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…
www.kantipuronline.com BIRGUNJ, April 7 – King Gyanendra has said Hinduism, which dates back to the beginning of civilization itself, embraces the high ideals of tolerance and “Vasudaiva kutumbakam” or universal fraternity, in which ideals lies the strength in the relations amongst various faiths in this Hindu Kingdom. The King made this remark while addressing the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the…
singhuks@hotmail.com MAPLE GROVE, MINNESOTA, USA, April 7, 2006: The following press release was received from Umesh Singh, “source”, of the board of trustees of the Hindu Society of Minnesota. On the night of April 5, 2006, the new temple being constructed in Maple Grove by the Hindu Society of Minnesota was vandalized. Vandals broke in to the 43,000 square feet…
www.cbc.ca CANADA, April 6, 2006: Three men convicted of planning to bomb a Hindu temple in Toronto more than a decade ago were deported on Wednesday. Barry Adams, Amir Mohammed Ahmed and Abdul Baqqer were arrested in 1991 while crossing the border from the United States. They were convicted in 1994 of conspiring to bomb a temple and an East…
tinyurl.com April 7, 2006: An unusual resource is available for download in PDF form at “source.” It is a 188-page catalog of Indus Valley seals and inscriptions, running about forty items per page. In addition to the seals are pottery pieces, index of known signs and various commentaries. The photos of the seals are relatively high resolution. We’re not aware…
www.hindu.com PALANI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, April 3, 2006: Thousands of devotees offered obeisance at the Sri Dhandayuthapaniswamy temple, the third abode of Lord Muruga, during the consecration ceremony performed amidst chanting of Vedic and Tamil hymns. The Mahakumbhishekam was performed for the sanctum sanctorum, main golden tower and the towers of the sub-temple simultaneously. The temple, including the sanctum sanctorum…
www.newsonair.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, April 6, 2006: Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat today launched the first Yoga University of the country, Patanjali Yoga Peeth, a dream project of Swami Ramdev at Bahadarabad near Haridwar. In his inaugural address, Mr. Shekhawat said, Swami Ramdev has assured the right to lead a healthy and disease free life to all. Uttaranchal Chief Minister N.…
www.nytimes.com PARIS, FRANCE, April 5, 2006: Man’s first-known trip to the dentist occurred as early as 9,000 years ago, when at least 9 people living in a Neolithic village in ancient India had holes drilled into their molars and survived the procedure. The findings, to be reported Thursday in the scientific review Nature, push back the dawn of dentistry by…