www.samachar.com MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, December 31, 2006: Yoga is relatively more effective than more popular methods like aerobics in treating obesity, according to a study conducted by a reputed yoga institute in Lonavala, Maharashtra. Although both aerobics and yoga were found to be effective in controlling overweight and excessive body fat, yoga was found to be more effective and appropriate than…
www.ndtv.com DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, December 24, 2006: East Indians in Durban are delighted to have their very own 24-hour Hindi radio station. From humble beginnings in 1998 when government guidelines only permitted the radio channel to operate for two months a year because it was labeled as a community channel to a full-blown recognized station in 2002, Radio Hindvani is…
www.ibnlive.com ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 5, 2006: Security measures were tightened and paramilitary forces deployed at the world’s biggest religious congregation, the Ardh Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on Friday, after a terror warning was received by the intelligence services of Delhi and Mumbai. According to intelligence sources, Jaffer the suspected mastermind behind Mumbai’s 7/11 blasts is in Allahabad posing a serious…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, January 6, 2007: Following is a list of major Hindu festivals for 2007 calculated according to the Lahiri Ayanamsa (see here) and for the east coast of the United States. In some years, one or another date may be one day different than the date the festival is celebrated in India. February 15: MahasivaratriMarch 3: HoliMarch 26:…
www.nytimes.com ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 3, 2006: Ash-smeared Hindu saints led millions of devotees Wednesday in a pre-dawn holy dip at the meeting of three major rivers in northern India, starting a weeks-long pilgrimage to wash away their sins. Chanting religious hymns, a multitude of men, women and children jumped into the water at 4:54 a.m., a moment chosen as auspicious…
www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, January 5, 2007: Hinduism Today would appreciate recommendations for web sites to review on its Digital Dharma page. We have over the years covered many major Hindu resources, and are looking for new ones that meet one or more of the following criteria: 1) have deep, unique and educational content of value to Hindus. 2) help Hindus…
Religion News Service VIRGINIA, USA, January 4, 2007: (Note: This is an important ruling which would apply to Hindus in prison in the US.) An appeals court has affirmed a federal law protecting the religious rights of inmates, denying the state of Virginia’s second request that it be declared unconstitutional. The Richmond, Va.-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled…
news.monstersandcritics.com JAMMU, INDIA, December 27, 2006: A record 6.7 million pilgrims have visited the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir this year with nearly 25,000 devotees climbing the mountainous terrain every day despite snow, rains and sub-zero temperatures. “We have recorded the arrival of pilgrims at 6.7 million and with the rush increasing in the run up to New…
www.earth-auroville.com AUROVILLE, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, January 1, 2007: (HPI note: a longer report and many photos of the temple are at URL above.) Sri Karneshwar Nataraja temple located on the beach at Pudhukuppam, 12 kilometers north of Auroville, was inaugurated by Dr. Karan Singh and his wife Smt. Yasho Rajya Lakshmi on September 30, 2006. Dr. Karan Singh, Chairman of…
www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, NEW YORK, December 27, 2006: (HPI note: The following item is from the editorial page of the New York Times — not the place you’d normally expect a anti-meat statement…) When you think about the growth of human population over the last century or so, it is all too easy to imagine it merely as an increase…