english.ohmynews.com DIPAYAL, NEPAL, September 20, 2006: More than 50 Dalits (“Untouchables”) were injured in a scuffle while trying to enter a Hindu temple in far western Nepal on September 17. Non-Dalits pelted Dalits with stones and bricks, protesting their entry into and worship in the Shaileshwor Temple, at the Silgadhi bazaar of Dipayal. Organizer Min Bahadur Bam said in a…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 20, 2006: The government’s secular credentials came in for embarrassing scrutiny on Monday with the Supreme Court interrogating the Centre on whether secularism, a basic feature of the Constitution, allowed it to grant largesse for the annual Haj pilgrimage. Though a Bench comprising Chief Justice Y. K. Sabharwal and Justices A. R. Lakshamanan and C.…
www.hssus.org EDISON, NEW JERSEY, September 19, 2006: The Hindu Sangam a grand cultural festival organized by the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) in New Jersey was a runaway success with over 1,000 people participating in the event. The event was organized as a culmination of the birth centenary celebrations of Shri M.S. Golwalkar (Guruji), the second head of the RSS. During…
www.radionz.co.nz SUVA, FIJI, September 20, 2006: In the face of increasing attacks, Hindus in Fiji have hired security to protect temples. Three attacks on temples in five days led to an emergency meeting of the Hindu religious organization, the Sanatan Dharam. The meeting discussed security for their temples after Senior Superintendent Jahir Khan said they should provide their own security…
www.ibnlive.com VRINDAVAN, INDIA, September 19, 2006: The caretaker of the Banke Bihari temple Jugal Goswami was relieved from all the responsibilities of the temple on Monday. Goswami, at the request of some fun-loving devotees, gave the Deity on Thursday a “modern look” complete with jeans and a shirt and wielding a mobile phone. The Western dressing of the Deity had…
www.fijilive.com NAUSORI, FIJI, September 19, 2006: Thieves broke into a temple in Koroqaqa, Nausori, on September 16, the third in one week. Earlier this week, thieves broke into the Adi Shakti No Durga Mata Mandir in Nasinu and torched the temple. On Wednesday morning, thieves broke into a temple in Baulevu and got away with $400 and robbers entered the…
Press Release TRINIDAD/TOBAGO, WEST INDIES, September 18, 2006: Divali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, will be celebrated nationally in Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday October 21, 2006. The theme of this year’s Divali magazine being produced by the Indo-Caribbean Cultural Council is “The Splendor of Divali: Highlights of the Festival.” Trinidad and Tobago gives the world a unique brand of…
aryasamajscarborough.googlepages.com SCARBOROUGH, CANADA, September 19, 2006: The Arya Samaj Scarborough Vedic Cultural Centre, located at 2370 Midland Avenue (Unit B-10), Scarborough, Canada, cordially invites the general public to its annual one night and one day Veda Yajna, on September 30 & October 1, 2006, respectively. For further information, click URL above.
HPI INDIA, September 17, 2006: In yesterday’s HPI, we mentioned that this book: Kalyanaraman, S., 2006, Bharatiya Languages — History and formation of Jaati-bhasha — Sarasvati hieroglyphs as mlecchita vikalpa (Decipherment of Indus script), Bangalore, Babasaheb (Umakanta Keshav) Apte Smarak Samiti, 652 pp. It includes an up-to-date and comprehensive corpus of inscriptions of Sarasvati civilization (Indus Script) — including finds…
www.hindustantimes.com VARANASI, INDIA, September 18, 2006: Resentment is brewing among some members of the Hindu community here over Lord Krishna being dressed in jeans and T-shirt in Vrindavan recently. Some religious leaders in the Hindu community believe that dressing Lord Krishna in jeans and T-shirt with a mobile phone in hand was part of a conspiracy to defame the Hindu…