autofeed.msn.co.in BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA, June 13, 2005: Amid chants of Sanskrit prayers, some 2,300 students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received their graduate and undergraduate degrees in Cambridge. Swami Tyagananda, the institution’s Hindu chaplain, offered an invocation in the language of the Gods to reflect the large international crowd’s spirit of unity and goodwill. “May we come together…
www.hindustantimes.com MINNEAPOLIS, UNITED STATES, 13 June, 2005: “A few years ago, we could not have thought of having such a large number of people registering for an introductory three-day course on Ayurveda. But now this is a reality,” said, Vandana Tilak, an Ayurveda practitioner in California and organizer of a three-day seminar-cum-workshop on this Indian system of medicine at the…
www.orlandosentinel.com ORLANDO, FLORIDA, June 12, 2005: When newly married Shivani Lad, 25, sent out her wedding invitations two months ago, the first invitation went to the Hindu God Shrinathji. As is the custom, one invitation was delivered to the Hindu temple first and then to specific family members in a certain order before being sent out en masse. Formerly Shivani…
autofeed.msn.co.in SHIMLA, INDIA, June 11, 2005: It’s a glittering sari threaded with silver and silk that took two years to make and costs Rs.200,000 — US$4,500! And the handicraft marvel is the center of attraction for tourists and locals at an exhibition currently on in this popular resort town of Himachal Pradesh. The maker of this colorful sari can be…
en.wikipedia.org USA, June 17, 2005: Our thanks to HPI reader Thanneer for the following excellent suggestion: “I’m sure you have heard of this famous online encyclopedia called Wikipedia (here) The unique feature of this website is you can edit the pages and you can create new ones. I would like to highlight that on articles relating to Hinduism, many are…
Archana Dongre TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, June 12, 2005: Even the skies had become softer, shielding everyone with a blanket of clouds from the harsh summer Sunday, June 11, when the inauguration ceremony of the Chinmaya Mission’s new center “Mithila” began at 10.30 a.m., under specially erected white canopies in the parking lot of Mithila’s premises at 655 South B Street here.…
The Hamilton Spectator HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, June 4, 2005: The Hindu Samaj congregation in Hamilton will move forward with an official launch of their temple on July 3rd, even though the temple is short on funds to complete the building. The temple was destroyed in a post-9/11 fire set by arsonists believing the temple connected to Muslims. So far the…
www.zeenews.com LEH, INDIA, June 12, 2005: Observing that there was improvement in Sino-India ties, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India will take up with that country the issue of opening up of the route to Kailash Mansarovar through Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir. “We will made an effort,” he told reporters at Leh Airport when asked whether there was…
autofeed.msn.co.in THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, June 12, 2005: With the rains lashing Kerala, ayurveda clinics are having a boom time. Be they big or small, tourist resorts across the state are getting Indian and foreign visitors seeking ayurvedic treatment in large numbers. Ayurveda is India’s ancient medical science that claims to cure a wide variety of ailments, ranging from the simple cold…
www.lse.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, June 12, 2005: Scouts no longer have to swear their allegiance to God and the Queen in a move meant to embrace ethnic minorities and people of different faiths. For nearly 100 years, all Scouts have had to swear a pledge, invented by the movement’s 1907 founder Lord Baden-Powell, in which they promise “that I will do…