Short & Sweet on Hinduism

This website on World Religions was created for elementary school students to give very concise description of Hinduism. I found it helpful for quick overview of an otherwise vast and variegated subject matter. Hinduism is complex because it is actually a complex of different religions that share a common core. This short and super-simplified rendition on Hinduism can provide relief to even Hindu students bewildered by research (of what is available out there in cyberspace and 'real-space') into their philosophy and also teachers who need a simple resource to point students to. For this valuable quality I have added this website in HinduSearchEngine.com's database. 

The Ancient City of Vijayanagara / Hampi

One of many UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India, Vijayanagara also know as Hampi was one of the most prosperous Kingdoms of Southern India of the Middle-Ages. It was well known in Asia as a rich Hindu Kingdom and its Kings spent no expense building monumental temples all over its territory that spanned the entire breadth of South India to its tip at Kanyakumari. The Kingdom was eventually conquered and ransacked by the Mughals of the North but a village called Hampi still exists where the former glorious capital of Vijayanagara stood. The Vijayanagara Research Project at www.vijayanagara.org contains excellent information on Vijayanagara, more than enough to wet the curiosity of ancient buffs and pilgrims alike to plan a visit to this ancient site. Though its images of Vijayanagara are disappointingly small and sparse a quick search on Google for images of Hampi or Vijayanagara provides a feast for the eyes. www.vijayanagara.org is now part of the websites in HinduSearchEngine's stable of websites.

A Smorgasbord Of Indian Spirituality

While looking for sites with good resource for mantras I stumbled upon www.jaisiyaram.com, a website with a veritable variety of offerings from yoga to opportunity to be charitable. The website promotes an ashram in the Northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The ashram Shree Bindu Sewa Sansthan in Vrindavan, from its website, seem to be a  one-stop center offering everything from yoga and meditation retreats, "ayurveda holidays", hikes into the Himalayas, a chance to participate in charity work and more. The sanskrit mantras in this site are usefully categorized into aspects of life such as love and relationships, self-development, health, financial success, meditation, peace and more; with altogether 205 mantras with sound bites to help with learning their pronunciation. This is a wonderful site to explore and will give you ideas of how you could spend a 'productive' holiday in India. I have added the complete offering of this site on HinduSearchEngine.com for its uniqueness with such a wide variety of information and activities in one place.