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…
inwww.rediff.com LONDON, ENGLAND, April 10, 2006: Britain’s tough new rules to end and expose the notorious back-door immigration practice of “sham marriages” have been judged discriminatory to non-European and non-Christian immigrants and incompatible with the European Convention of Human Rights. The extraordinary decision by the London High Court strikes down the British government’s 14-month-old crackdown on a practice said to…
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…
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…
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…
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…