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www.hinduismtoday.com Intelligence is finite, but stupidity knows no limits. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Nearly 150 Die in Stampede at Himachal Pradesh
www.nytimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 3, 2008: NEW DELHI Nearly 150 pilgrims, many of them children, were trampled to death at a Hindu temple in northern India on Sunday, after rumors of a landslide set off a stampede, local officials said. Thousands of pilgrims had traveled to Naina Devi, a hilltop temple in the state of Himachal Pradesh, for a…
Oxford, England, New Venue to Hindu Temple
www.oxfordmail.net OXFORD, ENGLAND, August 3, 2008: Oxford could soon have a Hindu temple to add to its churches, mosques and synagogue. Leaders of Oxfordshire’s 500-strong Hindu community have launched a campaign to construct a US$3.9 million, 12,000 square foot temple in the city as they currently have no base for communal prayer. Temple project initiator Jagruti Bhuva, 44, from Kennington,…
Lack of Funds Halts Renovation of 400 Year Old Temple
www.thedailystar.net JESSORE, INDIA, July 28, 2008: A almost 400-year-old Shiv temple in Jessore is on the point of. This two-storied temple dates back to 1618 and was commissioned in the reign of Raja Manohar. After the downfall of the Raja in 1705, this grand temple began to fall into ruin due to the lack of maintenance. The temple houses beautiful…
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Hindu American Foundation Press Release On Thai-Cambodian Temple Controversy
www.hinduamericanfoundation.org WASHINGTON D.C., July 29, 2008: An ancient Hindu temple located in the mountains on the Cambodia-Thai border is once again at the center of tension between the two neighboring countries.The Preah Vihear Hindu temple complex, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, saw a buildup of 1200-1500 troops (800-1,000 Cambodian and 400-500 Thai) in and around the large temple complex.…
Four-Day Global Convention On Ayurveda
www.ddinews.gov.in COIMBATORE, INDIA, July 24, 2008: The four-day global convention on Ayurveda, beginning at Coimbatore on 21st August, will evolve strategies for integrating ayurveda in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and prepare a mission document for globalization of the ancient science. Efforts were on to formulate guidelines to offer ayurvedic treatment in its purest form and come out with…
Cancer Researchers Call for Ethnicity to be Taken into Account
www.hinduonnet.com LONDON, ENGLAND, July 24, 2008: Breast cancer research needs to investigate how a person’s ethnicity influences their response to treatment and its outcome, according to a new Comment piece in Friday’s Lancet by researchers from Imperial College London. Emerging evidence suggests that particular drugs may benefit people from one ethnic group more than others, because of differences in their…
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www.hinduismtoday.com Let your mind cognize itself by turning itself back on itself. Become consciously conscious. All you have to do is to watch your mind think. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
New Hindu Dean of Religious Life at USC
www.usc.edu LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, July 28, 2008: Religious leader and scholar Varun Soni has been named dean of religious life at USC (University of Southern California), marking the first appointment of a member of the Hindu faith as primary spiritual leader of an American university. Soni, whose appointment is effective July 1, is a lawyer and religious scholar. He previously…