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Two stone deities were recently stolen from a Hindu temple in Alabama, and the county sheriff is currently investigating the case.
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Attracted by the teachings of Adi Sankara, a Peruvian envoy in India has decided to undertake research on the eighth century philosopher of Vedanta at a university run by the Kanchi Kamakoti Trust. Carlos A. Irigoyen Forno, Deputy Chief of Mission, Peruvian Embassy in New Delhi, who introduces himself as a descendent of Incas tribals of the South American nation, has applied for doing research on Adi Sankara at the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya (CSVMV) in nearby Enathur.
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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has prepared patent formats of nearly 900 yoga asanas (postures), to prevent European and American companies involved in fitness-related activities from claiming them as their own.
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For the first time ever, the 400,000 Hindu pilgrims on the Amarnath Yatra will be able to take their mobile phones with them, after the state-owned operator BSNL said it would erect nine signal masts along the route. BSNL’s announcement is part of the Indian government’s plan to promote mobile telephony in inhospitable areas. And the masts, it would seem, are not just a PR exercise: they will stay there after the Yatra (pilgrimage) is over.
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The collapse of the majestic 500-year old Rajagopuram of Sri Kalahastiswara Swamy temple, 36 km from Tirupati, in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, has trained the spotlight on the cavalier attitude of officials, be it in Tamil Nadu or Andhra Pradesh, on the conservation of inscriptions, murals, sculptures, pillared mantapas, gopuras and vimanas in temples. It was 25 years ago that a thin crack first developed in the 136-foot tall gopura that was built by the Vijayanagara emperor Krishnadeva Raya in 1516 when he visited Sri Kalahasti and Tirumala after his conquests. The crack grew into a wide fissure over the entire height of the gopura, which came crashing down on May 26, leaving as mute witness the bronze sculpture of Krishnadeva Raya, installed just outside the main entrance to the temple.
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A day after the collapse of the Rajagopuram of the revered Shiva temple at Srikalahasti, experts mulled whether it was human ...

After five years of wait, Shree Sharadamba Hindu Temple complex, built at a whopping cost of 11 million dollars to stand as "a testament to Canada and India's proud traditions of pluralism", was finally opened for the public here. The complex which consists Sringeri Sharadamba Temple and the Adi Shankara Museum, was consecrated yesterday in a ritual known as "Kumbhabhishekam".
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Starring: Will Smith (Bagger Vance), Matt Damon (Rannulph Junuh), Directed by: Robert Redford

Genre: Dramatic Comedy
Length: 2hrs 20min

Synopsis: A lightweight, though entirely pleasant film that seeks to unite some of the thematic elements of the Bhagavad Gita with the meditative aspects of the game of golf.
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