in.rediff.com JAMMU, INDIA, June 17, 2005: Private carrier Jagson Airlines, which operates between Delhi and Himachal Pradesh, will start helicopter operations for Amarnath pilgrims with 44 daily services to the holy shrine from Srinagar and Baltal in Jammu and Kashmir. The air trip bypasses several days of difficult hiking to the mountain cave shrine to Lord Siva. The chopper operations,…
www.hindustantimes.com KOLKATA, INDIA, June 9, 2005: Polar opposites, science and spirituality, have been forced to come together. Technology today helps bring people closer to God. The latest way to worship is through the mobile phone. Wireless content provider Mauj Telecom, recently announced the launch of a spiritual channel for mobile users. The channel promises to enable consumers to perform their…
www.c-n.com SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, June 17, 2005: Arsha Bodha Center, an ashram in Somerset, NJ, celebrated the consecration of its temple and the inauguration of its new building this past weekend. The function was attended by State Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula and Consul for Education and Culture Rabindranath Panda. An article in the local paper is available at “source.” For further…
hinduyouthukleicester@hotmail.co.uk LEICESTER, ENGLAND, June 19, 2005: Hindu Youth UK are proud to be offered the opportunity to volunteer for a three-day Hanuman Yagya over the August Bank Holiday. Samanvay Parivar, who are hosting the program, require assistance. For those of you that would like to volunteer and give your service in the presence of Shri Swami Satyamitra Anandji, please e-mail…
Punjab Kesari (Hindi Edition) NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 19, 2005: Prayag Peeth’s Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Madhavananda Saraswati passed away this morning at 9.30 am at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences [AIIMS]. He was 67. Leaders of all the political parties of India have expressed condolence on the death of Shankaracharya. Devotees and others could have the last…
www.orlandosentinel.com ORLANDO, FLORIDA, June 17, 2005: When the helicopter hovering above the new Hindu Temple in Casselberry showers the building with rose petals Sunday morning, Central Florida’s religious landscape will never be the same. “It’s like building a cathedral,” says Shobana Daniell, a member of the Hindu Society of Central Florida. A sign posted outside the nearby social hall describes…
in.rediff.com NEW JERSEY, U.S.A., June 9, 2005: Dada J. P. Vaswani, spiritual head of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, will be 87-years old in August and upholds his Sindhi tradition with total dedication and enthusiasm. It was during a US visit to a Sadhna camp in Hamilton, New Jersey, that Rediff’s New York-based correspondent, Monika Joshi, was able to interview Dada…
news.bbc.co.uk MUMBAI, INDIA, June 17, 2005: Four American missionaries have been asked to leave India for what police say is a violation of visa regulations. The missionaries were attacked by a Hindu mob in India’s western city Mumbai (Bombay) on Saturday evening during a Bible reading session, according to this BBC report. Police said three of them were treated for…
www.prweb.com SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, June 15, 2005: Is religion gaining ground in America, or are people simply looking harder for answers? Religion and spirituality books are selling strongly, while the number of Americans not identified with religion is rising. It appears that more and more people are seeking God on their own rather than through established belief systems, says…
www.hindu.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, June 16, 2005: Schoolchildren in Delhi seem to be finally learning to eat right and their latest mantra reads: “Think brown.” And if the first detailed adherence report submitted by Delhi schools is anything to go by, educational institutions here have finally shifted to the menu chart prescribed by the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),…