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  1. If you pray, you are fighting global warming !

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    / September 11, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Bala   Global warming is a problem that is attracting the attention of scientists, governments and world conservation bodies the past few years.   A layman’s explanation is – as the percentage of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere increases, the atmospheric temperature rises, which increases global warming.   “Carbon sequestration”...

  2. Lord Venkateswara’s crown of controversy

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    / September 7, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Uma Sudhir   It was with great fanfare that Gali Janardhana Reddy, then Karnataka’s tourism minister, had offered a 42 crore rupees worth diamond-studded crown to Lord Venkateswara of Tirumala. Thanksgiving, he said to the Lord of the Seven Hills. Ironic, considering he is singularly responsible for robbing Bellary...

  3. Eid-ul-Fitr then and now

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    / August 31, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By M S Hussain   Call it the Tahrir Square effect. When some geriatric mullahs in the port city of Visakhapatnam announced late on Tuesday night that the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr would not be celebrated in Visakhapatnam today, but on Thursday, because they had not sighted the sliver of the...

  4. The stories of a temple in Kerala

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    / August 28, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Slogan Murugan Most people go to places of worship to pray. But a good number of them come to listen to stories. Try this the next time if you haven’t already. Ask the priests, mullah or even one of the friendly looking locals about the temple and out come...

  5. Oh God, I will not bribe you !

    Posted by Archana Anandakrishnan
    / August 21, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Archana Anandakrishnan   Yesterday’s headlines read `The torch of revolution has been lit – Anna Hazare’. The movement against corruption has peaked. I am not surprised for here in the US, anti-corruption protests, walks, discussions have been happening almost on a monthly basis for at least a year now,...

  6. The Worldly God

    Posted by Ram Ramnath
    / August 13, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Ram Ramnath   The setting is majestic. As He lords over (what else?) the seven hills, His vast army of devotees pours in for but a moment’s tryst with Him. Even a 24×7 regimen at the sanctum sanctorum is not quite enough, it appears, to salve the pilgrims’ restless...

  7. Padmanabhaswamy temple petitioner no more

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    / July 17, 2011 / 2 Comments
    Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple petitioner, T P Sunderarajan,  passed away early on Sunday morning at his residence. he was 70.   Mr Sunderarajan was an advocate and a former IPS officer. He had filed a petition at the Supreme Court and it was based on that petition, that the apex court...

  8. Andhra’s Devotee no. 1

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    / July 16, 2011 / 5 Comments
    By Andhra Watch He is the first citizen of Andhra Pradesh; you may also call him devotee number 1. Yes, I am referring to Governor E S L Narasimhan, whose spiritual rides are a huge challenge for traffic management in Hyderabad. “Nobody questions the Governor’s personal religious practises as long...

  9. Sathya Sai Baba’s mahasamadhi unveiled

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    / July 15, 2011 / Leave a comment
    On the occasion of Gurupournima at Prashanti Nilayam, the Mahasamadhi of Sathya Sai Baba was unveiled. The Sai Kulwant Hall was packed to capacity, when the vedic chants began at 730 am, exactly as in the days when Sai Baba was physically present. The green and white marble samadhi is...

  10. The Padmanabha dasas

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    / July 9, 2011 / 2 Comments
    This is an article written by Mr B M N Murthy  of Bangalore, who has been writing for the last ten years on various aspects of India’s heritage, history and Sanathana Dharma. He has just been given a special award by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, the `Soham Smarakam Award’ and...

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