www.rediff.com LONDON, ENGLAND, September 20, 2007:Strongly condemning the sacking of a Hindu worker at Heathrow catering service for wearing a nose stud, London Mayor Ken Livingstone on Wednesday asked the company to reinstate her, saying that wearing the stud is her right to express her religion freely. In a statement, Livingstone said: “I unreservedly condemn the sacking of Amrit Laljit…
www.hinducounciluk.org LONDON, ENGLAND, September 20, 2007: The Hindu Council UK issued this statement: “Many Hindu women have their nose pierced and fitted with a stud for their wedding as part of the Shringar ritual. This ritual bestows sixteen different ‘marks of a married woman’ on the bride; other marks include the bindi, the red dot on her forehead, the wearing…
weddings.iloveindia.com INDIA, September 21, 2007: For an Indian bride the wedding day is the most important day of her life. She has lots of expectations and hope for this day. Most of the girls in our country have lots of dreams for this day since it marks the beginning of their journey into womanhood. Everybody wants to look best on…
Ved@HCINA.org NEW JERSEY, USA, September 21, 2007: The Hindu Collective Initiative (HCI) of North America has announced its second biennial Hindu Dharma Summit to be held at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL on December 14 (Friday), 15 (Sat) and 16 (Sun), 2007. The conference is being organized in collaboration with the Hindu University of America and under the…
www.yogaindailylife.org VIENNA, AUSTRIA, September 21, 2007: Today, the United Nations International Day of Peace, His Holiness Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranandaji, author of the Yoga in Daily Life System, planted a World Peace Tree and inaugurated a Peace Memorial Stone in a beautiful park in Vienna, Austria. Several dignities from the city government and representatives from various religions – among them Dr.…
Malaysia Hindu Sangam KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, September 19, 2007: Dr. S.M. Ponniah a former President of Malaysia Hindu Sangam (MHS) and a founder member of Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) and its former Vice President passed away peacefully at 2.00 AM this morning, September 19. He was born in 1927 in a village at…
www.newkerala.com SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, September 17, 2007: An Deity of Hindu God Ganesh, decorated in all finery, sat firm as thousands of devotees followed in a procession chanting “Ganpati Bappa Morya” to Stanwell Park beach here, as part of colorful celebrations for the Ganesh festival. The elephant-headed God was immersed in the Pacific Ocean to the sounds of beating drums and…
www.daijiworld.com MANGALORE, INDIA, September 17, 2007: The Deity of Lord Ganesha, the Hindu God who is revered as being the giver of wisdom and prosperity, was taken in a grand procession here, on the evening of September 16. As the concluding part of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, the grand saarvajanik Deity of Lord Ganesha placed on huge open trucks started…
sify.com KABUL, AFGANISTAN, September 18, 2007: More than 100 Afghan Sikhs, the country’s smallest religious group, marched through Kabul with a corpse on Monday to protest attempts by Muslim villagers to stop them from cremating the body. Police later detained six of the Muslim villagers who had tried to prevent the cremation, a police officer said. One of the Sikh…
www.newkerala.com CHENNAI, INDIA, September 15, 2007: Hindus in Tamil Nadu celebrated Vinayaka Chaturthi, birthday of Lord Ganesha, with religious fervour by invoking the blessings of the elephant-headed Deity. Special poojas, abishekams and Maha Ganapathy homam were performed in various temples of the state. Hundreds of devotees visited temples and offered worship. The innumerable temples of the Deity were tastefully decorated…