www.devimandir.com TORONTO, CANADA, January 6, 2006: The Devi Mandir here announced their revamped website: “Welcome to the completely redesigned website for the Devi Mandir! With this new design comes a host of new features and content to better serve you, our loyal visitors. Aside from our regular news coming out of the Devi Mandir, we now have a section dedicated…
www.dnaindia.com KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, January 6, 2006: Sikh and Hindu communities here no more have to agonize over finding a place to cremate their dead – a funeral ground vandalized by the Taliban has been restored to them. The Afghan government has given back the possession of the cremation ground in downtown Kabul to the two communities after getting encroachments removed…
news.independent.co.uk LONDON, UK, January 2, 2006: Standing in the courtyard of the Sri Mahalakshmi Hindu temple in east London, a dozen jobless doctors are eating dhal, rice and potatoes off paper plates. Wrapped against the cold, they come here each evening when the temple serves free food. They are among thousands of overseas doctors who have flocked to Britain in…
NDTV CHENNAI, INDIA, January 4, 2006: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s offer of “Annadhanam,” or free meal scheme, has divided the Christian churches in the state. While the Protestants have welcomed the extension of the daily feeding program to seven churches after Hindu temples and dargahs (Sufi saint shrines), the Catholic Bishops Council wants it stopped. They feel that…
www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, January 8, 2006: We believe the problems with our e-mail service has been solved. All HPI reports for the first few days of January have been consolidated and are available in our archives at “source.”
HPI SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, January 8, 2005: California State Board of Education members and staff conducted a special, closed-door meeting on January 6 to revisit the Hindu requests for changes in the 6th grade social studies books currently proposed for adoption by the State. The history of the issue is, in brief, that two Hindu groups, the Hindu Education Foundation and…
www.telegraphindia.com MUMBAI, INDIA, January 4, 2006: Almost all famous temples of the country are coming together to conduct for the first time serious worldly business. On January 28 and 29, the temple teams will come together at a new five-star hotel in the city for a seminar, held at the initiative of Mumbai’s most revered mandir, the Siddhivinayak temple, to…
krishnakumari@vsnl.net THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, January 2, 2005: Two powerful community organizations of the Hindu fold in Kerala, the Nair Service Society (NSS) and the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP), have sharply differed over the issue of appointment of non-brahmins as temple priests. While the NSS held that appointment of non-brahmins as priests would dilute the long-held customs and traditions of…
www.hindu.com SOUTHWEST RANCHES, FLORIDA, December 12, 2005: Another milestone for Hindus in America took place in December with the opening of the South Florida 10,000-square-foot Hindu Temple in Southwest Ranches. Nine Deities were ceremoniously installed with elaborate pujas. One thousand Hindus attended the event. The temple is expected to serve 70,000 Hindus in the South Florida area. Rajendra Gupta, one…
in.rediff.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 7, 2005: The sacred tears of Lord Siva that have been used to make sacred malas for japa and worn by devout Saivites for centuries are now entering the mainstream in a new way. Rudraksha beads are now being used by the fashion world to enhance outfits and to wear as jewelry. The news release…