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…
www.dailyindia.com JODHPUR, RAJASTHAN, March 23, 2007: Hindus in Jodhpur, who claim King Ravana, villian of the epic Ramayana, as an ancestor, are constructing a temple in his honor. About 200 Hindu families of the Mudgal Gotrahere (community) here, have decided to construct the temple. They believe that Ravana should be worshipped as he was superhuman, a brahmin and also the…
www.adherents.com UNITED STATES, March 23, 2007: If you have ever wondered how many Hindus live in the state of Wisconsin, the religious affiliations of the United States Supreme court or your favorite actor, here’s a website with answers to your questions. The site asserts they host “a growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistics and religious geography citations: references to…
summer.rutgers.edu NEW JERSEY, USA, March 23, 20077: 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, Festivals and Symbols; 3. Hindu Philosophy; and 4. Hinduism and Modernity. In addition, Sanskrit, the ancient Indian classical language is also…
www.clicanoo.com REUNION ISLAND, FRANCE, March 19, 2007: A newly founded association, Jay Saraswati, based at the Chinmaya Vedantic Center in Saint-Suzanne on the northeast side of the island, will strive to promote Indian culture. “Our aim is to boost a cultural revival,” explains Swami Pranavananda. “If you feel too old to learn Sanskrit or Tamil, then enroll your children at…
www.hafsite.org WASHINGTON, D.C., March 22, 2007: Under court order, the California State Board of Education (SBE) received comments and proposed changes to its textbook adoption process last week. The legal mandate resulted from the recent victory of the Hindu American Foundation’s (HAF) lawsuit against the SBE. The foundation had held that illegal procedures were being used in the adoption of…
www.princeton.edu PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, March 20, 2007: Princeton Hindu Satsangam and The Princeton University Office of Religious Life invites interested individuals to a discussion entitled “Peace or Perish – There is No Other Choice” with The Revered Dada J. P. Vaswani, world-renowned Hindu leader and humanitarian from Pune, India. Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary General, United Nations, will be a guest…
mangalorean.com LUCKNOW, INDIA, March 12, 2007: At a meeting held in Lucknow on March 12, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) discussed the issue of religious conversions in India. Speaking to over 1,400 delegates RSS national deputy chief Mohan Bhagwat said, “I do not deny that conversions had also taken place on account of ills in Hindu society, and that is…