Religion News Service NEW DELHI, India, May 31, 2007: A draft bill in Pakistan’s National Assembly would impose the death penalty on Muslim men — and a life sentence on Muslim women — if they renounce Islam. The bill has received its first reading and now sits before a standing committee of the National Assembly. It has been tabled by…
www.christianpost.com MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, May 30, 2007: Thousands of representatives of the world’s religions will convene in Australia for the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions, the world’s largest inter-religious gathering. An estimated 8,000-12,000 people will meet in Melbourne, Australia, December 3-9, 2009, to dialogue, build interfaith relationships, and discuss critical issues facing the global community. Adherents of a wide range…
paras_ramoutar@yahoo.com TRINIDAD, TOBAGO, June 4, 2007: One of India’s top choreographers, Goswami Suushiljhi Maharaj, is now conducting a series of workshops on Ram Leela. Swamiji will be here for a couple weeks again and his presence is under the auspices of the SWAHA Educational Institute. His assignment includes training students in dance, music, stage-lighting, costume construction, crown-making and other ornaments…
suhas@nakhachitra.com NEW YORK, U.S.A., May 30, 2007: In the traditional way of India, Suhas Tavkar learned the art of fingernail embossing at the age of five years old from his father who had learned the art form from Suhas’s grandfather. After a career as a graphic artist in New York City, Tavkar is now focussing his ambitions on educating the…
www.sambodh.com for details KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, USA, May 31, 2007: The Sambodh Society, Inc. announces the inauguration of its national headquarters, the Sambodh Center for Human Excellence (SCHE), in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The grand opening is a two-day event taking place on June 9-10, 2007. Under the spiritual guidance of His Holiness Swami Bodhananda Saraswati, and the core teachings of Advaita Vedanta,…
www.vervefinearts.com SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, June 1, 2007: Verve Fine Arts in Santa Fe will present a retrospective exhibition of photographic work by the internationally acclaimed photojournalist Thomas L. Kelly titled Native Graces. Thomas Kelly, a native born Santa Fean, has made Kathmandu his home for the last 25 years while traveling the world documenting indigenous cultures and traditions. The…
hindustantimes.com THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, June 2, 2007: The Yogashema Sabha — the primary leadership of priests, tantris (high priests) and other Brahmin and Namboodiri bodies — has asked the Kerala government to not interfere with the customs and traditions of Kerala’s temples. The priests’ request was in response to the Temple Affairs Minister G. Sudhakaran’s statement that the government would consider…
www.hindutemple.org TEMPLE, TEXAS, June 2, 2007: (HPI note: Temple, Texas, was so named in 1881.) The Hindu Temple of Central Texas will celebrate their Kumbhabhishekam June 8 – 10. Event begin at 6:30 a.m., Friday, June 8, with Vighneswara Puja. The temple’s Rajagopuram and Hanuman shrine will be formally dedicated during the three day celebration. The temple opened it’s doors…
www.hscnet.org RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, June 4, 2007: While many enjoyed Memorial Day sales at local shopping malls, some Hindu young people preferred the solitude of Raleigh, North Carolina’s William B. Umstead State Park. College students and young professionals from all over the United States arrived to attend the Hindu Students Council’s 17th Annual Camp where they enjoyed learning more about…
www.zeenews.com BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, May 27, 2007: The administrative reforms undertaken by Sri Jagannath temple administration at Puri has started yielding results with the temple generating more income during the last two years. “The corpus fund of the temple now has increased to more than US$16,750,000 from US$14,000,000 which is 4.75 percent more than the previous year’s deposit,” temple chief administrator,…