timesofindia.indiatimes.com ALLAHABAD, INDIA, January 15, 2007: Long before the sun’s first rays dawned, millions of Hindus on Monday started making their way to Sangam, the holy confluence of three rivers, for the much-awaited ‘shahi snan’ (royal bath) at the Ardh Kumbh festival. Tens of thousands of pilgrims looked on with folded hands at Naga sadhus, the first to take the…
www.dailytimes.com.pk LAHORE, PAKISTAN, January 11, 2007: Mahasivaratri, the annual festival sacred to Lord Siva where devotees worship all through the night, will be celebrated at Katasraj Temples on February 7 for the first time in centuries. The Punjab Archeology Department will be organizing the event and the Indian Foreign Minister will be one of the devotees along with a contingent…
www.sfgate.com LOS ANGELES, USA, January 14, 2007: Alice Coltrane, the jazz performer and composer who was inextricably linked with the adventurous musical improvisations of her late husband, saxophonist John Coltrane, has died. She was 69. Coltrane died Friday at West Hills Hospital and Medical Center, according to an announcement from the family’s publicist. She had been in frail health for…
By Rajiv Malik, HPI Correspondent NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 11, 2007: A 90-minute film on one of Tibet’s greatest saint, Milarepa, was screened in New Delhi. The screening took place as a part of one week seminar entitled- Milarepa- The Yogi Of Tibet. The seminar itself was one in a series, ” Yogis, the Mystic Masters,” organized by Foundation For…
Can West News Service BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, January 10, 2007: A program called ‘Action Schools’ was initiated in British Columbia by the Education Ministry. The purpose of the program, which includes yoga and other fitness-related activities, was to give teachers access to activities that keep children active and to be proactive in fighting the problem of obesity in Canadian children.…
Media Centre, Chennai CHENNAI, INDIA, January 13, 2007: Hindu organizations, led by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, have succeeded in getting the demands of hundreds of thousands of Grama Koil Poojaris (village temple priests) at last. Tamilnadu state Chief Minister Shri. M. Karunanidhi has today (January 13, 2007) cleared the proposal to constitute a welfare board for village priests in the…
www.ddinews.gov.in ALLAHABAD, INDIA, JANUARY 14, 2007: Braving biting cold, more than four million devotees took a holy dip in the sacred waters of Sangam, the confluence of holy river Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati on the occasion of Makar Sankranti in Ardh Kumbh. Makar Sankranti, the day when the sun enters into Capricorn, is an auspicious festival for Hindus who…
www.dailyindia.com PURI, INDIA, January 4, 2007: A new ceremony has been initiated by the priests of Jagannath Temple in Puri in honor of the Sea God. Similar to evening prayers on the River Ganga, devotees of the Jagannath Temple participate in a special puja right on the beach followed by the performance of the traditional Naga dance and the singing…
www.ddinews.gov.in DELHI, INDIA, January 14, 2007: As Suryanarayan (the Sun God) is set to sail into Uttaryana (movement of the Sun towards north on the celestial sphere) and winter is on its climax, people across India have been geared up to celebrate the occasion in myriad cultural forms, with great devotion, fervor & gaiety writes Ashok K. Sah. Uttaryana is…
rajanzed@hotmail.com RENO, NEVADA, USA, January 12, 2007: Hindu, Christian (both Catholic and Protestant) and Muslim religious leaders of Northwestern Nevada gathered at Reno last Saturday for a dialogue and to arrive at a common agenda to heal the wounds of religious mistrust. Speaking on the occasion, Rajan Zed, Director of Interfaith Relations of the Hindu Temple of Northern Nevada, stated…