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thestar.com.my NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 27, 2007: Over 100,000 people packed New Delhi last weekend for India’s biggest gathering on body, mind and spirit, which showcased the growing interest in alternative remedies. The Nakshatra 2007 seminar and exhibition attracted renowned astrologers, numerologists, palmists, Vasthu Sastra experts, pyramid science consultants, gemologist, yoga teachers, tarot card readers, magnet therapies, acupuncturist, Reiki healers…

www.punjabnewsline.com KUALA LUMPER, MALAYSIA, March 25, 2007: A century-old Hindu temple in Malaysia has probably become the first shrine in the world to get an international quality service certification. The Sri Sundararaja Perumal Temple in Klang, just outside Kuala Lumpur, got the ISO 9001:2000 certification in November for its quality in religious, cultural and social services, according to Malaysian news…

picasaweb.google.com ARIZONA, U.S., March 2007: A priest from the Pasupati Mandir in Washington D.C. recently conducted an Ihi ceremony for the daughter of a Nepalese family here. They are from the original people of the Katmandu Valley. The Ihi ceremony takes place before puberty. They believe the girl cannot become a widow because she is married to God. For pictures…

media.www.dailytexanonline.com AUSTIN, TEXAS, March 5, 2007: An array of colors covered students’ faces, clothes and the grass of the South Mall in celebration of the Hindu festival of colors, Holi, sponsored by the Hindu Students Council Sunday. The national day of Holi, which was officially Saturday, celebrates the coming of spring, said Anupama Alturu, event organizer and a business honors…

www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, March 22, 2007: A precious consecrated statue of a Hindu God was stolen from a temple just minutes after an afternoon worship. The US$10,000 Deity, which depicts Lord Subramaniam, was taken from the Gita Bhavan temple in Whalley Range. It’s thought the raiders broke in through a front entrance and then hooked a rope from the front…

www.bloomberg.com NEW YORK, NEW YORK, March 25, 2007: A rare, majestic 10th-century Indian granite sculpture of Lord Siva fetched US$4.07 million this morning at Sotheby’s in New York, slightly above the $4 million high estimate. It is an auction record for classical Indian art. The Siva dates to the Chola Period (860-1297), an era of artistic flowering in Southern India.…

www.pressofatlanticcity.com MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, March 24, 2007: Walgreens, the pharmacy giant with stores in 47 states, doesn’t require its pharmacists to fill prescriptions that violate their moral or religious beliefs – accommodating some pharmacists’ opposition to birth control, for example. Creighton University, a Catholic Jesuit university in Omaha, Neb., does not perform abortions at its hospital or teach the procedure to…

summer.rutgers.edu NEW JERSEY, USA, March 23, 20077: (HPI note: above URL is corrected from yesterday’s item to take you directly to the Summer Hindu Studies Program web page.) Perhaps for the first time in summer, Rutgers University is including four new credit courses under religion department about Hindu culture and religion: 1. Hinduism through its Narrative Tradition; 2. Hindu Rituals,…

www.hindu.com DINDIGUL, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, March 25, 2007: The huge 10-day Panguni Uthiram festival will commence at the famed Palani Hills Murugan Temple with flag hoisting between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on March 26. The car procession will start from Padha Vinayagar Temple at Malai Adivaram at 4:00 pm on April 1. The temple administration has made elaborate arrangements…

Forward Magazine UNITED STATES, March 23, 2007: The following article is a recently published review of Himalayan Academy’s new book, “What is Hinduism?,” drawn from past articles in Hinduism Today magazine. “What Is Hinduism? Modern Adventures into a Profound Global Faith” by the editors of Hinduism Today Magazine Himalayan Academy Publications, Color illustrations and photographs, 416 pages Softcover $39.95 ISBN…