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www.hinduamericanfoundation.com WASHINGTON, D.C., June 22, 2007: The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) finalized terms with the California State Board of Education (SBE) following the Foundation’s victorious lawsuit last fall. The agreement was reached after a face-to-face meeting HAF held with SBE President Ken Noonan on May 8, 2007. In their wide-ranging meeting, Suhag Shukla, Esq., HAF’s legal counsel, and Foundation President,…

www.ksrisanskrit.in CHENNAI, INDIA, June 18, 2007: (HPI readers have asked to know more about the Kuppuswami Institute and its manuscript collection and preservation project.) The Kuppuswami Institute was founded in March 1944 to perpetuate the memory of the great savant Prof. Sastri. The objectives of the institute are fourfold: promote and organise Sanskrit and Oriental learning and research on ancient…

cities.expressindia.com LUDHIANA, INDIA, June 15, 2007: The Sri Geeta Mandir has been offering free summer camps so that Indian children can absorb Hindu culture and learn good solid moral values while having fun with their peers. The news release explains, “At Sri Geeta Mandir the majority of participants are children who are taught through stories of Panchatantra and real life…

www.kdhnews.com TEMPLE, TEXAS, June 10, 2007: (HPI note: Temple, Texas, was so named in 1881 after Bernard Temple, a surveyor for the railroad company which established the town.) The Hindu community in Temple, Texas, celebrated the Kumbhabhishekam of the two-million-dollar temple complex by installing three new Dieties and opening the rajagopuram (entrance). The news release explains, “The construction process began…

www.parmarth.com His Holiness Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji (“Muniji”), President and Spiritual Head of Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh (Himalayas), India and Founder/Chairman of India Heritage Research Foundation will be on yatra in USA from the 29 June – 15 August. He will be giving discourses, satsang, darshan and question-answer sessions in various cities throughout USA. The talks will be in a…

www.deccan.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, June 19, 2007: The Tirumala Tirupati Samrakshana Samithi (TTSS) will try to reconvert to Hinduism those who had converted to other faiths in the State. It will explain the greatness of Sanatana Hindu Dharma and conduct special pujas for the persons who are willing to reconvert to Hinduism. The Samithi will take the assistance of other Hindu…

www.nytimes.com OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, June 12, 2007: With the sound of their new school bell, the fifth graders at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School here closed their eyes and focused on their breathing, as they tried to imagine “loving kindness” on the playground. “I was losing at baseball. I was about to throw a bat,” Alex Menton, 11, reported to his classmates…

Hinduism Today Magazine WASHINGTON, D.C., June 16, 2007: The Swadhyay Pariwar held a parade of 8,000 devotees down Constitution Avenue to the Washington Monument as part of their weekend gathering here in the nation’s capital. Following the mile-long parade in early afternoon, a total of 20,000 nearly filled the Verizon Center sports arena for their seventh North American “Divine Gathering,”…

www.nationalsecurity.lk JAFFNA, SRI LANKA, June 20, 2007: Sri Lanka’s continuing civil war did not stop the the annual festival of Jaffna’s Naagapoosani Amman Koyil (Temple). The festival began on Saturday and temple authorities expect around 20,000 devotees to attend.

epaper.timesofindia.com MUMBAI, INDIA, June 15, 2007: As dusk falls on the corridors of one of the oldest temples in Matunga, chief priest M. V. Ganesh Shastry gently chides a youth squatting near him, “You haven’t got the intonation right. Chant it once more.” The 63-year-old Vedic practitioner warns the student that the holy chant becomes gibberish if an aksharam or…