www.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON D.C., April 15, 2005: LaVonne and Bernard Snowden have three children in private school, two flourishing careers and an elegant house in Mitchellville. As thanks for those blessings, the Snowdens say, they give 10 percent of everything they make to their church. Tithing, an ancient practice described in the Bible, is particularly strong in African American communities, where…
www.dnaindia.com BANGKOK, THAILAND, April 11, 2006: Sacred river waters of India will be brought to Thailand next week on April 21 as part of national celebrations to mark the Thai king’s 60th anniversary on the throne in June. Water from the Ganges, Yamuna, Saraswati, Saryu and Gomati rivers will be brought by the Thai government’s Religious Affairs department and Hindu…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com KENDRAPADA, ORISSA, April 10, 2006: Denied entry into a temple in Orissa by the upper castes, Dalits (Untouchables) of a village have built a shrine of their own and appointed a brahmin priest. Chauriberhampur village on the outskirts of Kendrapada town in the coastal district of the same name is home to nearly 1,400 people from different castes as…
Hinduism Today JAFFNA, SRI LANKA, April 13, 2006: Sri Sellathurai Swami, president of Sivathondan Nilayam, Jaffna, Sri Lanka (a society established by Siva Yogaswami, guru of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, founder of Hinduism Today) attained Mahasamadhi on April 12 at 2:00 pm (Sri Lanka Time) on Pankuni Utharam day. He had told all Yogaswami’s devotees three months ago that he would discard…
www.canada.com OTTAWA, CANADA, April 11, 2006: The Conservative government listed the Tamil Tigers as a banned terrorist organization Monday, bringing Canada in line with its international allies. The move makes it a crime to support, facilitate or participate in the activities of the group, which has a long history of political assassinations, suicide bombings and use of child soldiers. Public…
www.hinducounciluk.org UNITED KINGDOM, April 10, 2006: (HPI note: The complete story and photographs are available at URL above.) A Hinduism Award Ceremony was celebrated on the evening of March 29th at Brent Town Hall. The candidates who sat for government examinations in Hinduism at GCSE and Advanced levels were awarded their certificates. Some of these candidates achieved the maximum 100…
www.columbian.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, April 14, 2006: Malaysia’s highest court has agreed to take up the question whether Muslims who renounce their faith must still answer to the country’s Islamic courts. The Federal Court ruling, expected in months, will be a rare step into the highly sensitive area of conversions – and will likely have profound implications on religious freedom…
Hinduism Today Magazine KAUAI, HAWAII, April 15, 2006: Hinduism Today magazine is planning a story on Shirdi Sai Baba, the saint who passed away in 1918. If you would like to write this story for us, as well as located photographs and other illustrations, please contact ar@hindu.org.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com RAJKOT, INDIA, April 10, 2006: The joy of pilgrims flocking to the famous Somnath temple knows no bounds. They are now able to perform a very vital part of the ritual for worshipping the Deity with the click of a button. The temple has gone hi-tech and there’s no disappointment in store for devotees who don’t get to perform…
epaper.hindustantimes.com KASHMIR, INDIA, April 4, 2006: For the first time in the century-old history of the Amarnath pilgrimage in Kashmir, Pakistani artists will take part in a sufiyana music festival at the launch of the pilgrimage on June 11 this year. The pilgrimage will continue until August 9. The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board is hoping to get two of the…