pib.nic.in NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 3, 2008: Shri S. Banerjee, Tourism Secretary, along with Shri E.K. Bharat Bhushan, Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor and Smt. Leena Nandan, Joint Secretary made a site visit on July, 24 & 25, 2008 to review the progress of Ajanta Ellora Conservation & Tourism Development Project. The second phase of the project covers restoration of…
www.hinduismtoday.com After receiving grace of a God, the devotee can never be the same again, never look at life again in the old way. By grace we are directed deeper into spiritual life, pointed in the right direction, carefully guided on the San Marga, the straight path to our supreme God. After grace has been received, our thoughts are enlivened,…
www.annistonstar.com CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, August 3, 2008: Amid the noise and bustle of downtown Chicago, the groom rode a white horse with traditional Indian drums beat to aide the procession to the Palmer House Hilton hotel. Inside, the bride and groom took seats under the red mandap, or wedding canopy, and the priest began chanting in a high, melodic voice. For…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, August 3, 2008: The hill temple of Lord Venkateswara wore a deserted look on Friday following solar eclipse. Usually on any given day not less than 60,000 pilgrims throng the hill shrine but on Friday owing to the solar eclipse, few turned up. All the 54 compartments in Vaikuntam Queue Complex-I and II, which are generally occupied…
www.sj-r.com/homepage/x1768859726/ceremonies-slated-for-Hindu-temple SPRIENGFIELD, IL, USA, August 3, 2008. The Hindu Temple of Greater Springfield will be inaugurated in four days of ceremonies starting Monday night at the new temple, 1001 W. Walnut St. in Chatham. Gruha Pravesha Muhurtham, the ceremonial entering of the temple for the first time, will begin at 9 p.m. Monday, following a ribbon-cutting by Chatham Mayor Tom…
www.cnn.com USA, August 4, 2008: The Rev. Paul Earl Sheppard had recently become the senior pastor of a suburban Christian church in California when a group of parishioners came to him with a disturbing personal question. They were worried because the racial makeup of their small church was changing. They warned Sheppard that the church’s newest members would try to…
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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…
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,…