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.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.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,…
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…