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www.hinduismtoday.com We all love animals. Why do we call some pets and others dinner? K.D. Lang, pop singer
Berlin’s Hindus To Build Two New Temples
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…
Millions of Women Gather to Worship The Goddess
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…
America’s Changing Religious Identity
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…
Episcopal Christians Apologize To Hindus For Discrimination, Proselytization
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…
Hindu Leaders Meet Chief Rabbis and PM of Israel
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…
Request for Source Information on Losing Caste by Crossing the Ocean
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.
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www.hinduismtoday.com Silence is the first door to spiritual eminence. Adi Sankara (788-820), in his Vivekachudamani, 368
Ancient City Discovered in India
news.bbc.co.uk BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, February 20, 2008: Indian archaeologists say they have found remains which point to the existence of a city which flourished 2,500 years ago in eastern India. Discovered at Sisupalgarh, near Bhubaneswar, capital of Orissa, the items found during point to a highly developed urban settlement. The population of the city could have been in the region of…
Balinese Hinduism and Indonesia’s Mixed Identity
www.newwest.net INDONESIA, February 9, 2008: In 1991 I went on a two-week Smithsonian tour of Bali, the Indonesian island most famous for its dances, craft arts, and Hindu festivals. As I boarded a Garuda International flight in Los Angeles, I was impressed that a nation that is 90 percent Muslim would name its airline after a Hindu deity. Starting in…