www.theledger.com FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, 5 July, 2005: The Swaminarayan Hindu Temple in Polk County was formally consecrated last Sunday concluding five days of ceremonies. His Holiness, Acharya Maharajshree Koshalendraprasadji Maharaj, presided over the final act of consecration. The consecration of a Swaminarayan temple saw devotees from as far away as Detroit and Houston and the United Kingdom. The temple, along…
www.babalokenath.org CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, July 5, 2005: Thousands of lives were touched this spring by Sri Sri Shuddhanandaa’s vibrant distillations of ancient Vedic wisdom as he toured the U.K. and the four eastern states of the U.S.A. from May 1 – July 5, making presentations on the Simple Art of Managing Stress (SAMS). Shuddhanandaa, also simply called Baba, is the Founder…
news.bbc.co.uk AYODHYA, INDIA, July 5, 2005: Indian police have killed five gunmen who attacked a flashpoint religious site in the northern city of Ayodhya. A sixth man is thought to have died triggering the blast which began the raid. A two-hour gunfight raged at the complex, claimed by Hindus and Muslims. Religious sites across India are on high alert following…
actualidad.terra.es/provincias/ceuta/ articulo/ceuta_construira_templo_hindu_383057.htm CEUTA, SPAIN, July 4, 2005: (translated from original Spanish) Ceuta will construct a Hindu temple between the years 2006 and 2008. The Council of Government gave the approval yesterday to a proposal from the advisor of Education, Culture and Sport, Mabel Deu, to establish a financing reserve during the next three years for the construction of a Hindu…
www.trinidadexpress.com TRINIDAD, July 6, 2005: Art, literature and culture will be featured in a one-month vacation course for children. Organized by the Hindu Prachar Kendra, the course is open for children five years and older. Studies will be based on the Ramdilla arts, literature and culture at the Kendra’s headquarters at Raghunanan Road, Enterprise. The course will be held from…
www.hinducounciluk.org LONDON, ENGLAND, July 4, 2005: The Immigration Minister, Tony McNulty, MP, invited on 30th June 2005, Anil Bhanot, HCUK General Secretary, and Dr. Narayan Rao, HCUK Director and Vice Chair of the Interfaith Network, to talk about the Pujari issue (a pujari is a priest who conducts the worship in a Hindu temple). The issue centers on whether pujaris…
www.swamiramsukhdasji.org RISHIKESH, INDIA, July 3, 2005: Today morning, reads this announcement from his ashram, at approximately 3:40 a.m. Swami Ramsukhdasji left his mortal body at Gita Bhavan No.3, Swargashram, Rishikesh. He was 102. He was one of the most revered saints of Uttaranchal and was the current head of Gita Press. He wrote over 50 books for Gita Press. As…
sify.com JAMMU, INDIA, July 3, 2005: Despite inclement weather, over 50,000 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the Amarnath cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas so far, officials said on Sunday. “As many as 50,327 pilgrims have had darshan of the ice Lingam of Lord Siva at Amarnath cave shrine via Baltal route till today,” Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB)…
www.burmaissues.org RANGOON, BURMA (MYANMAR), June 16, 2005: Burmese authorities recently surveyed the population of Hindu people in Arakan state, but other communities were excluded from the survey, reported a Hindu community leader from Akyab. The district administrators from four districts of Arakan state conducted the survey during the past few weeks as per the Rangoon authority’s instructions. But there is…
www.crosswalk.com VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, June 23, 2005: Ever since the state of Victoria in Australia passed the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act in early 2002, the outcome has become controversial, according to this report from Crosswalk.com, a Christian news agency. Premier Bob Carr of New South Wales, a neighboring state, says, “Religious vilification laws are difficult because determining what is or…