paras_ramoutar@yahoo.com PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD, September 23, 2006: “The Hindu Thought Contribution to World Thought and Culture” is the theme for the twentieth edition of the annual Divali Nagar, set for October 12 – 20, 2006. Richard Ramlakhansingh, manager, said in an interview that “Divali Nagar is the gravitational centre in Trinidad for the annual celebration of Divali Festival of…
www.ascribe.org ROCHESTER, N.Y., September 19, 2006: Scientists are using modern imaging technologies to digitally restore a 700-year-old palm-leaf manuscript. The project led by P.R. Mukund and Roger Easton, professors at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), will digitally preserve the original Hindu writings known as the Sarvamoola granthas attributed to scholar Shri Madvacharya (1238-1317). The collection of 36 works contains commentaries…
www.business-standard.com MUMBAI, INDIA, September 24, 2006: The rising number of Muslim terrorist strikes has not dampened the festive spirit for Navaratri in Mumbai, Durga Puja in Kolkata and Ramleela in New Delhi. However, efforts to buy anti-terror insurance for these public celebrations are turning into a futile exercise. General insurers are wary of underwriting terror risk insurance for such events…
www.hindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 23, 2006: Hundreds of artisans from West Bengal who have been camping at Chittaranjan Park in South Delhi for the past three months are now giving finishing touches to Deities of various Goddesses for the festivities that are due to start September 28. While the smaller Deities are being brought by various Puja samitis from…
www.ndtv.com JAMMU, INDIA, September 23, 2006: Katra is all spruced up and ready for the Navratara festival. Hundreds of pilgrims have already begun making their way to Katra with an average of 30,000 pilgrims coming to Vaishno Devi temple here every day. Hotels in Katra are offering up to 50 per cent discounts during this period. “We want that the…
www.ndtv.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 23, 2006: The traditional Gujarati folk dance where dancers form two circles, moving clockwise and counter-clockwise, holding dandiyas (two sticks) and strike them against their traveling partner’s pair has become wildly popular outside of Gujarat. This Navaratri dance celebration has invaded India’s capital where people have committed themselves to learning the dance correctly. Gearing up…
www.sanatanfiji.com FIJI, September 20, 2006: For the first time ever a historic Diwali Issue magazine will be published by the Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji to mark the Festival of Lights 2006. The magazine, which is an A4 format, is scheduled to be launched at the Hanuman Gari Temple in Nasinu 9 miles on September 26, 2006. The…
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…