Source: Press Release HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA, September 17, 2008: In the wake of Hurricane Ike, Hindu temples have been stepping forward to help those in need. The BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Stafford was open on Sunday and served food to over 500 people. BAPS volunteers also served 400 hot meals at a Stafford shelter which has been set up by…
www.hinducouncil.com.au SYDNEY, Australia, September 16, 2008: Global warming has become the most critical issue facing humanity. It is the duty of each of us to do whatever we can to reduce the effects of climate change. But very few are willing to address the touchy subject of emissions resulting from meat production. One of the biggest contributors to environmental degradation…
www.hindu.com TIRUCHI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, September 16, 2008: Two 13th century inscriptions have been found at the Meenakshisundareswarar temple at Thuvarankurichi during its renovation. The Pandya inscriptions were found during a field study carried out byresearch scholars of the Dr. M. Rajamanickkanar Centre for HistoricalResearch, Tiruchi, One of the two inscriptions refers to Thuvarapathi Velar, who had held sway in…
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Source: HPI PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS, September 12, 2008: Sunday, September 14 will see the long-awaited Maha Kumbhabhishekam of the Bala Dhandayudapanee Tirukovil on Monneron Hill, in the Vallee Pitot region of Port Louis. Since 1961, members of the local Tamil community have been worshipping and observing their festivals in the nearby Gupteswarnath Mandir, thanks to the generosity of its owner…
www.telegraph.co.uk UK, September 08, 2008: Sikh and Hindu leaders have complained that the BBC has made a disproportionate number of programs about Islam, at the expense of programs on their own faiths. The Network of Sikh Organisations has analyzed the programs from the BBC’s Religion and Ethics department and found that since 2001, the BBC has made 41 programs on…
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www.hindujagruti.org BERLIN, GERMANY, September 11, 2008: The 6,000 Hindus living in Germany’s capital city, after years of praying in a cellar, are moving forward with plans for not one but two spacious temples, both to be built in Neukoelln, a suburb of Berlin. In February, the Sri Mayurapathy Murugan Temple Association announced plans for a temple to Lord Murugan, who…
www.echo-news.co.uk SOUTHEND, ESSEX, UK, September 12, 2008: Thousands of Hindus are expected at the fourth Ganapati Visarjana ceremony being staged on Shoeburys East Beach. Organized by the Shree Jalaram Seva Trust, the celebration is thought to be the largest outside India. Saturdays ceremony marks Ananta Chaturdashi, the birthday of the Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed God. His birthday is one of…