{"id":18199,"date":"2019-02-17T15:55:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T12:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=18199"},"modified":"2019-02-17T15:55:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T12:55:27","slug":"hindu-press-international-feb-17-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/sanatana-dharma\/hindu-press-international\/hindu-press-international-feb-17-2019","title":{"rendered":"Hindu Press International- Feb 17, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Concord’s Shiva Murugan Temple Breaks Ground in Elaborate Ceremony<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, February 15, 2019 (The Pioneer, by Tamara Steiner):In a day-long celebration replete with religious rituals, Concord’s Shiva Murugan Temple (www.shivamurugantemple.org<\/a>) broke ground January 26 for a new Shaivite Hindu temple at Concord Boulevard and Second Street. An estimated 2,000 people attended the Vastu Puja as the temple priest, the local architect and the general contractor placed six bricks comprising the foundation stone in the ground at the northeast corder of the future 7,000 sq.ft. building. The temple’s Sthapati, a UNESCO recognized expert on Hindu temple archaeology, describes the location of the stone as the place where the ”sole of the foot” would be and the main sanctum as where the ”embryo” or the life, would be. The builders will not disturb the stone during construction.
\n”It is there for posterity,” explained Meena Annamalai, director of temple construction.
\nThe temple front faces Second Street. A second, smaller building will house an auditorium, kitchen and dining rooms.
\n”One of the many things that I love about Concord is its cultural diversity,” said Concord Mayor Carlyn Obringer, who was joined at the groundbreaking by Vice Mayor Tim McGalliam. ”I am glad to have this faith community in Concord and look forward to the building dedication.”
\nThe temple design team worked with the Concord Design Review Board for two years before gaining final city approval. The Sthapati’s first designs focused only on the beauty of the main temple, leaving the side facing Concord Boulevard plain and unadorned. But the Design Review Board wanted the temple to look beautiful from the Concord Boulevard side as well.
\n”Our Sthapati could not comprehend why we would want to beautify the side view,” Annamalai said. The local architect, Shard Lal, tried in vain to explain the city’s requirement to him. Finally, Dr. Dakshinamoorthy Sthapati visited the site in person.
\n”After we led him over to the sidewalk on Concord Boulevard, he understood that it is a main street and came up with this exquisitely beautiful two-story design,” Annamali said.
\nThe Shiva Murugan Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and His Son, Lord Murugan, who, according to Hindu belief, were known for destroying the sins of ego and arrogance. Followers (of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, founder of Hinduism Today magazine and HPI) established the temple in 1957 in San Francisco and, according to temple historians, it was likely the first Hindu temple in North America (outside Vedanta Society shrines). By 1988, the small building in San Francisco could not accommodate a growing Hindu community and they moved the temple to the Concord corner. They chose the site in part because it had always been a place of worship.
\nThe architect, contractor and engineers are all local companies. Sculptors from India will do the specialized work. The construction will take about two years.
\n”We take pride and joy in the fact that beautiful Concord has been inclusive and welcoming of our temple,” Annamali said. ”It warms our hearts and gives us a special kind of joy.”<\/div>\n

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Schools Run by Spiritual Gurus to Give Yoga Certificates<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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INDIA, February 14, 2019 (Hindustan Times): The government is counting on the brand equity of some of India’s best-known spiritual and yoga gurus to take the ancient physical and spiritual discipline to the world — albeit by bringing the world to India first. The ministries of human resource development and AYUSH (ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homeopathy) have finalized a plan under which the country’s best-known and biggest yoga schools will offer specialized courses for foreigners, starting as early as this year. ”The Yoga Certification Board (YCB) has identified 10 yoga institutions. These will undergo a process of being recognised by the board. Once recognised as leading yoga institutions, they will start offering specialized courses specially created for foreigners,” a government official said on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

The YCB was set up by the government last year to certify individual yoga teachers and also yoga schools. It is headed by Dr. Rajesh Kotecha, secretary, AYUSH, representatives from several ministries, and also the heads of three yoga schools or centres, HR Nagendra of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), Chinmay Panda of Dev Sanskriti Viswavidyala, and Jaideep Arya of Patanjali Yogpeeth. Four courses will be on offer: a 200-hour yoga protocol instructor course which will take around one month; the second level or yoga wellness instructor course which will be a 400-hour or 3-4 month course; the third level yoga teacher course, which will be of 800 hours’ duration and take 6-9 months ; and the fourth level yoga master course that will take 1,600-2,000 hours. ”There is a great demand for yoga teachers across the globe. However, often what is taught in the name of yoga is merely some kind of physical exercise which has no connection to the discipline. The aim is to guide the foreign student who looks towards this branch of knowledge. Those who take these courses can also go on to teach yoga in their countries,” the official said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"The arrogance of being knowledgeable is more dangerous than having no knowledge at all.
\n— Sri Rameshabhai Oza,<\/b>\u00a0katha performer and our Hindu of the Year 2006<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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