wcco.com MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, June 29, 2006: Three months ago, vandals entered the new temple for the Hindu Society of Minnesota and destroyed parts of the walls and Deities that were shipped from overseas. The temple is now ready for worship. Inaugural ceremonies started at the temple on Thursday and they’ll continue through Sunday. It’s a place where the 20,000 Minnesotans…
www.uniindia.com KASHMIR, INDIA, July 4, 2006: After more than 18 years, the gates of a historic temple in south Kashmir were opened for devotees on Tuesday. The Tripursundari Vaishnavite shrine at Devsar in Anantnag district welcomed hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits, who had migrated from the Valley in 1989 with the onset of militancy, abandoning the temple. The temple of Khunbaran…
www.fijitimes.com NADI, FIJI, July 3, 2006: At least 5,000 Hindu devotees were at the Sri Siva Subramanya Swami Temple, in Nadi, yesterday to be part of their 12th year Mahakumbhabhishekam celebration. The festivities and the religious ceremonies, which began on Wednesday, ended yesterday with the final re-consecration of the temple at the Suva end of the Nadi Town. Temple president…
inwww.rediff.com BHOPAL, INDIA, July 2, 2006: Offerings of milk, curd, water and other traditional materials on the sacred Jyotir Lingam at the famous Omkareshwar temple has been with banned to save the symbol of Lord Siva from further erosion, officials said Sunday. The Khandwa district administration took the decision Saturday on the advice of the Archeological Survey of India (ASI),…
inwww.rediff.com MUMBAI, INDIA, June 28, 2006: Renowned Bharatnatyam Guru Shri Mani passed away this morning after a prolonged illness, his family said today. He was 84. He was one of the persons responsible for the growth of Bharatnatyam in the city and founded the Kalasadan Institute of Fine Arts in 1954 at Sion in central Mumbai. He was hospitalized for…
bsingh@umassd.edu DARTMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, July 3, 2006: (HPI note: This is a press release received from Bal Ram Singh (e-mail above), Ph.D., Director, Center for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth) Comprehensive population genetics data along with archeological and astronomical evidence presented at June 23-25, 2006 conference in Dartmouth, MA, overwhelmingly concluded that Indian civilization and its human population is indigenous.…
www.hscnet.org USA, June 27, 2006: The Hindu Students Council strongly denounces the destruction of the last surviving Hindu temple in Lahore, Pakistan. On May 27, 2006, the Pakistani government authorities worked in tandem with a local jeweler to fully demolish the ancient Krishna temple in the Rang Mahal area of Lahore city so a commercial plaza could be built in…
www.beliefnet.com NEW YORK, NEW YORK, May 30, 2006: Beliefnet web site posted the following request: “Have you heard a great teachers speak about Hinduism recently? Do you have a favorite spiritual leader you wish the rest of the world could learn from? Beliefnet is looking for the best Hindu teachers and preachers in America to take part in a new…
bhavitmehta@hotmail.com LONDON, ENGLAND, July 1, 2006: “Shri Hari Mandir and the Glory of Hindu Temples” is an art book that celebrates the beautiful temples of India. It has been published by the Sanskruti Foundation UK to commemorate the opening of “Shri Hari Mandir” at the Sandipani Vidyaniketan in Gujarat, inspired by Bhaishri Rameshbhai Oza. The book, compiled and designed by…
appaya_girish@hotmail.com MAURITIUS, Julyl 1, 2006: For the fourth consecutive year, the Shri Venkateswara Bhajana Maala (SVBM), will be celebrated in Eau-Coulee, on the island of Mauritius, Indian Ocean. This unique puja is dedicated to the glory of Lord Shri Venkateshwara Swami, also known as Balaji swami or Govinda. It has been scheduled for July 30, 2006. The SVBM is unique…