www.newindpress.com KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, October 10, 2005: West Bengal is alive with festivities in honor of Goddess Durga in October. The news release explains, “The festivities begin from Mahasashthi (the sixth day from the day after Mahalaya), when the priest unveils the Goddess Durga during a puja known as bodhan. This is followed by the three main days of Mahasaptami,…
www.newkerala.com DHAKA, BANGLADESH, October 18, 2005: Insecurity and panic gripped local Hindu and Christian communities after their places of worship came under attack by suspected militant Muslim youths in northern Bangladesh, media reports said Sunday. Five people were injured in an attack Saturday on a Hindu temple in the farming town of Peergacha some 380 km north of here, the…
www.nchtuk.org LONDON, ENGLAND, October 17, 2005: Bimal Krishna das, their general secretary, announces that the National Council of Hindu temples (UK) has launched its website. For more information on news and views of the British Hindu community please visit them at “source” above.
www.orlandosentinel.com CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, October 9, 2005: Hundreds of local Hindus with roots from all corners of India and across the world have been coming together at the Hindu Temple of Greater Orlando to celebrate the female side of divinity in a 10-day community festival of color, folk music, song, dance and worship. The annual fall festival, which began Tuesday, honors…
www.newindpress.com September 22, 2005: In this news release Ratna Rajaiah expounds about the many uses for bamboo. Rajaiah proposes that this well-known plant may one day be prized as a precious commodity. Rajaiah says, “In May of this year, Newsweek magazine featured 12 of the most exciting designs of the year — everything from the new Sony Portable Music Player…
www.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON, D.C., October 11, 2005: The Air Force, facing a lawsuit over alleged proselytizing, has withdrawn a document that permitted chaplains to evangelize military personnel who were not affiliated with any faith, Pentagon officials said yesterday. The document was circulated at the Air Force Chaplain School until eight weeks ago. It was a “code of ethics” for chaplains that…
www.startribune.com MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES, October 12, 2005: A 42,000-square-foot Hindu temple is under construction on 20 acres of former farmland in Maple Grove at a cost of over US$8 million. The traditional-styled temple, built on Vaastu Shastra guidelines will serve Minnesota’s Hindu community of nearly 20,000 people. At present, Minnesota Hindus have a temple in former Methodist church in Northeast…
www.tirupatitimes.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, October 13, 2005: The famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala near here has fetched a record total collections of about US$2 million during the nine-day annual Brahmotsavam festivals that concluded on October 12. The TTD Executive Officer, A. P. V. N. Sarma told the press at Tirumala this afternoon that this Brahmotsavam had about 30%…
relwatch1@msn.com USA, October 14, 2005: Richard Cimino, researcher with the publication Religion Watch, makes this request: “I am writing my dissertation on the topic of religion and the applied sciences and technology. Part of this research is interviewing members of different religious traditions on how their faith impacts their work in technological fields. Hinduism seems uniquely adaptive to working in…
www.dailytimes.com.pk KOLKATA, INDIA, October 11, 2005: Hindus in India and Nepal on Monday celebrated the start of the Durga Puja festival with colorful processions to honour the 10-armed deity revered for slaying a demon king. Durga Puja is celebrated with fervor by Bengalis, the ethnic group dominant in the eastern city of Kolkata, the capital of India’s West Bengal state,…