www.nst.com.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, February 1, 2007: After a 13-hour journey through the city center, the chariot carrying the Hindu Deity Lord Muruga arrived at the Sri Subramaniam Swamy Temple in Batu Caves. Thousands stood at the entrance of the temple to welcome the chariot, which marked the beginning of the Thaipusam festival. The chariot left the Sri Maha Mariamman…
Religion News Service CHENNAI, INDIA, January 26, 2007: More than 90 percent of Indians believe in God and more than half pray every day, according to a nationwide survey published in a leading Indian newspaper on January 25. The study found that urban, educated Indians are just as religious — if not more so — than their rural, illiterate compatriots.…
media.www.stateronline.com OHIO, U.S., January 30, 2007: In recent years, the representation for Hindu students on the Kent State University campus was virtually null and void. But because of a retired professor of geography, that’s been changing. Surinder Bhardwaj is working to give Hindus at Kent State a way to connect with each other. “Hinduism at Kent State is not a…
News Reports CHENNAI, INDIA, January 16, 2007: It all started in November of 2002 when a high-level committee orchestrated by retired school education director Muthukrishnan was asked to review Tamil Nadu Education rules and make recommendations for change. This committee fulfilled its obligations in a report to the government in 2003. However, it was not until recently that the government…
info@hindusangam.org.my KAULA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, January 31, 2007: (HPI note: Hinduism Today has a team covering Thaipusam which is now in progress, not only across Malaysia, but where ever South Indians have settled. As we type this, Rajiv Malik, our Delhi correspondent sent to Malaysia to cover the event, just called our offices to report that he had seen off the…
www.bernama.com.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, January 30, 2007: The Thaipusam Festival this year is expected to be bigger as it falls on the same day with the Federal Territories Day and Visit Malaysia Year 2007. The crowd is expected to reach 1.5 million people including increasing number of foreign tourists to the annual gathering of Malaysian Hindus at the Sri Subramaniyar…
www.nst.com.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, January 29, 2007: It will be the biggest Thaipusam celebration yet with some 1.5 million devotees and tourists expected in Batu Caves on Thursday. Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Dhevasthanam chairman R. Nadarajah said more visitors were expected this time around due to Visit Malaysia Year. “We usually get about one million people on Thaipusam day but…
thestar.com.my PENANG, MALAYSIA, January 29, 2007: A special ceremony to signify the actual meaning of Thaipusam will be held for the first time here in conjunction with the festival. Penang Hindu Endowment Board commissioner P.K. Subbaiyah, who is also State Health committee chairman, said the ceremony would begin at the Maha Mariamman Temple in Queen Street at 5.30pm tomorrow. The…
Malaysia Hindu Sangam KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, January 31, 2007: HH Swami Guhabakthananda Saraswathy Maharaj, President of Divine Life Society Malaysia said recently at the opening ceremony of the Bandar Botanic Hindu Residents Association, Klang that such associations can serve the community by providing religious knowledge to people of all age groups. Temples should also focus on community development. He said…
www.signonsandiego.com BRUSSELS, January 29, 2007: (HPI note: None of the articles we found on this announcement by Germany mentioned the vociferous protests of Hindus and Jains, for whom the swastika is a sacred symbol of good fortune.) Germany will not push during its presidency of the European Union for an EU-wide ban on the swastika and will leave the decision…