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Please do this work very nicely. It will be a very great step in the history of ISKCON movement."<BR> ~ Srila Prabhupada, Letter to Satsvarupa 1971 </b></font></font></font></center> <center><img src="drop.gif" width=86 height=9 border=0 vspace=5></center> <br> <!-- ========================QUOTE===================== --> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b> "Here in this world there are thousands of newspapers and magazines reporting the stale, repetitious happenings of this limited space. So for reporting the news of the unlimited spiritual realm, concerning the eternal, ever-fresh Supreme Personality of Godhead, we could publish a newspaper at every second, what to speak of daily." <BR> ~ Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura </b></font></font></center> <P><BR> <center><a href="http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/sun.rss"><img src="rss.gif" width=100 height=40 border=0></a></center> <P><BR> <!-- ========================QUOTE===================== --> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><font color="black"><b> "According to social conventions, it is said that one can speak the truth only when it is palatable to others. But that is not truthfulness. The truth should be spoken in such a straight and forward way, so that others will understand actually what the facts are. If a man is a thief and if people are warned that he is a thief that is truth. Although sometimes the truth is unpalatable, one should not refrain from speaking it. Truthfulness demands that the facts be presented as they are for the benefit of others. That is the definition of truth."<BR> ~ Bhagavad-Gita As It Is. Ch 10:4 </b></font></font></font></center> </td></tr></table> </td> <!-- ========================NEW COLUMN THIN LINE===================== --> <td width=1 valign=top bgcolor="black"> <img src="spacer.jpg"> </td> <!-- ========================NEW COLUMN 2===================== --> <!-- ========================GALLERY===================== --> <td width=249 valign=top> <center><a target="_blank" href="gallery/vasudeva5a.jpg"> <img src="gallery/vasudeva5.jpg" width=235 height=338 border=0></a></center> <P> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> Krishna Carried across River <BR> Jaipur, Rajasthan, early 19th c. </b> <P> </strong></font></font></center></p> <table border=0 width=249 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,342"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Are We Actually Following? <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: MAHASRNGA DASA </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Feb 02, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA (SUN) &#151; </b> Just before Lord Kapila appeared as the son of Kardama Muni, Lord Brahma spoke some interesting words, which have great meaning to our present day situation within our little ISKCON world. </font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>"My dear son Kardama, since you have completely accepted my instructions without duplicity, showing them proper respect, you have worshiped me properly. Whatever instructions you took from me, you have carried out, and thereby you have honored me." </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/02-12/editorials8217.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,343"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Bhaimi Ekadasi <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Feb 02, CANADA (SUN) &#151; Bhaimi Ekadasi, from the Bhavishya-uttara Purana, observed on February 3rd. </b> </font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><I>NOTE: The half day fast (vrata) for the appearance of Lord Varahadev is also observed on this Ekaadasii day, and the utsav (festival celebration - pujas and feasting, etc.) is oserved on the Dvaadasii, which is when He appeared. </i> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Yudhisthira Maharaj said, "Oh Lord of the lords, Sri Krishna, all glories unto You! Oh Master of the universe, You alone are the source of the four types of living entities - those born from eggs, those born from perspiration, those born from seeds and those born from embryos. You alone are the root cause of all, Oh Lord, and therefore You are the creator, maintainer and destroyer. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/02-12/editorials8218.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== NEWS STORY ================= --> <p> <a name="19,345"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Narasimha Simhachalam Kshetram </font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> Feb 02, CANADA (SUN) &#151; </b> </font></font><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>A beautiful devotional composition on Lord Nrsimhadeva's Simhachalam Kshetram. <br><br><CENTER> <object width="235"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jq4qtoqDedc" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jq4qtoqDedc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="235" /> </object> </CENTER> </font></font><P><center><a href="news/02-12/news4139.