HPI DELHI, INDIA, July 24, 2005: Sri T. Ravi, Assistant Public Relations Officer at Tirupati Temple told Hindu Press International correspondent Rajiv Malik that a story in circulation about the temple selling land to allow construction of a Christian church at the famed Hindu temple site was completely false. The charges had even led to protests in Houston, Texas, reported…
www.hindu.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, 20 July, 2005: The Andhra Pradesh police have proposed the installation of bullet-proof doors in the Venkateswara temple complex at Tirumala. Though there was no immediate threat to the temple, combing operations on and around the hills would be stepped up. The Chittoor Superintendent of Police had been directed to spare more forces for the exercise. Other…
www.kauaiworld.com KAUAI, HAWAII, July 21, 2005: Over 600 people took in the splendid serenity of Kauai’s Hindu Monastery (home of Hinduism Today and HPI) as monastery leaders opened up the grounds for their open house. They came, according to Palaniswami, one of the monks, “because they’re spiritually alive.” And also to see immaculately maintained grounds of the monastery over-looking the…
www.hicad.us NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, July 23, 2005: Ved Prakash, Dharma Summit 2005 General Secretary, sends the following press release: The Dharma Summit 2005 will be held on August 13, 14 and 15 at Rutgers University, Student Center, 126 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ. The objective of this conference is to bring together heads of all Devalayas, spiritual institutions, and…
ar@hindu.org KAUAI, HAWAII, July 23, 2005: HPI has been requested to locate an up-to-date PowerPoint presentation which gives a general introduction to Hinduism, basic history philosophy, lifestyle, scriptures, etc, for use in teaching Hinduism in a classroom setting. If you have such a presentation, kindly contact “source.”
www.thestar.co.za KAUAI, HAWAII, July 27, 2005: Several HPI readers pointed out that the story titled “New Zealand Hindu Girl Wins Right to Keep Nose Ring” should have read “South Africa.”
www.thestar.co.za NEW ZEALAND, July 18, 2005: A girl who took her school to court for refusing to allow her to wear a nose stud has won. She claims her cultural identity was discriminated against. On Friday, the mother of 15-year-old Sunali Pillay, a Grade 11 pupil at Durban Girls’ High, secured an interim order staying a school disciplinary inquiry planned…
www.newkerala.com AGRA, INDIA, July 19, 2005: Firozabad town, located about 50 km from Agra, is known throughout the world for its glass industry, whose production quality comes next only to the Belgian glass. In all, there are 257 registered glass units in this town, manufacturing everything from glass bangles to precious lead-crystal chandeliers, being exported to European countries, where the…
www.newkerala.com MADURAI, INDIA, July 18, 2005: The first-ever public hearing on the plight of the struggle of Dalit Christians for equal rights today concluded that the community should be extended the same opportunities, facilities and benefits provided for its Hindu counterparts. (HPI adds: Dalit Christians are those of the Dalit or “Untouchable” caste of Hinduism who converted to Christianity, but…
www.newindpress.com SRINAGAR, INDIA, July 19, 2005: A major tragedy was averted during the Amarnath pilgrimage in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday with the timely detection of three explosive devices planted along the highway for the pilgrims, police said. The improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were planted in and around Ganderbal town, 22 km from this summer capital of Kashmir, on the…