www.hindu.com PALANI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, March 10, 2006: Amid protests from a section of traders and members of Navabaashana Idol Protection Committee, the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Dhandayuthapaniswamy Temple, the third of six abodes of Lord Muruga, was closed here on Thursday after special pujas and homams that marked the commencement of 21-day renovation work. The garbagriham will remain closed…
Press Release SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, March 9, 2006: The Hindu American Foundation (HAF), through its law firm, has been in continual correspondence with the California State Board of Education (SBE) and California Department of Education (CDE) for the past several months demanding a fair and open process in the textbook adoption process. HAF became involved after two Hindu groups, the Hindu…
www.sfgate.com SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, March 6, 2006: HPI note: The following opinion piece by Vamsee Juluri appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Open Forum page. Has Hinduism been insulted in California history textbooks? Will the state be forced to change the six new social studies textbooks’ depictions of this religion? The state Board of Education is scheduled to have the…
abcnews.go.com VARANASI, INDIA, March 8, 2006: India’s ancient holy city of Varanasi shut down on Wednesday in a protest against bomb blasts in a Hindu temple and a railway station which killed 15 people, but there were no reports of any sectarian backlash. Armed police mounted a strict vigil during the shut down, called by Hindu groups after Varanasi, one…
Hinduism Today SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, March 9, 2006: The California State Board of Education approved a few additional changes to the proposed textbooks for social studies at the conclusion of its meeting today. They took public testimony on a proposed slate of change, or “edits,” which was the result of a committee meeting of February 27 (see HPI, here for the…
www.sikhpioneers.org CALIFORNIA, March 9, 2006: HPI note: At “source” is a series of articles on the “Mexican Hindus” (Sikhs actually) who migrated to California around 1907 and settled around Yuba City, producing the area’s first rice crop in 1911. The immigrants faced fierce racism, including laws preventing them from owning land. Immigration laws were then changed to prevent further immigration,…
www.dailypioneer.com VARANASI, INDIA, March 8, 2006: A deathly silence descended on this holy town as temple bells fell silent and people rushed home after a series of bomb blasts on Tuesday evening left at least 20 people dead and more than a hundred injured, many of whom are battling for their lives. Seven bombs were later defused, including four that…
www.cbc.ca VARANASI, INDIA, March 8, 2006: Security forces deployed to holy sites across India on Wednesday after terrorist bombings killed 20 people in Hinduism’s holiest city, sparking anger among its residents and worry about possible widespread sectarian violence. A mob of angry Hindus briefly blocked the motorcade of Mulayam Singh Yadav, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state, when he…
www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk ENGLAND, March 4, 2006: More than 30 funerals a week are being carried out on the River Soar after it was blessed with water from the sacred Ganges. Families from America, Italy, Germany and France are now coming to Barrow-upon-Soar for the ritual scattering of ashes of loved ones. The practice is traditional for Hindus, Sikhs and Jains who…
www.c-n.com MILLSTONE, NEW JERSEY, February 22, 2006: Millstone Borough may seem like an unlikely destination for worshippers of a 19th century Indian saint. The historic town, settled in 1690, contains buildings older than the Declaration of Independence, hosted General George Washington and was the setting of several Revolutionary War skirmishes. With less than 500 residents and smaller than a square…