HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, February 9, 2006; Readers send two corrections to recent articles. First, the new Hindu temple in Indiana is actually the second for that state, not the first. The first, dedicated in September, 2005, was the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Temple in Avon, here. Second, in our article on the Sanskrit-Catalan dictionary, it was wrongly stated Catalan language is…
www.himalayanacademy.com KAUAI, HAWAII, February 9, 2006: HPI and Hinduism Today have launched a modest effort to provide on-line scanned versions of hard-to-find or out-of-print Saiva Agama texts. Available at “source” are Sanskrit versions of Kamika Agama, Uttara Karana Agama and Purva Karana Agama. These are PDF files. We are interested in anyone who has copies of other of the 28…
www.hindu.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, February 3, 2006: Three massive pilgrim accommodation complexes would soon be built at a cost of US$11.6 million at Tirumala, the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara. In its monthly meeting held on the hills today, the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam Board that administers the hill temple has also decided to install the granite deities of Astadikpalakas at…
www.indystar.com INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, USA, February 6, 2006: With the symbols of their God in place, Hindus who joyously celebrated the statues’ arrival Sunday can today begin regular worship in the new Hindu Temple of Central Indiana. “This is the only temple in the whole state of Indiana,” said board chairman Girdhar Ahuja, one of hundreds who helped sanctify the new…
www.sandipani.org PORBANDAR, GUJARAT, Feburary 5, 2006: Praised as one of the grandest temples of Gujarat, the Shri Hari Mandir situated at Sandipani Vidyaniketan, Porbandar, was officially opened by The Honourable Vice-President of India, Shri Bhairon Singhji Shekhavat, on February, 4, 2006. The temple, inspired by Pujya Bhaishri Rameshbhai Oza, is situated within Sandipani Vidyaniketan, a renowned educational institution. Other dignitaries…
www.hinduamericanfoundation.org USA, February 4, 2005: The Hindu American Foundation (“HAF”) announces the start of the HAF Legal Defense and Education Fund Drive. Through the month of March, HAF asks Hindus across the U.S. and from around the world to contribute generously to enable its work at this critical juncture in Hindu American history. The goal of the HAF Legal Defense…
www.europapress.es BARCELONA, SPAIN, January 26, 2006: HPI note: Catalan is Spain’s second most widely spoken language. It is spoken or understood by as many as 12 million people who live in northwestern Spain and the Balearic Islands, in Andorra and also in parts of France and Italy. translated from Spanish. Enciclopedia Catalan publishing house of Barcelona (in collaboration with the…
www.newkerala.com VRINDAVAN, UTTAR PARDESH, INDIA, February 4, 2006: Many of us know that Holi, the festival of colors, is celebrated only on a specific day across India. But for people of Vrindavan, the holy city where Lord Krishna spent his childhood, it is a long time affair. Marking the advent of spring, which will eventually culminate into nation-wide festivities in…
alumni.iiitm.ac.in INDIA, February 6, 2006: (HPI note: The original date of this inspiring speech by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India, is not clear to us. Below is the opening paragraphs. For the full text, click “source” above.) “I have three visions for India. In 3,000 years of our history, people from all over the world have come and invaded…
HPI CALIFORNIA, February 6, 2006: The California textbook controversy continues to generate new articles. Rajeev Srinivasan writes, “I was once looking through the ‘Great Books’ series from Harvard University: this is widely used as reading material in college. In the introduction to the Bhagavad Gita, the compiler of the volumes says something — I paraphrase — to the effect that…