www.dailyexpress.com.my LABUAN, EAST MALAYSIA, February 18, 2006 The 31-year-old “Thirumurugan” Hindu Temple will hold its “Maha Kumbabhishagam” (consecration) ceremony tomorrow (Sunday). It is the third time that the temple is holding such a ceremony and five priests from Kuala Lumpur would be present for the auspicious occasion. Chairman of the event’s organizing committee, R. Ramasamy, said musicians from Kuala Lumpur…
news.webindia123.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 17, 2006: Yoga and physical activities will be made mandatory in schools to prevent the onset of lifestyle-related illnesses among the younger generation, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said here Friday. “Non-communicable diseases like heart attacks, diabetes and cancer are slowly affecting the young age group and lack of physical activity is definitely one of the…
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…