Spain’s Andalucia Region to Help Develop Varanasi

news.webindia123.com NEW DELHI, October 13, 2007: Spain’s autonomous Andalucia region is to assist Unesco in preserving the cultural heritage of the Hindu holy town of Varanasi and to ensure the development of its urban areas on scientific lines. The region’s vice president, Gaspar Zarrias, told reporters here Friday, “We will be providing technical assistance to Unesco to create an electronic…

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Texas Hindus Working on New Temple

www.woodlandshindutemple.org WOODLANDS, TEXAS, October 17, 2007: Hindus are celebrating as the conceptual design has been approved for a new Hindu temple in the Houston area. The location is in a far northern suburb, The Woodlands, a planned community, on 8.35 acres of wooded land and located adjacent to a beautiful community park. There will be a temple to conduct religious,…

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Good Summary on DNA Research Debunking Aryan Invasion Theory

www.ivarta.com October 22, 2007: HPI has just come across a marvelous summary of DNA evidence with regard to the Aryan Invasion Theory collected by Dr. S. Kalyanaraman and posted in December, 2005. Below is an excerpt quoting a scientific paper on the origin of Indians, with the full text available at the URL above. This particular research contradicts two key…

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McDonalds Co-opts Lord Ganesha Into Marketing Campaign

www.indiaprwire.com MUMBAI, INDIA, October 19, 2007: (HPI note: The following press release comes from the organizers of the this campaign for McDonalds India. In part, they enthusiastically describe a marketing strategy to connect their 3D animation film, Bal Ganesh, with McDonalds restaurants. Click here for the film’s website.) Shemaroo Entertainment in a special tie up with Crosswords book store for…

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Hindu Representative Sought for Suicide Prevention Initiative

office@hafsite.org WASHINGTON, D.C., October 20, 2007: The Hindu American Foundation has received a request from the Federal Mental Health Services. They are seeking a knowledgeable Hindu representative. If you are interested, or can recommend someone, kindly contact e-mail above. The request reads: “We are currently working with the national Suicide Prevention Resource Center to develop an Interfaith Suicide Prevention Initiative.…

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India Faces High Rate of Domestic Abuse

timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 12, 2007: Experts say the way women in India are brought up explains why only one in four abused women seek help to try and end the violence. Only 2% of the abused women sought intervention from the police. G C Chaturvedi, director, National Rural Health Mission, said, ”In India, the worst problem we face…

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Dallas Conference Explores Key Hindu Issues

Hinduism Today DALLAS, TEXAS, October 14, 2007: What happens when 200 men and women, all sharing a profound love of Hindu dharma, meet for three days in East Texas, site of John Kennedy’s assassination deep in the Bible Belt? The fifth annual Human Empowerment Conference (HEC) concluded here today. The 200 spiritual and community leaders, scholars, academicians and activists attended…

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US$160 Million Gold Temple Inaugurated in South India

modernbarbarian.blogspot.com VELLORE, INDIA, October 11, 2007: (HPI note: You must see the photos of this temple at the URL above. It is completely covered in gold!) One of the biggest Hindu shrines in southern India, the Sri Puram Golden Temple a grand golden temple built by a spiritual organization in Tamil Nadu at an approximate cost of US$160 million (Rs…

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Dubai Hindus Detained for Immersing Ganesha Deity

timesofindia.indiatimes.com DUBAI, October 10, 2007: Around 45 Indians were briefly detained by police for performing an Deity immersion ceremony on Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, reports said on Tuesday. The group was detained in the last week of September while they were immersing an idol during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival after police received a complaint, The 7Days tabloid said. “It was…

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Hindu Student Council Meets in Pennsylvania

hscnet.org NEW JERSEY, October 9, 2007: Hindu Student Council members from all over the country gathered at the University of Pittsburgh for the 2007 Annual Meet to jump start the school year with a fresh perspective of what it means to be a member of HSC and what it means to be a Hindu-American. Every year the annual meet brings…

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