campaigns@farmusa.org FLORIDA, USA, May 2, 2006: On April 25, the Florida House of Representatives enacted the Florida Healthy School Lunch Resolution (HR 9095) recommending a daily vegetarian school lunch option. (HPI note: A legislative resolution carries no weight of law, rather is advice or a recommendation from the legislators.) HR 9095 states in part: “Whereas school children who identify themselves…
www.harvarddharma.org MASSACHUSETTS, USA, May 1, 2006: The Harvard’s Hindu Students Association, announces the launch of Swadharma on their website (url above): “Swadharma is a semi-annual publication dedicated to the presentation of Hinduism and Indian philosophy. Swadharma seeks to broaden the knowledge and understanding of Hinduism by serving as a medium of intellectual exchange between scholars, academics, and the global community.…
www.freep.com TROY, MICHIGAN, April 20, 2006: The Hindu community in south-east Michigan has been served well since 1981 by religious ceremonies in a utilitarian brick facility. Through the years the congregation has grown and the 1,000 members now want to build a 35,000-square-foot addition in traditional Hindu style with domed shikars. The news release explains, “The new temple is being…
www.kripalu.org LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS, April 29, 2006: The Honoring Our Ancestor Conference, presented by Mother Maya (Sri Swamini Mayatitananda), will be held on September 17 – 19, 2006 at the Kripalu Center for Health in Lenox, Massachusetts. These two days of meditation, celebration and nurturing of the spirit will be held during the auspicious time of Pitri Paksha — when we…
www.zeenews.com AJMER, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, April 25, 2006: Pushkar, the famous Hindu pilgrimage center near here, is all set for a facelift with the removal of encroachments around the holy lake. Pushkar Clean Operation was launched last week and 26 hotels and restaurants on the bank of the lake have been identified for removal, official sources said here today. Union Tourism…
www.thenorthwestern.com OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, USA, April 30, 2006: Colorful garbs, Indian music and dancing livened otherwise quiet streets near the Grand Opera House Saturday in festive celebration of another Roy family traditional Hindu wedding. Groom Raj Dhanasekaran, 28, arrived by horse and carriage in a procession that briefly closed down a stretch from the Park Plaza to the Grand. Horns welcomed…
news.webindia123.com BEIJING, CHINA, April 22, 2006: In honor of their famous predecessor, Xuanzang (602-664 AD), two chinese monks are retracing the journey that their brother Buddhist monk made over 1300 years ago. The news release explained, “Xuanzang travelled from the city of Chang’an, which is now called Xi’an, in Shaanxi Province, to India to obtain Buddhist scriptures and study, returning…
www.newindpress.com KALADY, KERALA, INDIA, April 29, 2006: The birthplace of Adi Sankara will wear a festive look on May 2. Sankara Jayanti, the birthday of Adi Sankara, which falls on May 2, will be celebrated with various cultural programs accompanied by traditional rituals at different centers here. Various cultural and religious groups like Adi Sankara Kuladaiva temple, Sringeri Mutt, Sree…
www.organiser.org CHENNAI, INDIA, April 30, 2006: Last week, Chennai port welcomed MV Doulos, the world’s largest floating book fair, which has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest, active ocean-going passenger ship. Stocked with more than five hundred thousand books, the book fair was inaugurated by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala recently. The book fair had…
sify.com LONDON, ENGLAND, April 26, 2006: British Prime Minister Tony Blair, accompanied by his wife Cherie Blair, visited the Swaminarayan Mandir, the largest traditional Hindu temple outside India, at Neasden. Blair spent time on Tuesday evening appreciating the masterpiece of exotic design and workmanship of the temple that rises above London’s skyline. Replete with luminescent white pinnacles and glittering marble…