www.earthtimes.org BERLIN, GERMANY, February 23, 2008: After years of praying in a cellar in a west Berlin street, the German capital’s 6,000 Hindus can look forward to worshipping in two brand-new temples. A local Hindu group this week announced plans to build a temple to the God Murugan, just three months after other Hindus conducted a ground-breaking ceremony for one…
www.hinduonnet.com THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, February 21, 2008: Women in thousands have started pouring in to participate in the famous gathering at Attukal temple, one of the world’s biggest female congregations. The Attukal Bhagavati temple entered the Guinness Book of World Records two years back as a religious event that draws over a million women on a single day. The whole city…
www.sltrib.com SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH, February 27, 2008: “This is the only mainstream Hindu temple between Denver and Las Vegas. If you want a temple as it is in India, this is the one,” said Indra Neelameggham, who is a founding member of the temple and the current office manager. Ms Neelameggham Ganesha inspires devotees to come from Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming…
www.adnkronos.com LONDON, UK, February 21, 2008: Britain has banned a television advertisement for a Hindu religious pendant which claimed to ward off evil spirits. The advertisement, which was broadcast in Hindi, featured a “Ganesha Rudraksha” pendant. It claimed to promote good health and protect the wearer from any obstacles. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), an independent advertising watchdog, ruled last…
www.hinduismtoday.com We all love animals. Why do we call some pets and others dinner? K.D. Lang, pop singer
www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, February 26, 2008: Hinduism Today magazine is researching the issue of losing caste by crossing the ocean. This has most recently surfaced as an issue with the Udupi Krishna temple. We are unable to find the scriptural source of the restriction on crossing the ocean. Any reader with information can contact ar@hindu.org.
www.hinduismtoday.com Silence is the first door to spiritual eminence. Adi Sankara (788-820), in his Vivekachudamani, 368
www.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, February 26, 2008: America has always been a competitive religious marketplace, but a major survey released yesterday shows a country increasingly exploring different faith identities and ways of worship. More than 40 percent of respondents told pollsters that they had changed their religious affiliation since childhood. Experts say the growth of religious minorities, American mobility and…
www.rediff.com NEW YORK, February 25, 2008: A wholehearted apology from a Christian community to Hindus worldwide, which also denounced proselytization by Christian missionaries, has triggered a debate among pastors across the United States. The apology, tendered by Right Reverend J. Jon Bruno, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Los Angeles, is arguably the first of its kind by a major…
www.hinduismtoday.com KAPAA, HAWAII, USA, February 26, 2008: From February 17th to 21st, Hindu swamis and religious leaders from India visited Israel, at the invitation of the Israeli foreign ministry, the American Jewish Association, the World Council of Religious Leaders and the Rabbinate of Israel. They met with the Chief Rabbis of Israel, the President of Israel, members of the foreign…