www.khabrein.info PURI, ORISSA, INDIA, July 17, 2007: An estimated million people Monday witnessed the world famous Rath Yatra, the annual chariot festival, with devotees driven to a frenzy to catch a glimpse of the triad of Hindu Deities in this eastern Indian seaside town. In the morning at about 9.30 a.m. the Deities – Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi…
mangalorean.com BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, July 18, 2007: There are no religious barriers between Hindu and Muslim residents in Orissa’s port town of Paradeep, where members of both communities came together to celebrate the famous Rath Yatra (chariot festival). In Paradeep, about 70 km from here, Hindus and Muslims joined hands Monday to pull the chariots of the Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra…
www.thestar.com TORONTO, CANADA, July 7, 2007: (HPI note: Hinduism Today and HPI publisher Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami will be an honored guest at this opening on July 22.) Welcome to the new Canada now taking shape at Highway 427 and Finch Ave., it comes in the form of one of the most extraordinary buildings ever seen in this country. Though the…
www.ddinews.gov.in PURI, INDIA, July 14, 2007: The seaside temple town of Puri in Orissa is getting ready to greet over a million visitors who will be part of the annual Rath Yatra, starting July 16th. The construction of the three chariots, Deva, Dalan, Taladhwaj and Nandighosh is nearing completion and by Sunday afternoon all three chariots will be parked outside…
www.newkerala.com AHMEDABAD, INDIA, July 17, 2007: Special precaution has been taken by the Gujarat government on the eve of the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, which will be taken out from the century-old historical Jagannath Temple in the minority dominated Jamalpur area tomorrow on the auspicious occasion of Ashadi Bij. The old city area has already turned into a…
www.telegraph.co.uk CARMARTHENSHIRE, WALES, July 17, 2007: Farmers have condenmed a “ludicrous” High Court decision to reprieve a bull infected with TB because it was worshipped by a religious community. Shambo, a six-year-old Friesian, was to be destroyed in line with agricultural safeguards after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis. The decision was overturned by a High Court judge who said that…
www.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON, D.C., July 13, 2007: At the Sri Siva Vishnu temple in Lanham, 11 Hindu priests recite mantras before intricately chiseled altars to Deities carved by expert temple stonemasons. They offer the Deities lentils and rice prepared in a small kitchen by Haridas Padithaya, 38, who looks like a line cook in his stained T-shirt but who was trained…
Prof. Arvind Sharma, McGill University MONTREAL, CANADA, July 15, 2007: (HPI note: Dr. Sharma submitted this article in response to the outburst of Christian fundamentalists in the US Senate protesting the Hindu prayer as polytheistic.) One distinct and very visible feature of Hinduism is the presence of numerous deities and divinities within it. These are both male and female and…
www.azcentral.com CHANDLER CITY, ARIZONA, USA, June 30, 2007 The Chandler City Council approved the construction of a Hindu temple in the central part of town, but only after listening for more than an hour to 25 speakers divided on the issue. James Mowbray expressed the views of many of the neighborhood residents during Thursday night’s meeting. “It will be detrimental…
HPI WASHINGTON, D.C., July 15, 2007: In HPI of July 12, the 7th item, “Hindu-American Foundation Comments on Senate Prayer” misidentified the American Family Association as the American Family Institute, which is a different organization. The American Family Association condemned the protest, as reported above.