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,344"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Shri Chaitanya Chandrodaya <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Feb 02, CANADA (SUN) &#151; </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> ACT NINE  MATHURAGAMANAM - Journey to Mathura, Part One </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>1 (Enter a Kinnara couple) <br> The Man: Beloved, this year Lord Jagannatha's Gundica festival was more beautiful than any year before. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>2 The Woman: Why is that? <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/02-12/editorials8219.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,335"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Book Distribution Peaked in the Early 1980s <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: GADADHAR DAS </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Feb 01, DALLAS, TEXAS, USA (SUN) &#151; </b> In response to the following anonymous comment, responding to my article, "<a href="http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/01-12/editorials8206.htm" target="_blank"><B>Analysis of Events after Srila Prabhupada's Disappearance</b></a>", I offer this reply: </font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>'Anonymous' wrote: </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Gadadhar Prabhu says that from 1987 to 1997 book distribution practically came to a halt in America. I don't think statements like this should be published because this statement is clearly false. By the late-mid '90s book distribution actually reached a peak in America. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/02-12/editorials8214.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,336"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Acharya Ramanuja and His Qualified Monism <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p><center><a href="editorials/02-12/editorials8215.htm"><img src="editorials/02-12/ramanuj1.jpg" width=220 border=1></a></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Feb 01, CANADA (SUN) &#151; In honor of the disappearance of Sri Ramanujacarya, observed on February 2nd, this article by Dr. C.S. Shah. </b> </font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> The Guru refused to initiate the learned disciple six times, but the disciple was not discouraged and came back for the seventh time! The gracious Guru, seeing the sincerity and earnest of Ramanuja, now gave him the Mantra, warning  <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/02-12/editorials8215.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,337"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Shri Chaitanya Chandrodaya <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Feb 01, CANADA (SUN) &#151; </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> ACT EIGHT  PRATAPARUDRA- NUGRAHAH - Mercy to King Prataparudra, Part Two </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>113 Sarvabhauma: (aside) This is the greatest love. What will I do now? Will I talk with Him again? Nothing will come of it. Although the king's love is very great, it does not have the power to defeat the unshakeable resolve of Shri Chaitanya. Ah! Now there is a solution. (Openly) King, take heart. Take heart. There is a way the tree of your desire can bear fruit. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/02-12/editorials8216.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== NEWS STORY ================= --> <p> <a name="19,339"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Tamil BTG Receives Award </font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SRI GIRIDHARI DAS (BVKS) </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <P> <center> <a href="news/02-12/news4138.htm"><img src="news/02-12/tamil1.jpg" width=235 height=157 border=1><br></a> </center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> Feb 01, CHENNAI, INDIA (SUN) &#151; </b> Bhagavad Darishanam, the Tamil edition of the Back to Godhead has received an award for its outstanding performance in the magazine field. </font></font><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Monday, 30 January, 2012: All India Sivaji Fine Arts Club Society and Murumalarchi Arts Academy of Chennai jointly presented an award giving ceremony for outstanding personalities in various walks of life at the prestigious Kamarajar Arangam, Chennai. </font></font><P><center><a href="news/02-12/news4138.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== CARE FOR COWS ================= --> <p> <a name="19,338"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Care For Cows </font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: KURMA RUPA DASA </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <P> <center> <a href="news/02-12/news4137.htm"><img src="news/02-12/cows1.jpg" width=235 height=253 border=1><br></a> </center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> Feb 01, VRINDAVAN, INDIA (SUN) &#151; </b> Dear Friends, Jai Govinda! Our February 2012 Care for Cows Newsletter has been posted. Please <A HREF="http://careforcows.org/downloads/newsletters_0" target="_blank"><B>review it</b></a> at your earliest convenience. In this edition of 32 pages (2.8 MB), we present reports on: </font></font><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> 1. The surprising positive effect go-seva has had on a physically handicapped boy. <BR> 2. How a group effort to save an injured abandoned bull made a difference. <BR> 3. How enthusiasm and determination can help one overcome limitations.