inwww.rediff.com JAMMU, INDIA, October 9, 2005: HPI note: We have seen no specific reports of damage to Hindu temples as a result of the massive earthquake of October 8. One report mentions that temples and mosques were damaged, but gives no details. No damage has been caused to Vaishnodevi Shrine due to the massive earthquake that wreaked havoc in Jammu…
news.webindia123.com MOSCOW, RUSSIA, October 5, 2005: The Indian artists received wide appreciation for their performance at the nine-day Indian festival held in Russia. Renowned flute player Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia and famous violin maestro Dr. L. Subramanian enthralled the audience at International Performing Arts Centre, at the closing ceremony of the festival yesterday. In the jam-packed hall the Russian lovers…
www.adnki.com MUMBAI, INDIA, October 6, 2005: Yoga has to remain an Indian discipline. It’s in this spirit New Delhi’s health minister has approved a project of almost US$3.6 million to protect on the international level the patent on the postures involved in this ancient discipline that is an expression of Indian culture and religion, which the West has been trying…
www.hindu.com LONDON, ENGLAND, October 7, 2005: Ganesha Chaturthi festival will be celebrated on a grand-scale in London for the first time on Sunday by the Hindu Culture and Heritage Society, UK. The celebration would be organized at the Vishwa Hindu Mandir in Southall with the support of numerous temples, gurdwaras and many other organizations, Brij Mohan Gupta, Chairman of the…
www.hindu.com TIRUMALA, INDIA, October 8, 2005: For the first time in the Tirumala temple’s history the waiting time for pilgrims in the general queue lines for darshan has touched a staggering 122 hours. A pilgrim opting for a free-darshan sudarshan token at 5.00 p.m., on Friday will get his turn at 7.00 p.m., on October 12, the concluding day of…
www.hindu.com CHENNAI, INDIA, APRIL 9, 2005: The temple discovered by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), a few hundred metres to the south of the Shore Temple at Mamallapuram, near Chennai, must have been as big or even bigger than the Shore Temple, said archaeologists conducting the excavation there. The ASI had discovered massive remains of a temple on the…
news.webindia123.com LAHORE, PAKISTAN, October 4, 2005: A recent survey has revealed that Lahore has only one Hindu temple for its over a one thousand-strong Hindu population. A study conducted by the Daily Times has revealed that the city has no place where Hindus can cremate their dead. The Krishna Temple at Ravi Road is not visited by many because of…
sify.com ETAH, INDIA, October 3, 2005: As many as 3,500 Christians from 81 villages adopted Hinduism in Etah on Sunday. After a yagna (fire ceremony), the converts had food together and vowed to serve the Hindu community at a program organized by the Dharm Jagran Samiti. Yogi Aditya Nath, MP, who was also present at the function, said those who…
www.thejakartapost.com BALI, INDONESIA, October 6, 2005: The Hindu Balanese turned the resort island into a gigantic shrine of devotion on Wednesday, with colorful offerings and solemn rituals performed simultaneously at thousands of temples in a festival to mark the victory of good over evil. The Galungan religious celebration came just four days after terrorists bombed Bali for a second time…
news.webindia123.com INDIA, October 6, 2005: Internationally renowned marine archaeologist Dr. S. R. Rao today called for preservation of underwater cultural heritage, particularly the Dwarka city, believed to have been built by Lord Krishna in Gujarat. Speaking at the 7th national conference on marine archaeology of Indian ocean countries at the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Dr. Rao regretted that many…