www.hindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 15, 2008:: The faithful thronged temples to offer prayers as Ram Navmi, the birthday of Lord Rama, was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety across the country on Monday. Thousands of people made a beeline to temples in places such as Ayodhya Ujjain and Rameswaram. In the Kashmir valley, Hurriyat leaders visited a temple and…
www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, April 11, 2008: An imaginative restaging of “Satyagraha,” a Philip Glass opera about the early life of Gandhi, has premiered at the New York Metropolitan Opera on April 11. “Satyagraha” is the middle work in Mr. Glass’s trilogy of operatic portraits, between “Einstein on the Beach” and “Akhnaten.” Written in 1979, the libretto is drawn from…
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www.hinduonnet.com Jammu (PTI): A large number of Pakistani Hindus hailing from the Sindh province on Tuesday began their trek to the cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi to pay their obeisance, official sources said here. The Hindu pilgrims from Pakistan numbering 52 had reached Katra, the base camp to the holy shrine, on the night of April 6 and 7 and…
www.hindu.com MADURAI: Thousands of sculptures in the towers of the famous Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here are being documented for posterity. Each and every sculpture in the towers has been photographed using digital cameras to ensure that the ongoing renovation works do not alter its pristine beauty or heritage. “Sculptures in nine of the 14 towers are being documented. Each sculpture…
news.bbc.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, March 31, 2008: UK scientists are proving meditation based psychological therapies are effective. A popular course called Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), which primarily consists of meditation is currently available in every county across the UK, and can be prescribed on the NHS. One of the pioneers of MBCT is Professor Mark Williams, from the Department of…
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www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk BRADFORD, UK, April 7, 2008: A #3 million state-of-the-art Hindu temple, opened by the Queen, is set to be inaugurated. The Hindu Cultural Society of Bradford will perform Murti Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav consecration rituals at the Shree Laxmi Narayan Hindu Temple, in Leeds Road, from Wednesday until Sunday. About 10,000 worshipers are set to attend the event, including 3,000…
www.balgokulam.org DENVER, COLORADO, March 30, 2008: the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh is holding its second Kaun Banega Ramayan Expert (KBRE) contest for five- to fifteen-year-olds. îhe KBRE has two components, an online exam for the first round and the next level of competition as decided by the regional teams. The KBRE website, URL above, ∑ill be open for online registration and practice…
www.textbookreviews.org TEXAS, USA, March 4, 2008: Mel Gablers’ Educational Research Analaysts are a self-described “conservative Christian organization that reviews public school textbooks submitted for adoption in Texas.” They are important, they go on to say, as “Our reviews have national relevance because Texas state-adopts textbooks and buys so many that publishers write them to Texas standards and sell them across…