english.aljazeera.net JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, August 18, 2006: Dolphins may have big brains, but a South African-based scientist says laboratory rats and even goldfish can outwit them. Paul Manger of Johannesburg’s University of the Witwatersrand says the super-sized brains of dolphins are a function of being warm-blooded in a cold water environment and not a sign of intelligence. “We equate our…
Religion News Service CHENNAI, INDIA, August 17, 2006: A Reuters report quoted an intelligence official saying that unidentified people had warned International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) officials not to hold any functions on Wednesday, when the country was celebrating Janmashtami, a major Hindu festival. The official said the grenade attack might have been carried out by a local group…
www.ndtv.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 17, 2006: Thousands of devotees have been offering prayers at temples since last night to usher in Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna. In New Delhi, devotees offered prayers, danced and chanted in the temples. Despite strict security measures in Mathura, the birthplace of Lord Krishna, thousands of devotees gathered in the temples to offer…
www.ekal.org HOUSTON, TEXAS, August 17, 2006: The Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation, Houston Branch, held a number of fundraisers in July and raised over US$270,465 to support their educational programs in India. The Consul General of India and keynote speaker at the Houston event, Hon. S.M. Gavai, recounted how India’s literacy rate has gone up from 18% of the population in 1947…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com IMPHAL, INDIA, August 17, 2006: Janmashtami celebrations in Manipur turned bloody on Wednesday when a grenade was tossed into the Iskcon temple crowded with more than 20,000 devotees. The blast left at least four devotees dead (the BBC today reports that five people have been killed) and at least 40 others injured, including Iskcon international director Damodara Swami, police…
www.ndtv.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 14, 2006: Non-Brahmins will now have to wait a while longer before they can apply for the job of a priest in temples in Tamil Nadu. The Supreme Court has put a stay on an ordinance passed by the Tamil Nadu government in July, which stated that anybody who was a Hindu could become a…
www.himalayanacademy.com KAUAI, HAWAII, August 13, 2006: We at HPI and Hinduism Today are proud to announce the inauguration of a daily podcast of our founder’s talks. Three hundred sixty-five talks by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami are included and will be issued one each day. The first is now posted at “source” above, and will be available on iTunes on the 15th…
www.sivacharya.org CHENNAI, INDIA, August 13, 2006: A website devoted exclusively to the ancient tradition of the Sivacharya priests, and specifically to Shri T. S. Sambamurthy Sivacharya, is now available. A video of Sambamurthy Sivacharya speaking on the Agamas, temple rituals and mantra and the history of the Shri Kalikambal Temple where Sambamurthy served as a priest from the age of…
www.chinmayauk.org LONDON, ENGLAND, August 13, 2006: A one-day conference conducted by Swami Swaroopananda, acharya of the Chinmaya Mission, is planned for Saturday, September 2, 2006, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Kings College. The purpose of the conference is dedicated to discovering and applying the ancient principles of Vedic philosophy into everyday life. For additional information and to register,…
www.nj.com EAST WINDSOR, NEW JERSEY, August 13, 2006: Devotees of Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, known as BAPS, have proposed a $142 million cultural and religious center on 152 acres near Turnpike Interchange 8 and Route 33 which has spawned an intense debate in the East Windsor community. BAPS’s preliminary plans call for the construction of 17 buildings and…