www.hindustantimes.com VARANASI, INDIA, March 10, 2006: Founder of Art of Living and eminent spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shanker said here on Friday that good sanskar (moral values) could check terrorist activities across the globe. Ravi Shanker, who visited the Sankat Mochan Temple where a blast occurred last Tuesday, said that the parents should inculcate good moral and ethical values…
www.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 9, 2006: The Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of parliament, was once again adjourned on Thursday. This time it was over a book published by a Christian missionary group that contained “insulting remarks” against Hindu gods. Raising the issue in the House during Zero Hour (a time set aside in the schedule for members to…
Shresthaavon@aol.com NEPAL, COLORADO, March 10, 2006: The first Nepali Sanatan Community Temple has established in USA at Denver, Colorado by the active Nepali community who lives Colorado, according to this press release received from “source.” The temple is located in Brighton, (Denver), Colorado, USA on 218 N. 6th Avenue and occupies about 14,000 square feet of land. It was established…
www.eastandard.net KENYA, March 12, 2006: The Hindu Council of Kenya has donated about Kenya Shillings 5 million (US$69,000) worth of foodstuff to famine ravaged areas. The council has also appealed to its branches and member institutions to heed the national call for famine relief. The secretary general Sunil Shah, told The Standard that the project mostly targeted schools in drought-stricken…
Press Reports KATHMANDU, NEPAL, March 8, 2006: A teenage boy in Nepal whose followers believe he is the reincarnation of Buddha is missing after 10 months of meditation, reportedly without food or water, officials said Saturday. Followers of Ram Bahadur Banjan, 15, reported his disappearance and a police team has been sent to the jungles of Bara, about 160 kilometers…
www.news-journalonline.com DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, March 11, 2006: Suryakant “Sam” Patel watched coverage of President Bush’s visit to India on a satellite television behind the reception counter at his Ocean Holiday Motel. Besides keeping in touch with his homeland, Patel wants to bring a fixture of his native culture to Daytona Beach. Patel is president of the Hindu Cultural Association of…
www.dcmilitary.com WASHINGTON, D.C., March 10, 20060: On Friday afternoons around lunchtime, a small group gathers in the Bolling Chapel Center of Bolling Air Force Base here to discuss one of the oldest religions in the world – Hinduism. While there isn’t a Hindu chaplain in the Air Force, the group fills the void with guest speakers, discussions about the religion,…
www.telegraphindia.com RANCHI, INDIA, March 10, 2006: That Holi is a festival of colors and love and friendship is all very fine, but it has an ugly side to it as well, and many of the city schools seem to have experienced it in the last few years. And that’s the reason why they have issued warnings to students to abstain…
www.becketfund.org FLUSHING, NEW YORK, March 10, 2006 The Becket Fund (“source”) sent the following press release: “In a resounding victory for the current Trustees of the Hindu Temple Society in Queens, all of the candidates representing the incumbent Temple Trustees won election to the Board. Justice Golia of the New York Supreme Court announced the results at a hearing today…
HPI KAPAA, HAWAII, March 1, 2006: Hinduism Today has issued its first official podcast of publisher Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reading his editorial from the upcoming April/May/June 2006 issue. Subscribe to it for free via the iTunes Music Store and have each new editorial automatically downloaded to your computer and/or iPod each quarter (download iTunes for Mac or Windows if you…