www.thepost.co.za LENASIA, SOUTH AFRICA, February 15, 2006: The annual Sivaratri Yatra undertaken by the Hindu communities of Lenasia and Laudium takes place on Sunday. In Laudium, the procession organized by the Pretoria Hindu Organization will begin at 8am from the Sivan Alayam on a seven-kilometer route that will also pass the Vishnu Mandir before ending at the Seva Samaj Mandir.…
www.hindustantimes.com LONDON, ENGLAND, February 16, 2006: Greek authorities have ordered an Athen discotheque to remove one advertisement of a whiskey brand, which used the image of goddess Durga, after it irked Hindus around the world, a community leader said on Thursday. The offending poster was removed from the discotheque as a result of direct communication from the Greek Embassy in…
www.hindustantimes.com LONDON, ENGLAND, February 17, 2006: The controversy over the offending posters at a Disco Bar in Athens showing Durga promoting whisky has finally ended with an apology from the makers of the particular brand, the US-based Southern Comfort Whisky makers. After a quick intervention by the Greek Embassy in Delhi, officials in Athens had got the poster removed. Now…
www.ibnlive.com KENDRAPARA, ORISSA, INDIA, February 12, 2006: Some traditions become so unique to a place that — despite many generations passing between them — they die hard. In Orissa’s Kendrapara’s Rajkanika village, there is an age-old and a unique tradition where Hindus are not cremated but buried after death. In this remote village, nearly 200,000 Hindus do not cremate their…
Paras Romoutar TRINIDAD, February 13, 2006: Trinidadian-born Dr. Anantanand Rambachan is now in Brazil to address the Ninth Assembly of the World Council of Churches, February 14 to 23. Dr. Rambachan, brother of the mayor of Chaguanas, Dr. Surujrattan Rambachan, is Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College (http://www.stolaf.edu/), of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The assembly, held once…
www.lokvani.com BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, February 4, 2006: Harvard Professor Michael Witzel spoke at a forum defending his position in the California Textbook adoption process. The forum was organized by Dharma Club of Harvard University on February 3. The members of the club, who were discussing the issue of textbooks and role of Professor Michael Witzel in this process, decided to invite…
www.historytextbooks.org NEW YORK, NEW YORK, February 16, 2006: HPI Note: The American Textbook Council was formed to evaluate social studies and history books used in American schools. This particular report is on California textbooks, but does not address the issue of Hinduism. Rather, it is a wide-ranging and informative critique of the books under consideration now by California, about which…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA, February 14, 2006: The detention of Christian missionaries, who were allegedly trying to convert earthquake-affected people of Uri Tehsil in Jammu and Kashmir under the garb of providing relief, has once again brought to light the role of missionaries in the state under scanner. The missionaries, claiming to be members of the Bible Society…
www.newindpress.com SHIMLA, INDIA, February 15, 2006: A desperate hunt has been launched for thieves who stole a 1,100-year-old Deity of Hindu God Ganesha from a temple. The almost two-feet high, eight-armed 22-kg Deity in stone was placed in the courtyard of the Hatkoti temple, some 100 km from here. It was stolen from there in the wee hours of Monday.…
newstodaynet.com CHENNAI, INDIA, February 15, 2006: Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa today allotted a sum of US$2.6 million to carry out repairs and renovation works of temple parade chariots in 241 temples across the State. In an official press release here, Chief Minister said she had been receiving appeals from devotees to repair the temple chariots. Following this, Jayalalithaa granted funds…