www.courant.com HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, USA, October 29, 2005: (HPI note: the following article is one of several that are appearing in the mainstream USA press to explain Deepavali, or Diwali) Growing up in Mumbai, India, Beena Pandit remembers the sights and sounds of the Hindu holiday of Diwali, a time of celebration that marks the year’s end. The house was filled…
HPI MUMBAI, INDIA, October 26, 2005: (HPI note: Following is, in full, the statement and resolutions issued by the Acharya Summit recently concluded in Mumbai.) In this second Conference of the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, Heads of ancient Sampradayas, which collectively constitute Sanatana Dharma (Hindu Dharma) deliberated on various issues of importance to Hindu Society. Seventy-two Acharyas of Mathas, Mahamandalesvars…
headlines.sify.com LONDON, UK, October 23, 2005: London: Over 100 British lawmakers, senior ministers and diplomats are expected to attend the Diwali celebrations at the House of Commons, Britain’s Lower House of Parliament, here on Thursday. Colorful Indian dances, melodious music, traditional food, rangoli, Sanskrit hymns and icons of Hindu Deities will transform the normally sober Members Dining Room at the…
Indo-Asian News Service JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, October 24, 2005: Traffic came to a standstill on South Africa’s busiest freeway as a celebration related to Diwali in the heart of the city’s cultural and art hub attracted more than 10,000 people Saturday. The “Newtown Diwali Festival” proved to be a huge success, as Zulu dance came combined with Kathak and Bharatanatyam.…
Times of India NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 23, 2005: Four years after its first brick was laid, the sprawling pink sandstone and white marble Akshardham temple complex on the banks of Yamuna will finally throw open its gates to visitors on November 8. Begun by the BAPS Swaminarayan sect in 2001, the temple will be officially inaugurated on November 6.…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, October 26, 2005: Much is written about Tirupati, often with a political point slant. But an in-depth, 20-page article on that amazing temple, coming in Hinduism Today’s January-February-March 2006 issue (available in early December ’05) is entirely from religious point of view–the result is a highly inspired report, and a rich insight into current Hinduism’s vibrancy. The…
Rajiv Malik, HPI Correspondent, PORBANDAR, GUJARAT, INDIA, October 25, 2005: (HPI note: Hinduism Today will be covering the February, 2006, festival at Sandipani. In preparation, our correspondent went to the site and filed this pre-event report) “Temples in our country and in the Hindu tradition have always enjoyed a very unique and important place in the lives of people. In…
www.newindpress.com LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, October 26, 2005: On Sunday, a total of 6,000 bulbs will be switched on to mark the beginning of glittering Diwali celebrations along the Golden Mile on Belgrave Road, mainly inhabited by Asians of Gujarati origin. Amidst milling crowds of over 100,000, the garland of lights will be switched on by Ramanbhai Barber, president of Shree…
inwww.rediff.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 26, 2005: The Supreme Court has shifted Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi’s trial in the Sankararaman murder case outside Tamil Nadu. The trial will now take place in Pondicherry. The verdict was pronounced by a bench comprising Chief Justice R. C. Lahoti and Justice G. P. Mathur. The seer had petitioned the Supreme Court saying that…
Times of India NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 21, 2005: Tradition met commerce today in an outpouring of love across the city as fasting women — from the housewife to the executive — prayed for their husbands’ long life. It was Karva Chauth. And where only romance had blossomed with marriage still a distance away, it turned into an occasion for…