<BR> 4. Three calves born this month. <BR> 5. The wonderful international visitors we had this month. <BR> 6. Another excerpt from the famous Kalyana Kalpataru Volume IX February 1945. </font></font> </font></font><P><center><a href="news/02-12/news4137.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,330"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Inner Meanings of Krishna's Pastimes <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SRI NANDANANDANA DASA (S. KNAPP) </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 31, USA (SUN) &#151; </b> This list of obstacles or <I>anarthas</I> to Vraja-bhajana, that are indicated in the inner meanings of the pastimes of Lord Krishna, come from Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura's <I>Caitanya Siksastakam</I>. The demons manifesting in Vraja Gokula on earth have symbolic significance. They are not found in the spiritual world. There they appear only as rumors or impressions, not actual threats to their pastimes. </font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>By reading these <I>namittika</I> (occasional) <I>lilas</I>or pastimes of killing the twenty demons mentioned in the Tenth Canto of <I>Srimad-Bhagavatam</I>, the <I>sadhaka</I> or spiritual practitioner, purifies his heart of all the impediments, obstacles, <I>anarthas</I> and <I>aparadhas</I>, or offenses. Then one becomes eligible to read, reflect upon and taste the <I>asta-kaliya-lilas</I> of Radha-Krishna. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2> <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8209.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,327"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Brahmabhuta Platform and Pretenders <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: GADADHAR DASA </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 31, DALLAS, TEXAS, USA (SUN) &#151; </b> In his recent article " <a href="http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/01-12/editorials8203.htm" target="_blank"><B>Analysis of the Cheater</b></a>", Mahasrnga Prabhu writes about ISKCON leaders stealing dough from ISKCON and putting it in private bank accounts due to fear over who will maintain them if they fall down or leave ISKCON or are thrown out. He further states that the GBC is weak when it comes to enforcement of their own Resolutions and justice is impossible among thieves. </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>First, the GBC is not weak, it is corrupt. The GBC is a very big part of the problem. In the beginning, 11 self-proclaimed Gurus took over and then they threw bribes in front of everyone -- you can become guru or sannyasi -- we are setting up committees and guidelines for each post, just prepare for it and help us save Srila Prabhupada's movement (to which they give lip service). <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8210.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,331"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Letters Srila Prabhupada Did Not Write <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: HASYA MUKHI DEVI DASI </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 31, USA (SUN) &#151; </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Dear Hasya Muki devi, </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>I am happy to note that several members of Krishna Youth are turning forty. Yes, please have them continue to dye their hair to hide the grey. And for those boys who are balding, yes, they may join the Hair Club for Men or have hair transplants. Those who require plastic surgery to maintain the façade of youth may save money by having their operations performed by Dr. Hernandez Prabhu in Tijuana, Mexico, where such services are much cheaper. These efforts are most important because, as Gopal Krishna Maharaja said when he spoke at a recent Kuli Mela, "Youth culture is the future of this movement." So unless the youth stay young, how can this movement survive? In just a decade we will have old men as members of Krishna Youth, and this may not be acceptable. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8211.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> </td></tr></table> </td> <!-- ========================COLUMN 3===================== --> <td width=249 valign=top> <center><img src="h1.gif" width=220 height=52 border=0></center> <table border=0 width=220 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="white"> <tr><td valign=top> <!