www.rediff.com KASHMIR, INDIA, May 30, 2007: Kashmir valley Hindus are concerned about the property they have left behind. Agnishekhar, chairman of Panun Kashmir which is an organization for displaced Hindus, said, “We have received several reports that some vested interests in Kashmir valley have been grabbing the properties, includingagriculture lands, residential houses and religious premises, of displaced Hindus in different…
www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, June 3, 2007: The July/August/September, 2007, edition of Hinduism Today magazine has been released in digital form and is now available for free at the URL above. Please note that we have made some upgrades and our software will ask you to re-authenticate. If you have any difficulties, e-mail htde-support@hinduismtoday.com. This edition of Hinduism’s flagship spiritual magazine…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, June 3, 2007: HPI has learned that up to a dozen temples in the United States have recently had R-1 (religious worker) visas for priests denied at the American consulates in India. This is in addition to the recent denial of visas for sthapatis (temple architects) and silpis (temple master craftsmen). These denials are coming in instances…
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk BRADFORD, UNITED KINGDOM, May 25, 2007: The Queen was presented with a burgundy shawl–a perfect match to her outfit–after she opened a US$6 million Hindu temple in Bradford. The Queen was greeted by Swami Gopal Sharan Devacharya. The gift was presented after she unveiled a plaque at the Bradford Hindu Temple which will be one of the largest outside…
www.hindusangam.org.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, May 30, 2007: (HPI: Datuk A. Vaithilingam, President of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam, has released a press announcement regarding a recent majority ruling in the Federal Court that affects all religious groups in Malaysia.) “The Malaysia Hindu Sangam is gravely concerned with the Federal Court’s majority decision in Lina Joy’s case. The Federal Court by a…
www.stuff.co.nz NEW ZEALAND, May 29, 2007: Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki has led several thousand supporters to protest a statement of religious diversity which says New Zealand is not a Christian nation. Up to 4,000 of the church’s followers, waving placards, gathered outside the Copithorne Hotel in Waitangi where the Prime Minister Helen Clark opened the Asia Pacific Interface Dialogue,…
www.globaldharmayouth.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, May 30, 2007: The Global Dharma Youth Conference, bringing together practitioners of Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, Taoism, Confucianism, Jainism, Sikhism and indigenous cultures, is now scheduled for June 21 – 24, 2007, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Following the conference from June 25 – 29, an optional pilgrimage tour to Bali is planned. Conference registration forms and costs,…
dhirajdshah@googlemail.com AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, May 28, 2007: In a historic event for the Hindu community of New Zealand, Prime Minister Helen Clark inaugurated New Zealand’s first Hindu conference by lighting the holy lamp at the Hindu Heritage Center in Auckland, May 12, 2007. The conference theme was The Contribution of Hindu Community to the National Life of New Zealand and…
mangalorean.com MANILA, PHILIPPINES, May 29, 2007: Udupi Puttige Math seer Sri Sugunendra Thirtha Swamiji and also President of the United States based, World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP), welcomed the United Nations’ resolution providing special importance to the religious sphere with the support of 50 countries. According to a press release issued by the mutt, the Swamiji, delivering the…
www.hindu.com DHAKA, BANGLADESH, May 27, 2007: A study conducted by Abul Barkat, Professor of Economics at Dhaka University, has deduced that “nearly 200,000 Hindu families have lost 122,000 bighas (40,667 acres) of land, including their houses, in the six years since the Vested Property Act was annulled in 2001 to return property to their original owners.” It all started with…