thestar.com.my MALAYSIA, August 12, 2008: What started out as a passing fancy ended up as a labor of love that lasted almost three years for Professor Dr. Krishna Gopal Rampal. “At first, I thought it would be nice to have a few paintings on Indian temples in Kuala Lumpur,” says Prof. Krishna, 57, an ardent collector of Malaysian artworks since…
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in.reuters.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, August 12, 2008: Religious authorities in Nepal have begun the search for a girl who could be as young as three or four to serve as the new Kumari, or the virgin “living goddess”, in a centuries-old tradition. Astrologers were consulting horoscopes of candidates from Buddhist Shakya families to replace the current Kumari, Preeti Shakya, who is…
www.southasianfocus.ca TORONTO, CANADA, August 13 2008: An estimated 2,500 people from across the area braved the rains last weekend to attend the Hindu Heritage Festival, held at Toronto’s Black Creek Pioneer Village by the Hindu Federation as announced on HPI on August 9. The festival provided a perspective on how the first members of the community experienced life in Canada,…
www.hinduismtoday.com If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India. French scholar Romain Rolland
timesofindia.indiatimes.com CHENNAI, INDIA, August 11, 2008: Works for providing golden chariots in 14 temples across Tamil Nadu are under various stages of execution and they willready by next March, an official of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department said. At present, 35 temples have golden chariots. With the approval of 14 more golden chariots, nearly 50 temples in the…
www.clarionledger.com BRANDON, USA, August 9, 2008: Suseela Reddy slipped off his shoes before walking into the Hindu temple here out of respect for the sacred space. Once inside, the Jackson State University professor joined some 150 devotees awaiting the arrival of a renowned Indian guru, Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji, who is known for his healing and meditation music and has…
press release HOUSTON, TX, USA, August 12, 2008 (Press release): The group Hindus of Greater Houston will honor Raj Bhavsar during their Janmashtami celebration, on August 30. Raj Bhavsar, a 27-year-old artistic gymnast, earned a bronze medal as a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, becoming the third Indian-American ever to medal at the Olympics, after Mohini Bhardwaj and…
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www.hinduvoice.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, AUGUST 10, 2008: The latest The Hindu Voice Newsletter, is once again available online. They report on the recent violence that erupted in Gujarat and Kashmir, the plight of three Hindu Gurkhas who lost their High Court pension case, the Indian embassy in Afghanistan that was recently targeted in a bomb attack, and plans for a gigantic…