-- ========================FEATURE STORY===================== --> <a name="19,340"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Vedic Art: Indian Miniature Painting, <BR>Part 30 </font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <br> <center><a href="features/02-12/features2355.htm"><img src="features/02-12/miniatures144.jpg" width=220 height=160 border=1></a></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Feb 02, CANADA (SUN) &#151; The last in a serial presentation of India's artistic legacy in the field of Miniature Paintings. </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>THE PAHARI SCHOOLS - 17th to 19th Centuries - KANGRA SCHOOL</b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Today we complete our series on Indian Miniatures with a brief survey of the last of the Pahari schools  the Kullu-Mandi School. Kullu, once known as <I>kul-anti-peetha</i>, or "the end of the habitable world", is located on the banks of the Beas River in the Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh. <P> <center><a href="features/02-12/features2355.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="btm.gif" width=220 height=22 border=0></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ========================STORY===================== --> <a name="19,341"></a> <P><center><a href="editorials/mahabharata/aswamedha/mahabharata16.htm"><img src="editorials/mahabharata/aswamedha/pix01.jpg" width=220 height=300 border=1></a></center> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Feb 02, CANADA (SUN) &#151; Book 14, Aswamedha Parva, Aswamedhika Parva - Section 16 </b></font></font> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Janamejaya said, "When the high-souled Kesava and Arjuna after slaying their enemies repaired to the assembly rooms, what conversation, O regenerate one, took place between them?' </font></font><P><center><a href="editorials/mahabharata/aswamedha/mahabharata16.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ========================PADMA-VAKYA===================== --> <a name="ppv2244"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1>Prabhupada Padma-vakya </font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <CENTER><img src="vani/vani.gif" width=120 height=180 border=1 align=left hspace=8 vspace=5></center> <P><BR><P><BR><P> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Feb 02, <BR> CANADA (SUN) </b></font></font></CENTER> <P> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>Audio files with transcripts recorded on this day.</B></font></font></center> <P><BR><P> <center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Please visit <a href="http://www.prabhupadavani.org" target="_blank"><B>PrabhupadaVani.org</b></a> for audio files and transcripts.</font></font></center> <P> <b>February 2, 1968, Los Angeles </b> <br>Lecture <br>"Because according to Vedic civilization it was not necessary that everyone should go to school. There was no necessity. Because things were being learned by sruti, by aural reception. Knowledge from the perfect man, one would hear, and he would become learned." </font></font></font></p><p> </p><p> <font face="verdana"><font color="#000000"><font size="-2"><b>February 2, 1977, Location Unknown </b> <br>Room Conversation <br>There is no script available for this conversation in the Vedabase <P><BR> <img src="../c.gif" width=18 height=9 hspace=4><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.</b></font></font> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ========================FEATURE STORY===================== --> <a name="19,333"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Vedic Art: Indian Miniature Painting, <BR>Part 29 </font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <br> <center><a href="features/02-12/features2354.htm"><img src="features/02-12/miniatures140.jpg" width=220 height=328 border=1></a></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Feb 01, CANADA (SUN) &#151; A serial presentation of India's artistic legacy in paintings, sculpture and temple architecture. </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>THE PAHARI SCHOOLS - 17th to 19th Centuries - KANGRA SCHOOL</b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Throughout the 17th and up to the middle of the 18th Century, Kangra state was crippled by the capture of the great Kangra castle by the Mughals (1620). The continued presence of a Mughal governor and the loss to Mughals of the state's western half dominated life in Kangra state. Consequently, despite its former position as the greatest and oldest state in the Punjab Hills and the location of three famous centuries of pilgrimage  Bhawan (Kangra), Baijnath and Jwalamukhi  its rulers lived under a shadow, sometimes meekly attending the imperial court while at other times resorting to fierce, albeit ineffective warfare. <P> <center><a href="features/02-12/features2354.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="btm.gif" width=220 height=22 border=0></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ========================STORY===================== --> <a name="19,334"></a> <font face="verdana"><font size=+1>The Mahabharata</font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Feb 01, CANADA (SUN) &#151; Book 14, Aswamedha Parva, Aswamedhika Parva - Section 15 </b></font></font> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Janamejaya said, 'O the best of regenerate beings, when the Pandavas had reconquered and pacified their kingdom, what did the two warriors, Vasudeva and Dhananjaya do? Vaisampayana said, 'O lord of the earth, Vasudeva and Dhananjaya were highly pleased. </font></font><P><center><a href="editorials/mahabharata/aswamedha/mahabharata15.