Press Release UNITED KINGDOM, May 31, 2006: The OM Day program for unity and peace was started in 2000 as a millennium project by Swami Nirliptananda of the London Sevashram Sangha for global Hindu unity. In the same year the Unity forum of the Indogenic Religions was also founded by Swami in association with the Ven Vagiragnana of the London…
www.rediff.com WASHINGTON, DC, June 2, 2006: Thirteen-year-old Katharine Close won the 79th Scripts National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling “ursprache.” Her previous correctly spelled word was “kundalini,” accurately defined as “the yogic force at the base of the spine, which when raised to the head, triggers enlightenment.” Katharine, from New Jersey, spelt a raft of complex and not-so-complex words and…
ibdco@sancharnet.in LUCKNOW, INDIA, June 2, 2006: Suneel Gomber has released two marvelous books on Lord Hanuman. The first, which recounts all the stories of Hanuman is “The World of Lord Hanuman” (188 pages). The second is a picture book, “The Visual Encyclopaedia of Lord Hanuman” (247 pages). The Encyclopaedia contains hundreds of rare images of Lord Hanuman. We recommend both…
www.lokvani.com MASSACHUSETTS, USA, May 30, 2006: Saturday, May 13, was declared a day of Hindu Heritage by the Governor of Massachusetts. Over 1,350 people attended the tenth anniversary celebration mela made auspicious by life-giving rain, a record assembly for Hindu Heritage Day, and second largest gathering of people of Indian origin to take place in the Boston area to date.…
Hinduism Today KAUAI, HAWAII, June 2, 2006: As part of its on-going project to promote the Agamas, Hinduism Today is seeking any current information on the late Dr. Rama Ghose or Pundit Vrajavallabh Dwivedi and the Shaiva Bharati Shodha Pratishthanam, D35/77, Jangamawaimath, Varanasi – 221 001, India, Ph +91 542 450546. The organization produced a number of translations of Sanskrit…
www.chennaionline.com CHENNAI, INDIA, May 30, 2006: (HPI note: This change is one of several being instituted by the newly elected left-wing DMK party in Tamil Nadu.) The Tamil Nadu government has decided to issue an order allowing all persons in the Hindu community, with the required training and qualification, to become archakas (priests) in temples. The Cabinet, which met with…
desmoinesregister.com DES MOINES, IOWA, USA, May 25, 2006: Iowa’s first Hindu temple, nestled at a bend in the Des Moines River near Madrid, was consecrated in a five-day ceremony in early March. The Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Iowa is the realization of a four-decade-old dream of about 1,000 Indian families who have settled here, according to Sri Krishna…
www.ibnlive.com NAGPUR, INDIA, June 1, 2006: The Maharashtra Police foiled a terror bid on the headquarters of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Nagpur and shot dead three armed terrorists early on Thursday morning. The terrorists, who came in a white Ambassador car with a red beacon light, were killed in a shootout while trying to break through the security cordon…
Times of India SINDH, PAKISTAN, May 30, 2006: Unidentified gunmen attacked a convoy of Hindu pilgrims in Pakistan killing two and wounding seven, police said on Monday. The convoy of 20 vehicles carrying Pakistani and Indian Hindus was attacked late on Sunday in a remote part of Sindh province, police said.
www.theindiancatholic.com LATEHAR, INDIA, May 19, 2006: (HPI Note: The source of this news report is a Catholic Church news agency. It’s accuracy has not been confirmed by other reports, especially the section that contends tribal values are not impacted by conversion to Christianity.) Eastern India’s top tribal council has banned Hindu practices, images and priests from tribal religious ceremonies. We…