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…
www.pib.nic.in NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 15, 2006: India and Mauritius have decided to further strengthen cooperation in the area of Tourism and Culture. Both the countries have agreed to exchange expertise in the area of island tourism, human resource development and joint marketing of tourism destinations. In a meeting between visiting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism of Mauritius,…
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…
www.bernama.com.my KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, February 11, 2006: More than a million Hindu devotees converged at the Sri Subramaniyar Temple grounds in Batu Caves here Saturday to fulfil vows and pay penitence in conjunction with the Thaipusam festival which began Friday night. Thaipusam is celebrated by Hindus in remembrance of the Goddess Parvathi who gave her son Lord Muruga a holy…
www.cde.ca.gov SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, February 15, 2006: The “Committee of the State Board of Education On 2005 History-Social Science Primary Adoption” has scheduled a public meeting for February 27 at the Department’s headquarters in Sacramento. This meeting is to “To consider edits and corrections, and any errors, objections, and comments, for the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade primary adoption of history-social…
www.prnoticias.com SPAIN, February 13, 2006: Globus Communication, a branch of the Sweden’s Bonnier Group, has just released to the Spanish market the Spanish language edition of Yoga Journal, the yoga magazine with the greatest circulation and prestige anywhere in the world. Yoga Journal was born in 1975 in the United States, where it has a print run of 334,000 units…
thestar.com.my PENANG, MALAYSIA, February 11, 2006: Five elephants made their debut at the Thaipusam celebrations here making this year’s festival even more meaningful. Devotees were seen bowing their heads before the elephants at the carpark of the Penang Municipal Park to seek blessings from Lord Ganesh, often referred to as the Elephant God. The one bull and four cow elephants…
www.hindulife.nl NETHERLANDS, February 9, 2006: After the unveiling of the national Indian immigration monument in June, 2004, the Sarnami Institute has now succeeded with its second important achievement: the opening of the Sarnami House. The Sarnami House is a center devoted to the immigration history, language and culture of the Hindustaanse, the Dutch Indian immigrants from Surinam. It also functions…