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…
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…