paras_ramoutar@yahoo.com CHAGUANAS, TRINIDAD, October 15, 2006: A Trinidadian pundit recently visited South Africa for the purpose of reawakening the spirit of Hinduism among South Africa’s 1.7 million Hindus. Pundit Munelal Maharaj, of Lange Park, Chaguanas, spent three-weeks in South Africa with his wife, Naveeta and five-year old daughter, Vaishnavi, aimed at “recreating the Hindu Renaissance in South Africa.” He hosted…
www.kathakali.net UNITED KINGDOM, October 6, 2006: The United Kingdom is graced for 13 weeks with the presence of the Kala Chethena Kathakali Company performing at 45 locations this fall from September 14 to December 3, 2006. The news release explains the art form and the history behind the company, “Kathakali is a spellbinding and beautiful art form originating in the…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, October 16, 2006: We want to assure everyone that other than unusual tremors for a moment yesterday morning, our island of Kauai was not affected by the earthquake that took place off the “Big Island” of Hawaii at the southern end of our island chain. For those outside here, we had the unusual experience of trees shaking…
rawstory.com SINGAPORE, October 2, 2006: On an annual basis in Singapore over 3,000 male devotees participate in a fire-walking procession near the Sri Mariamman Temple. Traditionally the ritual takes place before Deepavali which falls on October 21 this year. The ceremony requires the participants to walk barefoot down a 15-foot-long bed of hot coals to show their devotion to Sri…
www.hinduamericanfoundation.org TAMPA, FLORIDA, October 16, 2006: The Hindu American Foundation is making the public recognition of the Diwali festival a major focus of their work this year. HAF has worked with U.S. Congressmen to author House Resolution 548, a Bill recognizing Diwali. As a result of HAF’s Third Annual Government Outreach and Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., the Foundation educated…
www.ndtv.com MUMBAI, INDIA, October 12, 2006: The Bombay High Court has ordered that the wall around Siddhivinayak temple to prevent terrorist attacks must go. The court order came in response to a lawsuit filed by local residents who said the wall was encroaching on a public road. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent by temple authorities on constructing a…
www.rediff.com THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, October 12, 2006: The annual Ponkala festival of the Attukal Bhagavathi temple in Thiruvananthapuram, one of the world’s biggest devotional congregations of women, is set to make it to the Guinness book of World Records. The festival, which draws over a million women in a single day in March, will go into the record books as an…
www.hindu.com KERALA, INDIA, October 3, 2006: Vijayadasami, a festival highlighting a child’s initiation into some kind of academic or artistic endeavor, was celebrated throughout the state of Kerala at the beginning of October. The Minister for Education participated in a special ceremony organized by the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare where five needy children who were either abandoned or…
www.ibnlive.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 13, 2006: The famed Indian appetite for gold is being manifest with renewed vigor this season as a surge in festival demand and a recent fall in prices has fueled a virtual gold rush in the market. The current upward trend has particularly been underlined by the country’s top bullion trader MMTC Ltd’s business outlook…
www.rediff.com MUMBAI, INDIA, October 13, 2006: Tired of waiting for months to get an appointment for an interview to secure a US visa? Here’s some good news for you. The prolonged wait for a visa may soon be a thing of the past with US authorities looking to streamline the process for applying for non-immigrant visas to America. Their goal:…