifies the gradual heating of the earth. The dish is cooked in clay pots on the first day of the festival in the open air after sunrise. It is offered to Surya and devotees partake in the feasting.<\/p>\n

On the day before Pongal, Hindus discard old belongings and celebrate new possessions. They light a bonfire to burn the discards as they anticipate what some in India refer to as the Tamil New Year. On Pongal day itself, houses are decorated with mango leaves and pongal is served with savories and sweets. There is a ritual in which the year’s harvest is symbolically offered back to God. On the third day, cattle are given items of worship as gratitude for their work in the fields. Their horns are painted and their bodies decorated with turmeric-infused water and a red dye. On the last day, families hold reunions and brothers pay tribute to their married sisters by giving gifts, clothes or money, signifying their love for one another.<\/p>\n

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Ambushing Hinduism: Attacking Hinduism from Diverse Powerful Enemies<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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UNITED STATES, January 16, 2019 (Save Temples): ”Ambushing Hinduism” (a forthcoming book) consists of 24 articles that were written over 8-9 years addressing the issues prevalent at the time. Since they are written at different times, readers may some material repeated depending on the issue that was addressed. Some articles are written in reaction to a single incident such as cancelling the appointment of Dr. Subramanian Swamy from Harvard University, some are written to rebut the book, some are written to government officials suggesting course of action to abstain from granting favors based on either religion or caste, some are written about the deceptive practices of Christians and terrorist activities of Muslims, while others are written on the trampling of Hindus by denying their fundamental right to speech and assembly.<\/p>\n

The first section on Secular Threat has three articles. The first chapter dealt with the dangers of secularism and how it is chipping away the fundamental rights of Hindus and secular elements are piercing the very existence of Hinduism. Secular meaning of separation of religion and government has been distorted to mean granting unlimited freedom to Christians and Muslims. In section two on Academic Irrationality, three articles were written about the ludicrous steps taken by Harvard University and Wharton College to infringe on the academic freedom, deny the freedom of speech, and embrace the terrorist activities espoused by Muslims. The Fourth article focused on the decision of Harvard University to remove the two courses he (Dr. Swamy) teaches so that he would have no contract to teach at the university. In the section on Media Madness, three articles are written about the bias, hatred and prejudice of both Indian and Western media with a sole mission to discredit Hindu leaders both spiritual and political.<\/p>\n

A summary of the remaining articles in this lengthy book can be read at ”source” above.<\/p>\n

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\"\"The outer worship is approaching God properly, presenting ourselves acceptably. It is to offer our love, our adoration and then to speak out our prayer, our petition. The inner worship is to enjoy God’s presence and not rush away, to stay, to sit, to meditate awhile and bask in the shakti, endeavoring to realize the Self within.
\n— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001),<\/b>\u00a0founder of Hinduism Today<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kumbh Mela 2019: Millions of Devotees Take Holy Dip at World’s Largest Religious Event in Prayagraj – All You Need to Know Source PRAYAGRAJ, INDIA, January 15, 2019 (Times Now News): The much-anticipated Kumbh Mela 2019 at Prayagraj (erstwhile Allahabad) commenced on January 15 and will go on till March 4. Hindu devotees from across the world have congregated at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna to take the holy dip. The Ardhra Kumbh Mela is held every six years, while the Maha Kumbh takes place every 12 years. This time around, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hindu-press-international","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}