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.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.
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…