www.newkerala.com CUDDALORE, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, July 22, 2005: Police and revenue officials recovered three priceless ”panchaloha” (five metal) icons at Thangavel colony near Kaattumannar Koil in this district today. Police said the icons, each weighing about 100 kg, were recovered when a house-owner dug a pit. The recovered icons included a three-foot tall Amman, a 12-foot Nataraja and a three-foot…
www.chennaionline.com TIRUPATI, INDIA, August 8, 2005: A record offering of ten gold bars of large size, worth US$136,000, was made by an anonymous devotee in the hundi (offering box) of the famous hill shrine of lord Venkateswara at Tirumala today, temple sources said. Each of the 24 carat gold ingots, weighed one kg. They carried the markings “UAE” and “South…
HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, August 8, 2005: HPI reader Arun Marathe responds to yesterday’s request for spoken Sanskrit available on the web. He writes, “There used to be All India Radio site which used to frequently upload News in Sanskrit every day. That is “under construction” now. However, I have found a site which has some historic news recorded in audio…
www.eians.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, August 3, 2005: Hyderabad, Aug 3 (IANS) Indians travelling to Saudi Arabia have been warned not to carry religious scriptures, photographs or icons. An official statement issued here Wednesday said that religious activities in private residences or undertaking missionary or preaching activities are banned in Saudi Arabia and could invite stringent punishment. C.R. Banswal, principal secretary (political)…
news.bbc.co.uk OSLO, NORWAY, August 3, 2005: A prison in Norway has stopped holding yoga classes after it found that instead of calming inmates, they were actually making some more aggressive. High-security Ringerike jail near Oslo offered the classes to eight inmates on a trial basis earlier this year. Prison warden Sigbjoern Hagen said some of the inmates became more irritable…
www.hindutempleoflakecounty.org LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, USA, August 7, 2005: The Hindu Temple of Lake County is having its Pran Prathishta and Kumbhabhishekam on Oct 16, 2005. They are having 9-days of pujas and festivities from Oct 8 on the backdrop of Navarathri with Yagnas and Homams. Organizer Sundar Balasubramaniam requests, “Please make sure you attend in person or sponsor one of…
ar@hindu.org KAUAI, HAWAII, August 7, 2005: A group based in Texas has asked for copies of model by-laws for governing a Hindu temple. If you have a set of by-laws drafted for a temple which have worked out exceptionally well, kindly e-mail “source.”
ar@hindu.org KAUAI, HAWAII, August 7, 2005: An HPI reader asks if there is any on-line radio station with any spoken Sanskrit programming. If you know of something, kindly e-mail “source.”
newstodaynet.com MYLAPORE, INDIA, August 5, 2005: Shining gold pillars and door frame (vasakaal) made in five kilograms of 24 carat, 0.999 pure gold is attracting the attention of passers by on the North Mada Street of Mylapore as they cross the NAC Jewellers shop. The door frame and pillars worth US$91,000 are for the Guruvayurappan temple at Guruvayoor, Kerala. These…
news.webindia123.com MUMBAI, INDIA, August 2, 2005: Makers of Lord Ganesh icons have suffered huge losses in the wake of the heavy rains and flooding that have hit most parts of Maharashtra, specifically India’s commercial capital Mumbai. With Ganesh Chaturthi, the festival held in honour of Lord Ganesh round the corner, this natural calamity of the past week has resulted in…