news.webindia123.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, June 26, 2005: A fire broke out at Nepal’s revered Pashupatinath temple complex Sunday, damaging a building and gutting old documents. The fire broke out at around 11 p.m. at the Agam Griha, officials of the Pashupatinath Area Development Trust entrusted with looking after the temple – one of the most hallowed Hindu pilgrimage sites – told…
www.betterhumans.com USA, June 24, 2005: A study of physician religious beliefs has found that 76% of doctors in America believe in God and 59% believe in an afterlife. The survey, by researchers at the University of Chicago, found that 90% of US doctors attend religious services at least occasionally, compared to 81% of all adults, and 55% say their religious…
Press Release KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, May 22, 2005: Shubha Bhat, 18-year-old senior at Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA, performed a benefit concert here at Netaji Auditorium on May 21. Her Bharata Natyam recital was to raise funds for the Ramakrishna Mission’s Single Mother support Programme and the educational needs of the underprivileged children at the Mission’s Kindergarten. The Guest…
www.orlandosentinel.com ORLANDO, FLORIDA, June 20, 2005: Sunday’s ceremonies to celebrate the new Hindu Temple offered a feast of color, sound, scents and flavors. Priests and Indian women inside the temple wore a palette of bright and jewel-toned colors in their traditional garb. Conversations were muted by sounds of chanting and drumming. Smells of incense wafted through the air. Outside at…
www.worldsreligionsafter911.com MONTREAL, CANADA, June 21, 2005: The Conference issued the following press release: “It is with great pleasure that we inform you of the upcoming international event: ‘World’s Religions after September 11: A Global Congress.” This gathering, which will bring together people from all over the globe, will be held in the beautiful city of Montreal, Canada from September 11…
Kalyani Giri HOUSTON, USA, June 26, 2005: The consecration ceremonies at the newly constructed Shrinath Ji temple Nandalaya, is being celebrated with much reverence and delight in this city over this weekend. The socio-religious organization Vallabh Priti Seva Samaj (VPSS) opened the doors of the state-of-the-art US$7 million, 40, 000 sq. foot premises built on 8 acres of land to…
patft.uspto.gov KAUAI, HAWAII, USA, June 26, 2005: Curious just what about yoga was being patented in the USA, HPI made a preliminary investigation on the US Patent’ Office’s web site, here. We found 134 patents with the word “yoga” mentioned in them (click “source” for the list), 48 with the word “ayurveda” and 134 for “tumeric.” At first glance, the…
Religion News Service WASHINGTON, D.C., June 24, 2005: Religious institutions may be more vulnerable to takeover through eminent domain after the June 23 Supreme Court ruling that gives local governments greater power to seize properties for private economic development, according to some religious and civil rights advocacy groups. Churches, mosques, synagogues and other nonprofit religious entities are considered especially at…
www.indianexpress.com KANDADEVI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, 25 June, 2005: After the Madras High Court ruling, for the first time in eight years, Dalits in this southern Tamil Nadu hamlet got to push the 300-year-old ornate chariot that bears a Lord Siva murthi (icon) recently. However, police sneaked in over 25 Dalits who were acceptable to the upper caste Thevar leaders, while…
www.newindpress.com MAJULI, HIMALAYA, INDIA, 25 June, 2005: The world’s largest river island of Majuli, set in the immense Brahmaputra river, is all set to be listed as a World Heritage Site with hundreds of islanders waiting to celebrate its international recognition. “Majuli deserves to be listed as a World Heritage Site for its great cultural landscape and hence we sent…