www.anoopam-mission.org COPLAY, PENNSYLVANIA, May 14, 2006: Anoopam Mission is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a Shrimad Bhagwat Katha Gnanyagna (“Bhagwat Saptah”) from July 17 to July 23, 2006 at its temple located in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, just north of Allentown. The Bhagwat Saptah will consist of week-long discourses on the Shrimad Bhagwat by Pujyashree Bhupendrabhai Pandya,…
www.ibnlive.com BANGKOK, THAILAND, June 21, 2006: (HPI note: Thailand doesn’t have a team in the World Cup, only Japan and South Korea participated from Asia, and both were eliminated in the first round. India’s hired a new coach, Englishman Bob Houghton, with the hopes of making it to the World Cup in 2010. The Thailand government estimates the country has…
www.detnews.com TROY, MICHIGAN, June 19, 2006: Hindu worshippers took a first step Sunday toward construction of a new US$9 million architecturally authentic temple in Metro Detroit. There were no bulldozers or shovels. Instead, about 700 Hindus gathered at the current Bharatiya Temple to take part in a Bhoomi Puja. It’s a customary ceremony performed to ask Mother Earth for permission…
www.organiser.org TAMIL NADU, INDIA, June 25, 2006: A Hindu temple at Lower Omananallur village in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu was demolished on the night of June 11-12. The police has not apprehended anyone though it seems to know the possible culprits. There had been communal tension in the area for quite some time now. The Uikattu Sudalaikoil (a local…
www.sun2surf.com PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA, June 21, 2006: Which should have jurisdiction to hear the case of former commando M. Moorthy Mohamad Abdullah’s religious conversion and his subsequent burial as a Muslim – the syariah or civil court? This was the primary question the Court of Appeal was interested in during an appeal by Moorthy’s widow S. Kaliammal, against a High Court’s…
epaper.timesofindia.com JAMMU, INDIA, June 22, 2006: The Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) that manages the yearly pilgrimage to Lord Siva’s cave shrine may discard its plans to get technical help in managing the survival of Siva Lingam for longer periods. This, according to sources, has become inevitable in the wake of the raging controversy that the Lingam was man made…
www.indiawest.com SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, June 11, 2006: Over 12,000 Indian Americans turned out at the Hindu Temple and Community Center in Sunnyvale June 4 to attend a performance by the legendary Narinder Chanchal. He performed, without pause, for nearly four hours, singing many of his most popular bhajans. The Sunnyvale temple is one of the stops on Chanchal’s world tour, which…
www.dailypioneer.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 11, 2006: Hindu groups in Malaysia complain that the Government is demolishing temples and have appealed to Indian rights groups and the UN to help protect their heritage. According to the Hindu groups, the latest instance was that of a 107-year-old place of worship that was razed last month in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. The…
www.phillyburbs.com BRIDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY, June 19, 2006: Leaders of the Sri Venkateswara Hindu temple say they don’t think prejudice is the reason the township keeps turning them away, but that it may be ignorance of Hindu culture. Opponents say they fear over development of the temple site and traffic congestion. In its third and latest try to get approval for…
hsc@hscnet.org EDISON, NEW JERSEY, May 30, 2006: Memorial Day weekend for Hindu Student Council attendees proved to be both inspiring and informative for the 16th year in a row. This year’s theme of “Unity” attracted university students and professionals from all over the U.S. The press release explains the focus of this year’s camp, “Yoga and meditation every morning set…