Vietnamese Turn to Yoga

vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn VIETNAM, November 20, 2005: While the Vietnamese are enjoying the benefits of development, some of the accompanying pitfalls – stressful jobs, less time for extracurricular activities, and maybe even a few extra pounds – have inspired many women to take up yoga, a simple, healthy answer to all of these problems. Trung Hieu and Thanh Ha report: Hao, a…

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Indian Hospitals to Have “AYUSH” Doctors

www.pib.nic.in DELHI, INDIA, November 13, 2005: As part of the strategy to mainstream AYUSH (Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy Systems etc.) and reinforce healthcare delivery through Primary Health Network, the Government has decided to appoint AYUSH doctors in Primary Health Centres and Community Health Centres. Initially, AYUSH doctors and medicines would be made available in single doctor Primary Health Centres…

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Dutch Christians Target Hindus for Conversion

www.evangelie-hindoes.nl. HOLLAND, November 19, 2005: A new foundation called Gospel and Hindus (Evangelie en Hindoes) is starting up in Rotterdam on December 2nd, 2005. It aims at serving the Christian churches in the Netherlands and Flanders (Dutch-speaking part of Belgium) to “witness to Hindus and to love them as their neighbours.” It will provide information about Hindus in Netherlands and…

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Thais Revere Hindu Gods

The Nation THAILAND, November 13, 2005: For generations, Hindu Gods and Goddesses have occupied a special place in the hearts and minds of many Thai Buddhists as well as foreign visitors, especially from other Asian countries. One unique place in Bangkok where you may observe or worship these deities is the Ratchaprasong intersection, where many of the city’s upscale shopping…

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Project to Record the Entire Veda

www.hindu.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, November 16, 2005: He started with no resource except his will. Almost a decade later, he is aware that only small steps in the journey have been completed. Yet the man is unflinching in his commitment of digitising Vedas. “It may take a decade or more but I am determined in my pursuit to put the available…

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Construction of Large Ram Temple Begins at Haridwar

news.webindia123.com HARIDWAR, INDIA, November 18, 2005: Swami Vishweswara Teertha of Udupi Pejawar Mutt today laid the foundation stone of a Ram temple in this pilgrim town after Bhoomi Poojan and other rituals amid chanting of Vedic hymns. A large number of sants, mahants and mahamandleshwars of both the Vaishnav and Saiva akharas and ashrams from Hardwar and other parts of…

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Saraswati Devi Mandir Opens in The Hague, Holland

www.stabroeknews.com THE HAGUE, HOLLAND, October 29, 2005: The Hague Front Saraswati Devi Mandir was recently declared open by Pandit Yoganand Ramnarain of Queens, New York. Construction of the temple complex commenced almost three years ago mostly from numerous fund-raising activities and funds donated by devotees, mandirs and businesses of the New York area. A press release from the USA Trustee…

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British Youth Head to India For IT Jobs

Sify Finance LONDON, ENGLAND, November 16, 2005: In a reversal of the outsourcing that has seen thousands of jobs lost in Britain, telesales operations are looking to fill a skills gap in the East with young Britons willing to work on Indian wages, says a report in the Australia Herald. It said that recent graduates and those with experience of…

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California Textbooks Remove Anti-Jewish Claims, Hindu Objections Postponed

www.jewishtimes.com SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, November 17, 2005: When the California state board of education voted Wednesday to adopt new social studies textbooks for elementary and middle school students, it required nearly 1,000 edits and corrections to be made to the materials. Far from the spotlight of the public debate over evolution and intelligent design in science textbooks, a less-publicized battle was…

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World’s Largest Mercury Sivalingam Installed in Ujjain

www.prweb.com UJJAIN, INDIA, November 14, 2005: Siddha Ashram (http://SiddhaAshram.org) has completed construction of a temple that is the first one of its kind in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism), as it has a large Sivalinga consisting of 1500 kilograms of Parad (mercury), the largest in the world. The opportunity to have darshan, the touch and worship of this Parad Sivalinga is accredited…

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