hindustantimes.com GURUVAYUR, KERALA, INDIA, November 3, 2007: The Left Front government’s move to open temple doors to all believers has run into a solid wall, this time in the form of the Lord of the Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple. An ongoing deva prasnam (divination ritual to know the mood of the Deity) at the temple has found that the presiding…
devendra1@sbcglobal.net CALIFORNIA, November 4, 2007: Devendra Trivedi has released his US Palani Panchangam for Vikram Samvat 2064. It is calculated for the west coast time, Chicago time and east coast time. E-mail Devendra at address above to receive a copy.
voice.indiasite.com USA, November 7, 2007: (HPI Note: The following excerpt from the website of a Rajasthan-based travel agent occurs in a page — URL above — called “Medieval Indian History.” It is an example of the misleading information easily encountered when googling for Indian history.) “The conquest of Delhi by Muhammad Ghuri would change the future of Indian history radically.…
www.stockmarketsview.com USA, October 29, 2007: India’s Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited, a company built from scratch by his late father Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani, has becomed the world’s richest man. Mukesh Ambani has surpassed Bill Gates, Carlos Slim and Warren Buffett, to become the world’s richest man. The strong bull rally witnessed in the Indian stock markets has boosted…
www.livemint.com MUMBAI, INDIA, November 3, 2007: (HPI note: The following review is by Sanjukta Sharma of Livemint.com.) This two-volume compendium on celebrating Hindu festivals in South India, “Follow the Hindu Moon,” is a great pre-festival buy. The author, Soumya Aravind Sitaraman, is a Silicon Valley housewife who embarked on a long research project about South Indian festivals out of personal…
www.mysticindia.com INDIA, November 5, 2007: An excellent teacher’s guide (URL above) for grades three to eight has been made available by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, producers of “Mystic India,” the story of their founder, Lord Swaminarayan. The guide is used to teach not only the life of Lord Swaminarayan, but also various aspects of India and its history, including geography,…
www.hindu.com CHENNAI, INDIA, October 25, 2007: The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department has expanded its orukaala puja (one puja a day) plan to ensure that at least one puja is performed every day in nearly 40,000 temples under its purview. While thousands of smaller temples, which do not have any significant income, remain closed, even in temples kept open,…
www.spiegel.de BERLIN, GERMANY, November 2, 2007: Among the many diverse religious groups in the German capital Berlin are around 6,000 HIndus. However, unlike the city’s many Christians Muslims and Buddhists, Berlin’s Hindus have had no central place of worship–until now. Construction works starts Sunday on Berlin’s first Hindu temple with a religious ritual and ceremonial ground-breaking. The temple is being…
The Guardian LONDON, UK, November 3, 2007: (HPI Note: The following editorial by Jay Lakhani of the Hindu Academy was published in The Guardian newspaper of London.) Interfaith dialogue in this country commenced with an attitude of tolerating other religions. This was clearly a derogatory attitude as it suggested “Giving other religions permission to exist.” The dialogue has moved forward…
www.hindu.com KOLKATA, INDIA, November 4, 2007: Swami Gahanananda, 14th president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, passed away today after a prolonged illness. He was 91. Swami Gahanananda, who was admitted to the Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan hospital here on September 4 with old age problems, breathed his last at 5.35 p.m., hospital sources said. His body would be…