www.twincities.com MAPLE GROVE, MINNESOTA, April 8, 2006: The inside of a Hindu temple under construction in Maple Grove suffered much damage. Vandals sometime Wednesday night or early Thursday morning kicked in temple doors and smashed windows. They destroyed nine of the 14 deities, and broke holes in the walls and ceilings of a large auditorium, dining hall and classrooms. An…
inwww.rediff.com LUCKNOW, INDIA, April 9, 2006: A visual encyclopaedia on Lord Hanuman, probably the world’s first, has been released in the Uttar Pradesh capital. The tome titled Samagra Hanumat Darshan (Visual Encyclopaedia of Lord Hanuman), released last night, is an impressive collection of about 500 rare depictions of Lord Hanuman interspersed with stories. Compiled by city-based publisher Sunil Gomber, who…
www.newkerala.com SONEPUR, ORISSA, INDIA, April 7, 2006: A total of 913 persons from 150 families were reconverted from Christianity to Hinduism in a religious ceremony at Kandumunda village in Orissa’s Sonepur district, RSS sources said today. Families from 16 villages of Sonepur, Bargarh and Balangir districts were reconverted, Binoy Bhuyan, Pradesh Pramukh of the Dharma Jagaran Samiti, an affiliate of…
www.indiawest.com HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA, April 8, 2006: Captivating the audience with his solo performance using both song and speech, Shekhar Sen was able to portray Swami Vivekananda’s life in a two-hour performance at Chabot Community College. Dressed in simple orange robes and a Rajasthani-style turban characteristic of Swami Vivekananda’s attire, Sen has dedicated his career to play writing, and the article…
inwww.rediff.com COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, April 9, 2006: Renowned spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the Art of Living, has expressed his readiness to meet Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran to facilitate the peace process. Sri Sri, whose four-day visit to Sri Lanka ended Sunday, stated this while answering a question at a public event in the northern town…
inwww.rediff.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 8, 2006: The ministry of overseas Indian affairs’ (MOIA) effort to help persons of Indian origin (PIOs) abroad trace their antecedents in the land of their forefathers has started bearing fruit with the roots of eight people being traced in the district of Ballia in Uttar Pradesh. A meeting held here reviewed the progress in…
www.hinduamericanfoundation.org WASHINGTON, D.C., April 6, 2006: The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) Board of Directors retained Ms. Ishani Chowdhury of Washington D.C. as its first full-time Executive Director last week. Leaving her previous employment as a Lead Project Manager at a Washington, D.C. based software firm, Chowdhury takes over most major administrative, public relations and fundraising coordination tasks at HAF. In…
www.deccan.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, April 7, 2006: (HPI note: In past centuries, most Hindu temples and ashrams were provided with land endowments to cover their operating expenses. Many temples and ashrams still retain these lands. However they have had increasing difficulty defending their ownership from squatters and land grabbers or even collecting rents due. The solution explained below — which likely…
www.punjabkesari.com LUCKNOW, INDIA, Six Harkat-Ul-Jehad Al Islami (Huji) militants, including the mastermind behind the Varanasi blasts, had hatched a conspiracy to blow up the two Hanuman temples in the city on Ramnavami, state police’s Special Task Force sources said today. A map of the city had been recovered from the possession of militants, who were arrested yesterday, marking the spots…
www.zeenews.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, April 9, 2006: HPI note: This report is a comprehensive analysis by Arunava Biswas of Nepal’s political situation. Following is the introduction: As violence and protests mount against Nepal’s monarchy, the streets of Kathmandu are resounding with a question: Does this Himalayan kingdom need a tyrant king? A commoner in Kathmandu said, “Earlier we had put our…