www.chicagotribune.com BARTLETT, ILLINIOS, July 1, 2007: In the parking lot of the new Jain temple in Bartlett, workers are prying open crates of white marble shipped from India – slabs, carved columns, elephants and lions, intricate domes for the interior niches where 24 stone deities sit. All would seem to be ready for wrapping the cinder-block walls in marble and…
news.bbc.co.uk SOUTHERN INDIA, March 19, 2004: (HPI note: this is an old, but interesting story.) Kupgal Hill was first discovered in 1892 but it has only been recently that archaelogists have documented the significance of the site in their journal Antiquity. The news release explains, “The Kupgal Hill site includes rocks with unusual depressions that were designed to be struck…
www.ndtv.com SRINAGAR, INDIA, July 1, 2007: The CEO of the Amarnath Shrine Board Arun Kumar has said that the main Shiva Lingam at Amarnath has melted away. The Shiva Lingam at the Amarnath shrine is formed naturally from ice, and Kumar has said that the melting of the Shiva Lingam was due to environmental reasons. However, Kumar has added that…
www.regulations.gov WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2007: To view the final collection of comments on the proposed rule changes to the R-1 Religious Worker Visa, go to URL above. Next, in step 1, select “all documents (open and closed for comment).” Then in step 4 on the same page, select “document ID,” enter “USCIS-2005-0030” and push “submit.” This will bring up…
timesnow.tv INDIA, June 25, 2007: Days before the two-month-long annual pilgrimage to the holy cave of Amarnath begins, unprecedented and elaborate security arrangements have been put in place to ensure that there is no security threat to the pilgrims. Sources say this has been undertaken after militants caught recently revealed in an interrogation that some groups–especially the Lashkar-e-Toiba, might be…
info@parmarth.com LONDON, U.K., June 27, 2007: Tune in to MATV channel 793 (Sanskar Channel) in London and the local MATV channel in other European countries at 3:00 p.m. UK time on Sunday, July 1, to see the Divine Parmarth Mansarovar Yatra, inspired and led by H.H. Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and in the holy presence of H.H. Pujya Swami Divyanand…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, June 28, 2007: Our June 25 HPI article on the I-9 form incorrectly stated it was required only for immigrant workers. In fact, it is required to be kept by employers for all their workers, citizen and non-citizen.
www.chicagotribune.com CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, June 22, 2007: The Hindu Gods beckon the faithful to a new Grayslake temple, where a second-floor prayer room is filled with ornate statues imported from India. In this sacred place, devotees will chant the Vedas, couples will marry, and if Anup Manchanda has his way, a Web cam soon will beam events at the Hindu Mandir…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, June 27, 2007: The number of followers of Hinduism in Australia, 139,000, has doubled since 1996 and now they comprise 0.7 per cent of the total population, a latest census data said. The latest data from the 2006 census, released on Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), confirmed this and revealed that the followers of…
www.myfriendganesha.com INDIA, June 22, 2007: The movie “My Friend Ganesha,” a combination of live actors and animation about to be released in India, revolves around a family of four and their maid. The boy, an only child, is often lonely. One day he saves a mouse from drowning and brings it home. The maid explains that the mouse is Lord…