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ========================FEATURE STORY===================== --> <a name="19,325"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Vedic Art: Indian Miniature Painting, <BR>Part 28 </font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <br> <center><a href="features/01-12/features2353.htm"><img src="features/01-12/miniatures134.jpg" width=220 height=280 border=1></a></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 31, CANADA (SUN) &#151; A serial presentation of India's artistic legacy in paintings, sculpture and temple architecture. </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>THE PAHARI SCHOOLS - 17th to 19th Centuries - KANGRA SCHOOL</b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Today we continue our survey of the last primary school of miniature paintings in this series  the Pahari School. The Pahari region spans the states of Himachal Pradesh, parts of the Punjab, Jammu/Kashmir, and Garhwal in Uttar Pradesh. Including under this primary school thus far, we have discussed the Basohli and Guler Schools. Following the survey of Kangra School paintings, we will close the series with one final sub-school  the folk style of paintings of Kulu-Mandi. <P> <center><a href="features/01-12/features2353.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="btm.gif" width=220 height=22 border=0></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,329"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Shri Chaitanya Chandrodaya <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 31, CANADA (SUN) &#151; </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> ACT EIGHT  PRATAPARUDRA- NUGRAHAH - Mercy to King Prataparudra </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>1 (Enter Shri Krishna Chaitanya, accompanied by Sarvabhauma, Damodara, Jagadananda and others). </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>2 Shri Krishna Chaitanya: Sarvabhauma, although I have travelled for a great distance, I have not seen anyone like you. Only Ramananda Raya is like you. He is extraordinary. <P> <center><b><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8213.htm">FULL STORY</B><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center></b> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ========================STORY===================== --> <a name="19,326"></a> <font face="verdana"><font size=+1>The Mahabharata</font></font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 31, CANADA (SUN) &#151; Book 14, Aswamedha Parva, Aswamedhika Parva - Section 14 </b></font></font> <p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Vaisampayana said, "With such speeches as these, was the royal saint Yudhishthira, bereft of his friends, consoled by those sages of great ascetic merits. And O monarch, that lord of men exhorted by the worshipful Viswarasraba himself, and by Dwaipayana (Vyasa), Krishna Devasthana, Narada, Bhima, Nakula, Krishna (Draupadi), Sahadeva, and the sharpwitted Vijaya, as well as by other great men, and Brahmanas versed in the Sastras, became relieved of all mental affliction and sorrow arising from the death of his dear relations. </font></font><P><center><a href="editorials/mahabharata/aswamedha/mahabharata14.htm"><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><b>FULL STORY</B></font></font><img src="arrow.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 hspace=10></a></center> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== IMAGES FROM MAYAPUR ================= --> <a name="19,332"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Images from Mayapur </font> <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <P><center><a href="news/01-12/mayapur1a.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="news/01-12/mayapur1.jpg" width=220 border=1></center></a> <P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B> Jan 31, SRIDHAM MAYAPUR, WEST BENGAL (SUN) &#151; The photography of Vrindavana Lila devi dasi. </b> </font></font><center><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Appearance Day of Sri Advaita Acarya </b></center> <BR> </font></font> <P><center><img src="line2.gif" width=220 height=3 border=0></center><P> <!-- ===================== EDITORIALS ================= --> <a name="19,328"></a> <font face="verdana"><FONT SIZE=+1> Disappearance of Sri Madhvacarya <P> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <font face="verdana"><font size=-2> BY: SUN STAFF </font></font> <center><img src="line.jpg" width=220 height=1 border=0></center> <P><center><a href="editorials/01-12/editorials8212.htm"><img src="editorials/01-12/madhva1.jpg" width=220 height=329 border=1></a></center> </FONT></FONT><P><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2><B>Jan 31, CANADA (SUN) &#151; The Disappearance day of Sri Madhvacarya is observed on February 1st. </b> </font></font><p><p style='text-align:justify'><font face="verdana"><font size=-2>Madhvacarya was born around 1238 A.D. eight miles south-east of the modern town of Udipi, in the Karnataka State. He is reputed to be the incarnation of Bhima, taking birth in Kali-yuga to destroy the daityas. 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