Category: Features
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Dr Alakananda Nath: Cultural keeper of Sringeri Toronto
The Canadian Bazaar TORONTO: In multicultural Canada, Dr Alakananda Nath is the cultural keeper of the Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation as she, as an expert in Bharatanatyam, Carnatic music and Sanskrit literature, has taken upon herself the task of passing her skills on to the next generation. On the sixth anniversary of the inauguration of…
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Sringeri ambassadors in Toronto
The Canadian Bazaar ETOBICOKE: Devotees at the Sringeri temple here might have seen Ramakrishna Bhat guide them through rituals, puja and havan, but few know that this young priest is also a great scholar of Sanskrit. “I am a specialist in Advaita Vedanta, the Yajur Veda and puja vidhi (rituals) and it took me 10 years…
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Why there are so few western converts to Sikhism
By Fatehpal Singh Tarney HALIFAX (Canada): In past years, I have often used the term “Gora Sikh/Sardar” to identify myself. In recent times, I much prefer “Sabat Surat Sardar” or “Pakka Sardar.” No religion begins without converts and all religions begin as rebellions. However, many people born into a given faith tend to overlook this…
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Nav Bhatia: The Raptors Superfan
By Gurmukh Singh TORONTO: Who doesn’t know Nav Bhatia? He is one of the well-known Sikh faces in Canada. Bhatia is many things rolled into one. He is the top Hyundai dealer in Canada. And he is the only designated Toronto Raptors Superfan. ‘‘I have not missed even a single Raptors game in Toronto for the…