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Jan 2, 2012

Arunachala - hill of fire

Arunachala hill, in the pilgrimage town of Tiruvannamalai in South India, has long been a sacred place for Saivite Hindus. The 800m tall hill is located about 100 miles away from Tamil Nadu's bustling capital of Chennai. Each year during the Tamil month of Kartigai (October-November), the festival of Kartigai Deepam is celebrated. During this auspicious time a big fire is lit on top of the hill...

Dec 24, 2011 Hinduism

Happy Pancha Ganapati

Happy Pancha Ganapati everyone! We continue with our five-day celebration of Pancha Ganapati. Today, is the final day of the celebration, and Gurudeva shares from his book "Loving Ganesha" DECEMBER 25, ORANGE The family sadhana for the final day of Pancha Ganapati is to bri
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Dec 23, 2011 Hinduism

Day 3 of Pancha Ganapati Festival

We continue with our five-day celebration of Pancha Ganapati. Today, day 3 of the celebration, Gurudeva shares from his book "Loving Ganesha" DECEMBER 23, RED The family sadhana for the third day is to create a vibration of love and harmony among business associates, the casual
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Dec 23, 2011 Hinduism

Day 4 of the Pancha Ganapati Festival

We continue with our five-day celebration of Pancha Ganapati. Today, day 4 of the celebration, Gurudeva shares from his book "Loving Ganesha" DECEMBER 24, GREEN The sadhana of day four is to draw forth the vibration of joy and harmony that comes from music, art, drama and the da
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Dec 22, 2011 Hinduism

Day 2 of Pancha Ganapati Festival

We continue with our five-day celebration of Pancha Ganapati. Today, day 2 of the celebration, Gurudeva shares from his book "Loving Ganesha" DECEMBER 22, BLUE "The family sadhana (spiritual practice) for the second day of Pancha Ganapati is to create a vibration of love and har
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Dec 21, 2011 Hinduism

Happy Pancha Ganapati Day 1

Pancha Ganapati is a modern Hindu festival of the Five-Faced (pancha means "five") Ganesha. My guru, Gurudeva Sivaya Subramuniyaswami says in his book "Loving Ganesha", "The winter solstice has always been a festive time of year in all countries and religions, among Hindus esp
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Dec 12, 2011 Speaking

New York 5th Graders and Hinduism

A couple of weeks back a friend asked me if I would be willing to teach a class on Hinduism at his son's school. They have been studying India and Hinduism in their social studies class and he thought it would be nice for me to share some of my experiences and thoughts with them.
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